WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The International Joint Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: The International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board will debut a new online scenario-based game, "Choosing Your Great Lakes Future," on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The purpose of this game is to educate and inspire people to consider how today's actions will impact the Great Lakes in the future. The board is hosting a one-hour public webinar on August 29 starti more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Iowa Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release: ABI's Elevate Advanced Manufacturing, a non-profit initiative spreading the word about career opportunities in advanced manufacturing, has awarded 10 $500 scholarships to recent Iowa high school graduates entering a manufacturing-related course of study at one of Iowa's 15 community colleges. Advanced manufacturing provides a wide range of high-paying and in-demand careers. Ac more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Allen Institute issued the following news on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * Washington Research Foundation grant will accelerate gene therapy development for the rare, devastating disorder. * * * Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded $1 million to accelerate development of a new gene therapy for Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. The funding will support researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in their efforts to br more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Business Group on Health issued the following news release: Projected health care cost trend jumped to almost 8% for 2025, the highest amount in more than a decade, according to Business Group on Health's 2025 Employer Health Care Strategy Survey (https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/resources/2025-employer-health-care-strategy-survey-intro). The predicted surge in employer health care spending - actual health care costs have grown a cumulative 50% since 2017 - c more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The California Association of Realtors issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * * Existing, single-family home sales totaled 279,810 in July on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, up 3.6 percent from 270,200 in June and up 4.1 percent from 268,840 in July 2023. * July's statewide median home price was $886,560, down 1.6 percent from June and up 6.5 percent from $832,530 in July 2023. * Year-to-date statewide home sales inched u more PR

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following news release: Four members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) have been selected to join the 2024 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. These Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), also known as nurse anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists, and their cohort of more than 200 distinguished nurse leaders are recognized for their substantial more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Milken Institute issued the following news release: * * * Key Takeaways The event marks the Institute's long-term commitment to catalyze investment and drive opportunity across Latin America The study Women Powering Growth: The Potential of Female Workers in Latin America, shows increasing Mexico's female labor force participation rates could result in a gain of US$208.2 billion to the economy annually * * * MEXICO (MEXICO CITY), August 20, more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Federation of State High School Associations issued the following news release: More than eight million participants competed in high school sports in the 2023-24 school year - an all-time record and the first time ever that total participation has exceeded the eight-million mark. The NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey indicated that 8,062,302 participants were involved in high school sports in 2023-24, which is up 210,469 fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Association of County and City Health Officials issued the following news release: The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the over 3,300 local health departments across the country, released its 2024 Public Health Informatics Profile. This is a first-of-its-kind assessment that presents the newest data on local health department informatics capacity, activities for local public health information systems,  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Trust for Public Land today released groundbreaking new research that synthesizes key risk factors associated with green gentrification. The report, titled "Great Parks Should Not Uproot Communities," sheds light on the complex relationship between green space development and displacement of longtime residents and businesses, and offers actionable strategies to mitigate d more PR

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers issued the following news release: * * * IEEE is cited nearly three times more than any publisher in tech patents. * * * IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization advancing technology for humanity, announced that its tech patents are cited nearly three times more than any publisher. In this study, it was shown that patents that build upon IEEE-published science tend to have h more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, issued the following news release: * * * Federal funding for equitable clean transit investments * * * Ohio has an opportunity to draw down large federal incentives to jumpstart a statewide transition to clean transportation, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio. To make the most of this funding, policymakers will need to invest more in clean, reliable, and accessible public transi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * Shriya Pai named as the newest fellow bringing her scientific expertise to the US Congress while receiving a firsthand learning experience in policymaking * * * Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, and the Materials Research Society (MRS) are pleased to announce the selection of Shriya Pai as the 2024-2025 Optica/MRS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Outdoor Recreation Roundtable issued the following news: PITTSBURGH, PA - The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), in collaboration with the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship and the Pennsylvania Office of Outdoor Recreation, is proud to announce its upcoming National Leadership Forum on Rural Development through Outdoor Recreation with the support of the Richard King Mellon Foundation. This invite-only event will take place on October 1 and 2 in Pittsburgh, P more PR

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Society of Actuaries issued the following news release: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Education & Research Section are proud to announce the winner of the 2024 SOA Actuarial Science Early Career Research Award, Dr. Andres M. Villegas, an Associate Professor at the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at UNSW Sydney. Dr. Villegas's career is driven by a strong commitment to developing tools that make academic research more accessible to the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy issued the following news release: New research from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) finds that making average electric vehicles as efficient as their higher-performing peers can reduce the Read the White Paperupfront cost of an EV by almost $5,000 and cut charging costs by nearly a third. Improving the efficiency of a 300-mile-range EV can give it the same range with much smaller b more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Action needed to align hot water heating with abundant renewables periods * * * Key Takeaways: Improving efficiency and flexibility of water heating can significantly reduce this major cost for households and for the entire electricity system. Hot water systems in Australia should be dynamically managed, to heat when there is abundant renewable electricity more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today praised draft guidance (https://www.fda.gov/media/179456/download) (Guidance) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that will help increase competition in the prescription drug markets, boosting the availability of affordable biosimilar drugs. The Guidance removes the FDA switching study requirement and provides updated recommendatio more PR