ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The American Medical Group Association issued the following news release: Unless Congress acts this year, Medicare provider reimbursement rates will be cut by 2.8% on January 1, 2025. A new AMGA survey shows the very real impact on patient care the potential reduction will have. It also reveals that if the cuts go into effect, more medical groups will be forced to take action in 2025, and in some categories there's a dramatic increase, such as in elimi more PR

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Project Management Institute, an organization that says it advances the project management profession to impact project success, issued the following news release: The 2024 PMI Most Influential Projects recognizes 20 transformative projects across the globe, from supplying vulnerable communities with clean water to making roads safer with AI Today, Project Management Institute (PMI) announced its 2024 Most Influential Projects, honoring 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Research priorities will help direct the field and deliver progress for the next five years * * * The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has released new comprehensive sickle cell disease (SCD) research priorities. The priorities highlight seven key areas on which the SCD stakeholder community should focus their efforts to achieve maximum impact and patient benefit, providing a road more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Principles for the 2025 Tax Debate: End High-Income Tax Cuts, Raise Revenues to Finance Any Extensions or New Investments By Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby Key provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Given the law's fundamental problems -- its high cost, skew toward high-income people, and failure to produce the promised e more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, a membership-based health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * "Serious discrepancies in the health care experiences due to systemic racism" * * * Today, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) released two more reports on health equity and literacy from Healthcare Value Hub's Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS). While affordability is a major ba more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association issued the following news release: The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), a survey of economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, reports that in August: * New business volume (NBV) was $9.2 billion, down 10% from August 2023. * Month over month, NBV was down 17% from $11.1 billion in July  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Health Access California issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * As Congress considers making federal premium subsidies permanent, CA health advocates issue new reports on impacts by congressional district and region Reports also highlight what is at risk if the federal subsidies aren't extended in the Central Valley and Riverside County, along with health impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Affordable Care Act in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following news release: The Humane Society of the United States is set to release a new environmental report detailing how New York City Public Schools have significantly reduced their carbon emissions through the implementation of the plant-based meal program, Plant-Powered Fridays. The program, which has led to a 42% reduction in overall emissions per student, was launched by Mayor Eric Adams in February 2022, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Independent Women's Forum issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, IW Features, a storytelling platform of Independent Women's Forum (IWF), announced the release of Cathleen Quinn's story in the ninth episode of its exclusive docu-series, Cruel & Unusual Punishment: The Male Takeover of Female Prisons. In this episode, Cathleen Quinn shares her gutwrenching story as a current inmate who lost her parole, and ultimately left behind bars for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture issued the following news: McLain Clutter, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, has been named the Interim Executive Editor of the ACSA's Journal of Architectural Education (JAE). His term began September 1, 2024, and will continue through April 2026. Clutter has served on the JAE Editorial Board since 2019. "I am honored to serve in this rol more PR

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Total Canadian life insurance new annualized premium was $522 million (CAD) in the second quarter 2024, up 10%, according to LIMRA's Retail Canadian Life Insurance Sales Survey. In the second quarter, policy count increased 4%. "It was a strong quarter with all product lines recording premium and policy count growth. Remarkably, for the first time in three years, all participating companies reported positive ga more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: * * * New NFID survey shows fewer than 1 in 5 US adults are concerned about flu, COVID-19, RSV, or pneumococcal disease, and many do not plan to get vaccinated this fall and winter CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, to present final 2023-2024 US season data showing low flu vaccination rates among US children and adults, as flu-related pediatric deaths hit record high  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The Florida Charter School Alliance issued the following news release: The Florida Charter School Alliance welcomes the newest School Leaders Fellows, Cohort 4 / Class of 2025. The Selection Committee based acceptance into this program on strong professional recommendations and a sincere desire to increase professional capacity for school leadership. Twenty-four applicants with various leadership experiences were selected from across the state. The Class of  more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The International Coaching Federation issued the following news on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * - Demand for mental well-being support becoming widespread - * * * New research, released today by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), indicates growing workplace demand for mental well-being support. With mental well health concerns including burnout rising worldwide, the new study indicates that as many as 85% of coaching professionals working with cli more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Nine out of 10 principals who employ Teach For America corps members agree that they have a positive impact on students, according to a report published today by Westat. The report is the culmination of Teach For America's annual National Principal Survey, in which independent research firm Westat administered a survey to more than 1,000 principals who employed Teach For America teachers, know more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement: * * * Today, retired Judge Yates submitted to the court the most comprehensive report on the NYPD's stop and frisk discipline practices since the 2013 court decision finding the practice unconstitutional. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: "In the bad old days of stop and frisk, hundreds of thousands of N more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- PEN International issued the following news on Sept. 25, 2024: Today PEN International releases its report, Emergency Assistance: The Challenges in Ensuring the Safety of Writers in Times of Crisis. This policy dialogue illustrates the spectrum of challenges PEN International has faced in assisting writers forced to flee from their homes in countries such as Afghanistan, Belarus, Eritrea, and Nicaragua. The launch of Emergency Assistance comes at a critica more PR

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Penn State Health issued the following news: Dr. Sinisa Dovat, professor and vice chair for basic science research in the Department of Pediatrics and Four Diamonds researcher at the Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to advance his research in pediatric oncology. Dovat's research focuses on developing precision medicine approaches for the treatment of pediatric acute lymphob more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies issued the following news release: * * * Seventh annual Mutual Factor report outlines mutual insurers' financial performance * * * DENVER (Sept. 24, 2024) - The Mutual Factor 2024, released today by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and Aon, details mutual property/casualty insurers' financial resilience in the face of multiple market challenges in this New Era of Risk. Th more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Smaller species have different strategies than larger ones * * * Using scat samples and GPS tracking, researchers uncovered not only what wildlife in Yellowstone eat, but also how they find food. In a study published in R more PR