ROLLA, Missouri, July 3 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * Harrell earns biomedical research award at S&T By Peter Ehrhard Jennifer Harrell has earned the 2025 Shi/Ma Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research at Missouri S&T. The winner is granted a $1,000 award in recognition of their contributions to the field of biomedical research. Harrell, a Ph.D. student in biological sciences from Union, Missouri, is researching sleep patterns in wildl more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How one reporter revealed dangerous levels of radioactivity in groundwater * In April 2025, The Toledo Blade published a groundbreaking investigation revealing dangerously high levels of radioactivity in groundwater across Luckey, Ohio -- a village shadowed by its Cold War-era legacy. The newspaper's independent testing uncovered alarming concentrations of bismuth-214 more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Kansas City Area Employment -- May 2025 * Total nonfarm employment for the Kansas City, MO-KS, metropolitan area stood at 1,154,600 in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that employment in the Kan more PR

GRAIN VALLEY, Missouri, July 2 -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association issued the following news release: * * * OOIDA Announces 2025 Scholarship Recipients The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association announced the recipients of this year's Mary Johnston Scholarship. Since 1998, the fund has awarded approximately $400,000 to students who are the children, grandchildren or legal dependents of OOIDA members. Five top scholars were chosen for this honor. To apply, the studen more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Piercing the fog of hospital finances * Dig into hospital finances with confidence, plus six documents that will inspire stories * Karl Stark, director of content strategy, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania By Jonny Williams/Rhode Island Health Journalism Fellow Hospitals have a growing footprint in the United States. T more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Why America spends more on health care but sees less benefit * Finding true efficiencies in the U.S. health care system * Moderator: Chad Terhune, health enterprise reporter, Reuters * Lanhee Chen, Ph.D., David and Diane Steffy Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University * Sachin Jain, M.D., MBA, CEO, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan * Genevieve Kanter, more PR