COLUMBIA, Missouri, Nov. 14 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * Could Doulas Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in the U.S.? By Lara Salahi As policymakers, health care providers, and researchers continue to explore ways to address the maternal health crisis in the United States, doulas are proving to be a valuable resource in the pursuit of safer, more equitable childbirth experiences. Maternal health outcomes in the United St  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Nov. 14 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * Digital Determinants of Health Important With Growing Technology Usage By Karen Blum As health journalists, many of us have written about or are familiar with social determinants of health (SDOH) -- how the places where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age affect health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and health risks. More recently  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Nov. 15 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following Q&A on Nov. 14, 2024, with independent journalist Cassandra Willyard: * * * In 2020, an NEJM publication highlighted the widespread misuse of race as a proxy for discrimination and genetic ancestry in medical algorithms. That publication and growing social awareness of the harms of racism re-invigorated long-simmering efforts to fix biases caused by the misuse of race. Since then, researchers and c  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 15 (TNScapv) -- Clean Fuels Alliance America issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America and nine national and state associations wrote to House and Senate leaders requesting a one-year extension of the Sec.40A Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Tax Incentive. With fewer than 60 days till the scheduled transition to the new Sec.45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit and insufficient guidance from the U.S. Treasury  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Evangel University issued the following news release: Dr. Martin Mittelstadt, professor of New Testament Theology at Evangel University, recently released his latest book, "The Evolution of a Pentecostal Scholar: Twenty Years in Luke-Acts," which includes a collection of previously published essays and fresh reflections highlighting more than two decades of academic engagement with Luke-Acts. Mittelstadt, a Winnipeg, Canada native, began his professor  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 15 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has signed a three-year partnership with Graystone Consulting and its team(s) based in West Des Moines, Iowa, and Wichita, Kansas. Grayston Consulting is an institutional consulting business of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) that provides a complete range of investment consulting services to institutional clients, whi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 14 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: H.R. 8371, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, would provide enhancements to critical health care services for veterans and caregivers who need help now and cannot wait any longer. VFW Issues an Action AlertIt has bipartisan support in the Senate but is not supported by Democrats in the House. Contr  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer * * * A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a therapy designed by WashU Medi  more