WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service issued the following news release on Sept. 24: Today, 243 faith leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) expressed their strong support for resettling more refugees in Fiscal Year 2021 in a letter sent to President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The letter, spearheaded by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), the United States' largest faith-based organization exclusively dedicated t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24: Today, The Baker-Polito Administration announced that the third annual STEM Week will take place this year from October 19-23 through a mix of virtual and in-person events, lessons, speaker panels, and design challenges, all adapted for the new school and work environments as the Commonwealth continues to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Administration encourage  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 24: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement today after Massachusetts officials announced new regulations to tackle toxic chemicals in water. PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) are dangerous to human health and have been found in water supplies across Massachusetts. "The public absolutely has a right to know if their drinking water is safe," sai  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 25 -- The National Pest Management Association issued the following news release on Sept. 24: The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) today released its bi-annual Bug Barometer(R) forecast, a seasonal projection of the pest pressure and activity Americans can expect to see in their respective regions of the country based on weather patterns, long-term forecasts and pest biological behaviors. According to the group's team of entomologists, the warm and wet summer  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 25 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: This week, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that a man with a poor diet died of cardiac arrest after eating a bag-and-a-half of black licorice daily for weeks. Diane Calello, executive medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center, based at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses safe consumption of black licorice. How safe is it to eat black licorice? Black licorice is d  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: A new video - a collaboration between UC San Francisco and the New England Journal of Medicine - offers a roadmap for structured meetings between clinicians and family members when a patient has a serious or life-threatening condition. When care teams and family members meet, it can lessen the likelihood of medical interventions that run counter to the goals of a  more