ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following commentary: I often look around the room and wonder, who is suffering in silence...facing challenges that no one else can see...scarred by traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress. We have a national security strategy to protect American people, promote resilience, renew our competitive edge and influence our partners. Over 3 million men and women have served in the military since 9/11, and yet there is a lack of un  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 13 on the consumer price index in the Northeast Region for September 2020: Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), inched up 0.1 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The over-the-month increase was influenced by higher pr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on Oct. 13: Scientists have known about the special relationship between the Endangered Species Act and National Wildlife Refuges for decades, but there had not been a thorough tally of exactly how many threatened and endangered species are found on refuge land, until now. Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association used hundreds of federal documents and data to develop an up-to-date list of speci  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: The Lobster and Jonah Crab Research Fleet, organized by the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF), was established in 2013. It has collected biological data from nearly 160,000 American lobsters and about 90,000 Jonah crabs from the Gulf of Maine and south to the Mid-Atlantic. Sensors on their gear record bottom-water temperatures. In September, the Northeast Fi  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Oct. 14 (TNSMon) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England has received a gift of $30 million from the Harold Alfond Foundation as part of a major investment in eight Maine institutions for the purpose of growing the state's workforce and economy and supporting quality health care. The foundation announced the recipients on Oct. 6. This gift to UNE will support the construction of a new facility for the relocation of the  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Oct. 14 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The School of Social Work (SSW), in collaboration with the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education (CECE) and the Center for Excellence in Aging and Health (CEAH), held a half-day virtual workshop focused on social isolation and loneliness, conditions identified prior to COVID-19 as devastating to older adults, now heightened because of restrictions imposed during the 2020 pandemic. A local,   more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, Oct. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: With hip fracture posing a major risk of death in people over 50, a new study aims to establish evidence for improved discharge planning for elderly patients following hip surgery. Lead Researcher and renowned behavioural and public health expert, Distinguished Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher AO said recovery following a broken hip could be a long and incredibly difficult process. "Of people   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 14 -- The University Press of Kansas will publish the following book in November 2020 titled "Prairie Bachelor" by Lynda Beck Fenwick: The publisher provided this outline of the work: The People's Party, the most successful third party in America's history, emerged from the Populist Movement of the late 1800s. And of the People's Party, there was perhaps no more exemplary proponent than homesteader Isaac Beckley Werner of Stafford County, Kansas. Very much a man of his c  more