VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: COVID-19 proved to be unexpected to many people in the world, but Dr. Igor Linkov, Risk and Decision Science (RaDS) Team lead at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Environmental Laboratory, found himself on familiar ground. Focusing on risk and resilience analytics, Dr. Linkov and his team began sharing their expertise in April 2020 through a mission a  more

DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 (TNSPer) -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release: Steven L. Bernstein, MD, has been named as the inaugural Chief Research Officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Director of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Geisel. Dr. Bernstein currently serves as Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Y  more

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 6 -- The Home Furnishings Association issued the following news release: Peggy Burns and Andrew Tepperman make it as plain as they can. They deeply care, even passionately, about sustainability in the home furnishings industry. Customers can see that in videos posted on their websites. "We only work with partners who really align with our mission of sustainability," says Burns, co-owner of Acton, Mass.-based Circle Furniture. "We visit the factories, we get to know the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following opinion letter (No. FLSA2020-15) Addressing the compensability of time that employees spend attending voluntary training programs in six scenarios: Dear Name*: This letter responds to your request for an opinion regarding the compensability of time that employees spend attending voluntary training programs in various factual scenarios under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This opinion is based  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 6 (TNSJou) -- The National Institute for Health Research issued the following news: Two 'screen and treat' programmes designed to prevent older people falling do not reduce fractures, an NIHR funded trial has revealed. Up to one in 20 older people with a history of falling sustains a fracture annually, with some being admitted to hospital, or needing to move to a care home. One in three people with a hip fracture dies within one year. Hip fractures alone cost the UK over   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Burlington International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time. The two credential authentication technology (CAT) units will scan a passenger's photo identification to verify  more

COVENTRY, England, Nov. 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release on Nov. 5: Two population screen and treat programmes commonly prescribed to prevent older people falling have no impact on reducing fractures, researchers from the University of Warwick and University of Exeter have concluded. As part of the largest clinical trial of its kind in the UK, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the team examined two approaches to preventing falls in o  more