WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: Charles Leno Jr. has been named Week 16 NFLPA Community MVP for supporting 20 charitable organizations and five people in need through his Leno Claus' 25 Day Countdown To Christmas initiative. "I am honored and blessed to be recognized as the Week 16 NFLPA Community MVP," Leno said. "As I establish my foundation for the future, I think it is essential to use my platform to impact the field  more

WESTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 2 -- Regis College issued the following news release: After a nearly two-decade battle for advanced practice nurses in the Regis College community and across Massachusetts, a newly signed state law will lift practice restrictions and increase access to care. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the sweeping health care reform legislation on Jan. 1. The new law grants nurse practitioners, psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialists, and nurse anesthetists independen  more