LONDON, England, Jan. 24 -- BMJ Injury Prevention, a peer reviewed journal from the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research that says it focuses on public health practice to reduce the burden of injury in all age groups, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2021 edition: Original research: * Initial impact of COVID-19's stay-at-home order on motor vehicle traffic and crash patterns in Connecticut: an interrupted time series analysis * Association  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following statement on Jan. 25: * * * "With December's employment report showing a second consecutive month of job losses, it's clear that Connecticut's COVID-19 recovery has stalled," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said today. "The overall numbers for 2020 also show the devastation the pandemic is causing across the state's economy, with job losses totaling 102,700 for last year, or 6.4% of  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Experimental Mechanics, a journal from the Society for Experimental Mechanics says that it addresses research in design and implementation of novel or enhanced experiments to characterize materials, structures and systems, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: * Effect of Glycation on Interlamellar Bonding of Arterial Elastin * Effect of Macro-calcification on the Failure Mechanics of Intracranial Aneurysmal Wa  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release on Jan. 26: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today announced the appointment of three new members to its Investor Advisory Committee (IAC). The IAC works closely with the FASB to ensure that investor perspectives are effectively communicated to the FASB during the development of accounting standards. It advises the FASB on broad topics on the FASB's agenda, emerging trends  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that provides a practical expedient that simplifies how private company franchisors analyze certain activities when determining their performance obligations in a franchise agreement. When a business owner (the franchisee) opens a new branch of a franchise, the franchise ag  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- Keep America Beautiful issued the following news release: Keep America Beautiful(R), the nation's leading community improvement nonprofit organization, announces a live webinar series that will lead exploratory conversations on adopting a zero-waste vision. The Keep America Beautiful webinar series, "Exploring the Transition to Zero-Waste Communities," (https://kab.org/happenings/resources/webinars/zero-waste-communities/) will bring together businesses, inves  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- LIMRA issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: LL Global, Inc., the parent company of LIMRA, LOMA, and Secure Retirement Institute(R) (SRI(R)), today announced the release of RemotePRO Employee, the first offering from the "Remote PROductivity" toolkit. Built with industry experts and Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, the toolkit is designed to improve virtual employ  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Fourth quarter variable annuity (VA) sales increased 4% from prior year to $27.9 billion, powered by robust registered index-linked annuity (RILA) sales, according to preliminary results from the Secure Retirement Institute(R) (SRI(R)) U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey. "Current economic conditions have made RILA products uniquely attractive to consumers seeking both downside protection and investment growth,  more

CHELSEA, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- The National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: On Wednesday, frontline workers from Massachusetts and Connecticut came together (with safe physical distancing) to sound the alarm about how the threat of ICE and deportation have created a crisis for workers - and what the incoming Biden administration can do about it. Workers shared testimonies of how employers have used the threat of deportation to retaliate and  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders issued the following news release: In an effort to provide clear, useful, authoritative information to rare disease patients and caregivers on the COVID-19 vaccines, on January 15 the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD(R)), along with The ALS Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy Association, hosted a special webinar with leaders from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and   more

DANBURY, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders issued the following news release on Jan. 27: The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD(R)) and its Rare Action Network (RAN(TM)) published the 6th Edition of the State Report Card, the annual report rating each state and Washington, DC on the most important issues directly affecting more than 25 million Americans living with rare diseases. Despite a year marked by devastating impacts from the COVID-19 pande  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 29 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: A fundraising worker filed a lawsuit today challenging a Connecticut law that forces paid solicitors to tell the state in advance when they plan to talk to a potential donor and exactly what they'll say, and report the name of everyone who gives--even just a $1 gift--to the government. Going off script could lead to a $5,000 fine and one year in prison. Adam Kissel fundraises for  more