INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a division of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, issued the following news: Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Pan Am Railways. The three-year agreement contains no work rule or health & welfare changes. Members will receive general wage increases of 2 percent at ratification, on September 17, 2022, and on Septemb  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 28, 2021 edition: Perspective: * At the Cusp -- Reimagining Infective Endocarditis Care amid the Opioid Epidemic * Toward a Medical "Ecology of Attention" Origin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 1 (TNSRes) -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons issued the following news release: The most deadly global health crisis in a century has resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, according to late-breaking research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. "This study was a true herculean analysis and tour de force that showed the COVID eff  more