ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Aug. 26 (TNSPer) -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana's Department of Music welcomes two faculty members this fall -- a saxophonist who has performed with The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and a conductor who earned first prize in the Opera de Bauge Conducting Competition in France. Director of Jazz Dr. Joel Linscheid, an accomplished saxophonist and composer with 15 years of teaching experience, says he was first drawn to Augustana because of its strong m  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 26 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following statement on Aug. 25, 2021: * * * After Danone, the owner of Horizon Organic, notified 14 Maine organic dairy farms that the global brand intends not to renew contracts for milk with them and other farms across New England, Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal released the following statement today pledging to ass  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Aug. 25, 2021: * * * After Danone, the owner of Horizon Organic, notified 14 Maine organic dairy farms that the global brand intends not to renew contracts for milk with them and other farms across New England Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal released the following statement today pledging to assist the 14 Maine farms: "This is a d  more

SWINDON, England, Aug. 26 (TNSJou) -- Medical Research Council, a part of the UK Research and Innovation, issued the following news release: A randomised trial has found a seasonal vaccination and preventative drug combination lowers child hospitalisations and deaths from malaria by approximately 70%. Giving young children the world's first malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E and antimalarial drugs before the rainy season could substantially reduce cases of life-threatening malaria in the African Sahe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen that designates September 25, 2021 as "National Lobster Day." National Lobster Day seeks to recognize the economic and cultural importance of the species, which is a major economic driver for coastal New England. "There are few things better than having a lobste  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) that designates September 25, 2021 as "National Lobster Day." National Lobster Day seeks to recognize the economic and cultural importance of the species, which is a major economic driver for coastal New England. "Lobster is an essential part of N  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Aug. 26 (TNSJou) -- The University of Kansas Medical Center issued the following news: Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a breakthrough drug for cystic fibrosis (CF) in 2019, the media has been full of joyful, moving stories about its wondrous effect on the lives of individual patients. A man who had been trying to raise money for a lung transplant experienced a massive clearing of his lungs within just one day of his first dose. A young teacher who hadn  more