LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 1 (TNSPer) -- The National Grocers Association issued the following news: The National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association representing the independent grocery industry, announced during the annual convention, the NGA Show, its 2022 Board of Directors and executive committee members. Nine individuals, by recommendation of the NGA Board nominating committee and subsequent vote by the membership, and one appointed individual will serve with the re-elected bo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 28, 2022, entitled "Union Members in Connecticut - 2021": In 2021, union members accounted for 14.6 percent of wage and salary workers in Connecticut, compared with 17.1 percent in 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the union membership rate for   more

GROTON, Connecticut, March 1 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney traveled to Rhode Island and Connecticut to visit with Sailors, tour Navy commands, and meet with industry partners, Feb. 28. Together, they visited General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyards at Quonset Point, Rhode Island and Groton, Connecticut, where they received updates about Virginia-class and Columbi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office has awarded nearly $600,000 to organizations across the state to help Massachusetts residents pay their monthly heating bills. "With rising energy rates, extreme cold spells, and the ongoing public health crisis, thousands of households across Massachusetts need help more than ever to pay their heating bi  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Americans' oral health has improved over the last two decades, but disparities in oral health have stubbornly persisted and pose a major global public health threat, write National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Director Rena N. D'Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., Acting Science Advisor to the President and former National Institutes of He  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 1 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: * * * Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York) today announced that he will be introducing a resolution to urge New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to end their states' policies banning the construction of any new natural gas pipelines. Policies in New York and New Jersey banning the construction of new natural gas pipelines has walled off Pennsylvania natural   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Feb. 28 (TNSRes) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: The antibiotic azithromycin has anti-inflammatory properties that can be beneficial in some chronic lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. With that in mind, researchers investigated its potential to prevent future recurrent wheezing among infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). With such babies at increased risk of developing asthma later in c  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 1 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Jessica Pasley Findings from a recent study evaluating the impact of the antibiotic azithromycin during severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis overwhelmingly support current national bronchiolitis guidelines, which recommend against antibiotics during acute bronchiolitis due to lack of effect on the acute illness. There is also substantial evidence that severe RSV bronchiolitis   more