KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 -- The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association recognized career-spanning dedication to safety today at its Annual Conference & Exhibition. Sam Pederson, Railcar Repairman, Mission Mountain Railroad (MMR) was named Safety Person of the Year, and Albert Manning, Training Program Manager, Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) was named Safety Pro  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 27 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news on March 26, 2024: In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an infectious disease of epidemic proportions killed 1.5 million people across the world -- but it wasn't COVID. It was tuberculosis, a bacterial disease that claims more than a million lives annually despite the fact that an (only partially effective) TB vaccine has existed for nearly a century. This past Sunday, March 24, was Wor  more