Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Saturday July 13, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
Association of Health Care Journalists Issues Commentary: Story Ideas for Covering the Worsening Pediatrician Shortages
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 12 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 11, 2024:
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Story Ideas for Covering the Worsening Pediatrician Shortages
By Lara Salahi
Many families are facing the incredible task of finding a pediatrician, a problem that's likely to worsen. The pediatrician shortage is caused by many factors that include aging physicians, increased demand for pediatric services, moral injury, poorly designed financial incentives and a d
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Association of Health Care Journalists Issues Commentary: Understanding Immune System Molecules Holds Promise for Treating Long COVID, Cancer and More
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 12 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 11, 2024:
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Understanding Immune System Molecules Holds Promise for Treating Long COVID, Cancer and More
By Rachel Fairbank
The immune system has long been considered a defender against microbes and viruses, with its dysfunction leading to either autoimmune or inflammatory disorders. However, during an HJ24 panel last month, Miriam Merad, an immunologist at the Icahn School o
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Association of Health Care Journalists: Philly News Stations Use Harmful Tactics to Report on Firearm Violence, Studies Say
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news:
By Kaitlin Washburn
Two recent studies examining how local media report on gun violence revealed that Philadelphia TV news stations are failing to produce public health coverage of firearm violence. And they found that these stations routinely overreport on shootings involving children, mass shootings and shootings that happen in wealthier areas with majority white residents.
The stu
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FFRF chastises Missouri state senator for having worship service in his office
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 12 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling out Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin for hosting worship services in his office inside the Missouri Capitol.
Brattin posted a video of a "full worship service" that he hosted inside his Senate office on July 10, including a man singing "The Father's House" while dozens of people join in. Brattin boastfully remarked about his religious get-togeth
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Northland Career Center Wins 2024 Pacesetter School Award
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 8 -- The Southern Regional Education Board issued the following news release:
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Missouri school honored for engaging instruction, aligned English curriculum and continuous improvement
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Northland Career Center in Platte City, Missouri, is the winner of a 2024 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Award from the Southern Regional Education Board.
The school was honored July 9 at SREB's Making Schools Work Conference in Nashville.
Pacesetter Awards recognize schoo
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Richard Wahl, MD, Receives SNMMI Minoshima-Pappas Transformational Leadership Award
RESTON, Virginia, July 11 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release:
June 28, 2024
Reston, Virginia--Richard Wahl, MD, professor at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, has been named as the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformational Leadership Award. Wahl was presented the award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) at its 2024 Annual M
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