CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 23 -- The American Marketing Association issued the following news release: * * * Awardees honored at the 2024 AMA Summer Academic Conference in Boston, MA * * * The American Marketing Association (AMA) and the AMA Foundation are pleased to recognize this year's marketing award winners who were celebrated at the 2024 AMA Summer Academic Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts, August 15-18, 2024. "The influence of technology-powered marketing and its intersection wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * How an Assassination and a Corruption Scandal Finally Forced America to Reckon with the Role of the Vice President and the Rules of Succession * * * The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to its current position of enormous political con  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Hemp-derived intoxicating products typically contain greater quantities of THC than are allowable under federal law and some products also contain elevated levels of pesticides, according to an analysis of commercially available products by the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL). Researchers purchased commercially available hemp-derived   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Without urgent action, threat of polio is endangering a generation of children * * * Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, with reports of other suspected cases emerging. At least 50,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: New displacement orders issued by Israeli authorities have forced another mass movement of families and humanitarian workers from areas in Deir al-Balah - one of the only remaining areas in the occupied Gaza Strip with essential infrastructure and warehouses storing aid supplies. Many Palestinian families, already forcibly displaced countless times since October, are on the move yet again, including humanitarian  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The American Staffing Association issued the following news release: The American Staffing Association is proud to recognize three ASA-affiliated state chapters with ASA Chapter Excellence Awards for their outstanding communications, programming, and member engagement efforts across four categories. The Chapter Communicator Award, which honors excellence in chapter communication and industry promotion, was awarded to * Colorado Staffing Association * Massachu  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: The animal tranquilizer xylazine is increasingly found in the illicit opioid supply nationwide, leading to severe wounds among people who use drugs. New research led by a University of Pittsburgh physician-scientist and published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence seeks to understand wound care experiences of this population. A cross-sectional survey of people who use drugs   more