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Language Line Services Honored by Nebraska Association for Translators & Interpreters (NATI)

...y 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Language Line Services , the leading provider of over-the-phone interpreting services, and its employees around the world were commended Thursday evening, July 23rd at a Recognition and Awards Banquet at Bellevue University, in Bellevue, Nebraska. Presenting the award, Rick Wray,...

GMA Applauds U.S. House for Passage of Landmark Food Safety Bill

... Calls on Senate to Follow Suit WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- GMA president and CEO Pamela G. Bailey today commended the members of the United States House of Representatives for passing H.R. 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill passed the House b...

National Coalition of Front-Line Skilled Nursing Clinicians: Bipartisan Momentum to Stop CMS Medicare Regulation, Subsequent Funding Cuts, Grows in Congress

...) -- a national coalition of front-line clinicians and caregivers dedicated to ensuring the ongoing provision of quality skilled nursing care -- today commended the growing bipartisan call from U.S. Senate and House leaders to rescind a proposed Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) rule that, if finalized, w...

THA Honors 12 Legislators for Contributions to Health Care

...te legislators and other public officials who demonstrate outstanding leadership on issues important to hospitals and health systems. Stultz commended the award recipients for their contributions on a number of key health care achievements, including: Small businesses and low-income i...

The Nation's Mayors Commend New Healthcare Reform Legislation

...ASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of the nation's mayors, U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran today commended President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives and the Senate HELP Committee for taking a bold step towards passing comprehensive and transforma...

Proposed Water Trust Fund Bill Would Provide Solid Foundation for Improvement

...investment Act), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) expressed strong support for the creation of a stable, long-term funding mechanism and commended Blumenauer for his support for the nation's infrastructure. The Society noted that such a commitment will be essential to the renewal of these vital n...

FRC's Tony Perkins Commends Pro-life Lawmakers Who Oppose Federal Funding of Abortion

...ent Obama saying they, too, would oppose federal funding of abortion in any health reform measure. With their Republican counterparts, they are to be commended for their willingness to publicly challenge this renewed attack on the sanctity of unborn life. "Even beyond the opposition of the great majo...

FRC Says Planned Parenthood, Desperate to Hide Agenda, Attacks Hatch and Hides Intent

...ki's amendment opens the floodgates to massive public underwriting of abortion, a position Planned Parenthood has always favored. Sen. Hatch is to be commended for his clarity in pointing this fact out to the American people, who oppose public subsidies for abortion by a margin of at least two to one. ...

Pennsylvania Department of Health Applauds New Federal Anti-Tobacco Law

... HARRISBURG, Pa., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health today commended President Barack Obama for signing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gives the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, the aut...

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Four Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Address a Variety of Treatment Targets - Amyloid, Tau, Synapse Formation

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AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Voices Disappointment in Trial Result

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EMBO pioneers pension plan for internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers

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Scientists identify world's largest leatherback turtle population

...co-author of the paper, said: "These findings show the critical importance of protected areas to maintain populations of sea turtles. Gabon should be commended for creating a network of National Parks in 2002 that have provided a sanctuary for this endangered species as well as other rare wildlife." ...

New dummy design and development wins US Department of Defense award

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New national park protects world's rarest gorilla

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Lab test for allergy scoops national

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Elsevier congratulates its British Medical Association Award winning medical authors and editors

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New screening strategy for detection of chagas disease in children

...n PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ricardo Grtler (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), an internationally recognized authority on Chagas disease, commended Levy and colleagues study, saying the usual approaches to active case detection require surveying the whole population at risk, and therefore are labo...

Norman Borlaug, Rob Horsch to keynote world hunger lecture

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Phase 2 of Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative gains momentum for clinical research

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International HIV/AIDS trial finds continuous antiretroviral therapy superior to episodic therapy

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GPhA Says BIO Cries Wolf on Senate Biogenerics Proposal

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2009: Immunotec announces important clinical research initiative: New study to be launched with the goal of improving the quality of the aging process

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Victhom announces completion of joint venture agreement with Otto Bock for Neurobionix activities

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RainDance Technologies and Harvard University to Share in First Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Cooperative Research Grants

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Wall Street Journal Highlights Blood Management, Strategic Healthcare Group LLC, and Dr. Timothy Hannon

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Squire Sanders Stands Out in Independent Analysis of Law Firms in Europe

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Synthetech Earns National Recognition for Performance Improvement Program

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UW-Madison Undergrads Shine at Innovation Days

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Wisconsin Assembly passes capital investment bill, revised CAPCO program not presented

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