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MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Accomplished film, television and Broadway actress and philanthropist Ashley Judd will be honored November 10 as the recipient of the fourth annual USA TODAY Hollywood Hero Award being presented by USA TODAY President and Publisher David Hunke. The award recognizes her work as Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, the education and prevention program of PSI (Population Services International). Judd will be feted at a private award gala on the evening of...

Global health organization PSI helps contestants spread HIV prevention messages throughout the world NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Miss Universe contestants continued preparations for Sunday night's pageant by competing today in the Condom Olympics - tossing water-filled condoms to test their strength and playing "Wild Fire Infection" games that demonstrate the serious side of HIV infection. The games are part of an HIV peer education workshop designed by PSI...

WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anna Kournikova has just returned from her first visit to Haiti, where she witnessed firsthand the combined effects of years of poverty, violence and natural disasters on the health of the local population. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090304/DC78519 ) "It was completely and devastatingly humbling to experience it all," said Kournikova, following her visit. "This trip made a huge impact on my life, both mentally and...

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. ("PSI") (NASDAQ: PSYS) announced today it will participate in the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference, which takes place November 18 through November 19, 2008 in New York City at The New York Palace Hotel. In connection with the conference, there will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation available at the Company's Web site starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time/8:30 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Joey Jacobs, PSI's Chairman,...

DENVER, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PSI, a leading provider of health and human services for government clients, announced today the signing of a contract with the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) to perform administrative services for the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Program. As part of Iowa's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the hawk-i Program provides health insurance coverage for uninsured children in Iowa whose families are between 133 and 200 percent of...

By Anonymous Petrochemical Services Inc. has announced a joint venture with a Spanish company to further expansion into new markets and an infusion of capital. Terms of the deal with Barcelona-based Tradebe Group remain vague, but Thomas Brinsko, president and COO of Ind-Viro Search, said the agreement does not represent a sale of PSI to the Tradebe Group. CEO James Broadwell will stay on and PSI's roughly 70 employees will not be affected, Brinsko said. PSI, founded in New Orleans in...