Day: May 6, 2013

State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, May 6, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Deputy Secretary Burns / London Conference on Somalia Condemnation of Attack in Abyei / Condolences to Victims Concerned by Violence in Bangladesh IRAQ Readout of Secretary Kerry’s Call to Prime Minister Maliki / Sectarian Conflict / Refrain from Violence SYRIA Ongoing[Read More…]

Patient Recruiter of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Role in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2013. A patient recruiter for a Miami health care company was sentenced today to serve 37 months in prison for his participation in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer[Read More…]

Q&A With Roosevelt University’s Channing Redditt, Student Government Association President

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013.  In 2009, Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton made an unprecedented offer to all students in the first two graduating classes at Chicago’s recently opened Social Justice High School: if they excelled in high school and met certain academic standards, they would receive a full-tuition, four-year scholarship to[Read More…]

DePaul Accounting Educator to Travel to Russia on Fulbright Award

John Ahern CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013.  For the second time, John Ahern, an accounting educator at DePaul University, was selected to be a Fulbright Scholar in Russia. This time he will spend approximately five months teaching financial accounting and auditing courses to Russian college students at Kazan Federal University. “It[Read More…]

The Negative Impact of ‘Playing It Cool’

Sean Horan, an assistant professor at DePaul University’s College of Communication, found in a new study that couples who don’t express their affection miss out on health benefits. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013.  Couples withhold affection for each other to protect themselves, but it may end up hurting them more, according to[Read More…]

American Academy of Pediatrics Advocates for Access to Health Care for Immigrant Children

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. As Congress debates reforming the nation’s immigration system, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is issuing a call to support the health and well-being of immigrant children, infants, adolescents and young adults. The AAP policy statement, “Providing Care for Immigrant, Migrant, and Border Children,” will be[Read More…]

Summer Months Are Peak Time for Injuries From Exposure to Gasoline and Other Hydrocarbons

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. Gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, and certain other household cleaning products present a high risk for injury or death when children mistake these hydrocarbons for food or drink and ingest the chemical. In a study in the June 2013 Pediatrics, “Pediatric Hydrocarbon-Related Injuries in the United States:[Read More…]

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