Brasilia, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. FOREIGN MINISTER PATRIOTA: (Via interpreter) I was mentioning that he has a good knowledge of Portuguese in function of Mrs. Teresa Kerry. She’s also Portuguese. But I would like to say that we had a meeting, a working meeting, this morning in this, which is the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Health Care Clinic Owners Plead Guilty in Miami for Roles in $8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. Two health care clinic owners pleaded guilty today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]
Fracking-Harmed Residents Demand Reopening of EPA Poisoned Water Investigations
Action Comes on Heels of Report Showing EPA Officials Ignored Evidence from Philadelphia Office Finding Pollution in Dimock Drinking Water Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. Pennsylvania residents and activists personally harmed by the hazards of fracking gathered today at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. to call for the reopening of the[Read More…]
Prairie State College Dental Hygiene Students and Faculty Volunteer Their Services
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. On a typical Friday in August you would expect most college age students headed to the beach or the mall. But on Friday morning, Aug. 2, 10 Prairie State College (PSC) dental hygiene students and two of their professors and a supervising dentist were volunteering[Read More…]
NIH Issues Online Course on Screening Youth for Alcohol Problems
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. A new online training course will help health care professionals conduct fast, evidence-based alcohol screening and brief intervention with youth. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, produced the course jointly with Medscape, a leading provider of[Read More…]
University of Michigan and Headwaters Economics Launch Interactive Map to Support Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Great Lakes Region
Screenshot of interactive map that shows how the social and economic characteristics of the Great Lakes Region are impacted by regionally specific changes in climate. It was developed in partnership with the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities at the University of Michigan. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. A jointly developed[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Patient Advocates Launch ‘Health Before Happy Hour’ Campaign
Effort is aimed at protecting Washington’s medical marijuana law while state implements full legalization initiative Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. Medical marijuana patients across Washington have begun a campaign called “Health Before Happy Hour” to educate the Washington State Legislature and Governor Jay Inslee that the needs of patients are much[Read More…]
Most Teens Have Easy Access to Their Prescription Drugs
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. Three in four teens who were prescribed medication during the last six months had unsupervised access to them at home, likely increasing the risk of overdose, substance abuse and drug diversion, a new University of Michigan study indicates. The study sought to determine teens’ access to[Read More…]
African-American Citizens Sue City of Rochelle, Georgia Over Decades of Sewage Dumping, Aug. 13, 2013
Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. A group of African-American citizens filed suit today against their city government in Rochelle, Ga. for discharging the city’s raw sewage onto their properties. Nine residents of Rochelle, GA are suing their city government for discharging the city’s raw sewage onto their properties. View photo slideshow[Read More…]
Congo’s National Army and M23 Rebel Group, Most Powerful Armed Actors in Eastern Congo
GOMA–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. The M23 rebel group and the Congolese national army – currently the two most powerful armed actors in eastern Congo – pursue their interests through a set of relationships with other armed groups, reveals a new Enough Project infographic and accompanying table. A field dispatch further documents recent clashes between[Read More…]
