Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $55.5 million in funding awarded in FY 2013 to strengthen training for health professionals and increase the size of the nation’s health care workforce. “These grants and the many training programs they support have a real[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Senator Warren Urges Wall Street Institutions to Disclose Financial Contributions to Think Tanks
Calls for transparency around large financial institutions’ efforts to indirectly influence policymaking WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2013. Senator Elizabeth Warren yesterday sent a letter to the nation’s six largest financial institutions’ CEOs, urging the companies to voluntarily disclose their contributions to think tanks. Currently, information on financial contributions to think tanks[Read More…]
Ranking Midlothian Police Officer Charged With Federal Civil Rights Violations Involving Alleged Use of Excessive Force
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2013. A south suburban Midlothian police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges alleging that he used excessive force against two different victims in separate beating incidents in 2010 and 2011. The defendant, STEVEN G. ZAMIAR, was indicted on two counts of violating the victims’ civil right[Read More…]
Polar Bear Hunting on Rise Despite Species’ Decline
MOSCOW, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2013. As the biennial meeting of the international Polar Bear Agreement began today in Moscow, Russia, new data points to an unsustainable rise in hunting that threatens the species. Despite the grim outlook for polar bears due to the growing threat of climate change, Canadian polar bear[Read More…]
Measles Still Threatens Health Security
On 50th Anniversary of Measles Vaccine, Spike in Imported Measles Cases Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2013. Fifty years after the approval of an extremely effective vaccine against measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, the virus still poses a threat to domestic and global health security. On an average day,[Read More…]
FDA Reaches $1.25 Million Settlement with Advanced Sterilization Products and Company Executives
Company, executives pay penalties for distributing adulterated and misbranded devices Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reached a $1.25 million settlement of a civil money penalty action against Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a division of Ethicon Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, and two[Read More…]
80 Years Ago Today We Repealed Alcohol Prohibition…. Now It Is Time to End Drug Prohibition
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. By: Derek Rosenfeld Eighty years ago today, the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified and alcohol Prohibition was officially repealed. If you only know one thing about Prohibition, it’s probably the fact that it was a tremendous failure. Making alcohol illegal led to huge increases[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Celebrates Public And Private Investments To Expand City’s Efforts To Improve Access To Quality After School Programming And Youth Jobs Through After School Matters
$25 Million Donation from George Lucas Foundation over Five Years to After School Matters Will Provide Free Access to Program for Teens CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2013. Surrounded by After School Matters participants, Mayor Emanuel yesterday joined Mellody Hobson and George Lucas to announce the City’s $12.2 million investment and a $25[Read More…]
Washington: Over 1,300 Applications Submitted So Far By Those Seeking To Operate Commercial Marijuana Businesses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Washington state regulators are presently reviewing over 1,300 applications from would-be entrepreneurs seeking to engage in the state-licensed production and/or sale of cannabis and cannabis-infused products to those age 21 and over. Regulators began accepting applications for licenses in mid-November[Read More…]
Space in our Heart
Artificial heart with space tech EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 December 2013. An artificial heart containing miniaturised space technology will soon beat inside a person, having now been approved for human trials in France. With heart disease killing over 100 million people in developed countries alone and the demand for transplants far exceeding[Read More…]
