“Get Yourself Tested” — New Data Shows 20 Million STIs Occur Each Year Planned Parenthood, MTV, and the Kaiser Family Foundation Collaborate for STD Awareness Month New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2013. Planned Parenthood is kicking off the fifth annual GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign in April (National STD Awareness Month) with[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Federal Court Rejects Logging Industry Attack on Threatened Seabird
Protections stay in place for marbled murrelets and their old-growth forest habitat Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Marbled murrelets and their old-growth forest nesting habitat in the Pacific Northwest remain protected after a Washington, D.C. district court yesterday rejected both a proposal to eliminate all critical habitat protections and a[Read More…]
Black Hole Wakes Up and Has a Light Snack
EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 April 2013. Astronomers have watched as a black hole woke up from a decades-long slumber to feed on a low-mass object – either a brown dwarf or a giant planet – that strayed too close. A similar feeding event, albeit on a gas cloud, will soon happen at the[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Presents Lincolnwood Army Reservist with Legion of Merit Award
Col. Joseph Noferi receives medal after 30-year Army Reserve Career CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. U.S. Senator Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday presented Colonel Joseph F. Noferi of Lincolnwood with the Legion of Merit military award during a special ceremony in Sen. Kirk’s Chicago office. The Legion of Merit award was established by Congress[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Unveils ‘Boom Without Boundaries’ Video Narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released the short documentary video, “Boom Without Boundaries,” which explores the Bakken oil boom’s negative, industrial-scale impacts on Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The film is narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt, great-great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt[Read More…]
LGBT Groups Challenge Medicare’s Refusal to Provide Healthcare to Transgender Patients
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Several national LGBT groups filed an administrative challenge last week to Medicare’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for transgender patients. Medicare currently prohibits all forms of gender reassignment surgeries regardless of the individual patient’s diagnosis or serious medical needs. The National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American[Read More…]
Lt. Governor Simon, Members of Firearms Working Group Release Concealed Carry Checklist
Legislators urged to consider 10 principles including constitutionality and local input, while evaluating legislation SPARTA–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Lt. Governor Sheila Simon and members of her Firearms Working Group yesterday urged the General Assembly to use their checklist of principles when evaluating concealed carry legislation. The checklist released today was derived[Read More…]
Operators of Louisiana Home Health Company Convicted in $17.1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2013. The owner and the director of nursing of a Louisiana home health agency were each convicted late Friday for conspiring to defraud Medicare of $17.1 million announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. of[Read More…]
Patient Recruiter for Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 36 Months in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2013. A patient recruiter for a Miami health care company was sentenced yesterday to serve 36 months in prison for his participation in a $20 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo[Read More…]
Former U.S. Army Captain Sentenced in Oklahoma City to 23 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Accept Illegal Gratuities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. A former U.S. Army Captain was sentenced yesterday in Oklahoma City to serve 23 months in prison for conspiracy to accept thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors during his deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
