Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. By Julie Bataille, Director of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services As with any product, consumers shop in different ways for health insurance. We have factored this into the Health Insurance Marketplace. Whether it is through filling out a paper application, contacting the call center,[Read More…]
Year: 2013
FDA Approves Nexavar to Treat Type of Thyroid Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved uses of Nexavar (sorafenib) to treat late-stage (metastatic) differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is a cancerous growth of the thyroid gland, which is located in the neck. Differentiated thyroid cancer is the most common type[Read More…]
Wisconsin Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013 – Intevation Food Group, LLC, a Plover, Wis., establishment, is recalling approximately 156,924 pounds of frozen chicken fettuccine alfredo products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain egg, a known allergen,[Read More…]
Government Transparency Advocates Challenge BLM’s New Policy Allowing Corporations to Anonymously Nominate Public Lands for Drilling
45 organizations object to BLM’s new policy thwarting historic public right to know court victory. Taos, NM—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. Today, a broad-based coalition of 45 local and national organizations call on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to make fully transparent the process where private interests nominate public lands for[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Slams U.S. Mass Incarceration At Security Ministers Conference in Medellín, Colombia
Holder: “We Will Never Prosecute or Incarcerate Our Way to Becoming a Safer Nation”; 1 in 100 Americans Behind Bars Inadvisable and Unsustainable, Financially and Morally Ethan Nadelmann: Historic Significance of Holder’s Critique Cannot Be Denied NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder offered the Obama administration’s most[Read More…]
World’s First-Ever Marijuana Retail License Issued in Colorado
DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. The world’s first-ever marijuana retail license was issued in Central City, Colorado on Thursday. The recipient of the local license, Annie’s, which is currently operating as a medical marijuana center, still must receive its state license. Businesses in localities across Colorado are scheduled to begin selling marijuana[Read More…]
Tea Party Bill Would Eviscerate Endangered Species Act
As America Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Landmark Law, Right-wing Senators Seek to Tear It Apart WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. Tea Party senators introduced a bill this week that would effectively end the protection of most endangered species in the United States and gut some of the most important provisions of the[Read More…]
Appeals Court Denies New York City’s Motion to Annul Landmark Stop and Frisk Ruling
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. Today, an appellate panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the City of New York’s request to vacate District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s ruling in the class action lawsuit Floyd v. the City of New York. The Center for Constitutional Rights[Read More…]
AMA Continues Opposition to Marijuana Legalization, But Softens Language
National Harbor, MD–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association voted Tuesday to retain an official position that “cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern,” while at the same time adopting language appearing to acknowledge the changing attitudes toward marijuana[Read More…]
Congressional Bill Introduced To Restore Second Amendment Rights To Medical Cannabis Patients
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. Last Friday, Colorado Congressman Jared Polis (D) introduced HR 3483, Protecting Individual Liberties and States’ Rights Act. The legislation was introduced in the wake of a federal memo to licensed gun dealers circulated nationwide last year warning them not to sell guns or ammunition to customers[Read More…]
