Beverly Hills, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013 – Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year’s Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. MacFarlane and Stone announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media[Read More…]
Year: 2013
FDA Requiring Lower Recommended Dose for Certain Sleep Drugs Containing Zolpidem
Reminder about risk of impaired activities the morning after use for all insomnia drugs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it is requiring the manufacturers of Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar and Zolpimist, widely used sleep drugs that contain the active ingredient zolpidem, to[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Ask President Obama for a Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. National Audubon Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Ocean Conservancy, Pacific Environment, Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society called on Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to suspend offshore oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean. This letter comes after Shell[Read More…]
More Doctors, Hospitals Partner to Coordinate Care for People With Medicare
Providers form 106 new Accountable Care Organizations Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. Doctors and health care providers have formed 106 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare, ensuring as many as 4 million Medicare beneficiaries now have access to high-quality, coordinated care across the United States, Health and Human Services (HHS)[Read More…]
Patient Advocates Invite Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Better Understand Medical Marijuana
National conference in February will better equip Kennedy, others to develop public health policy based on science Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. In response to public comments made against U.S. marijuana reform yesterday by former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, patient advocates wrote to Kennedy inviting him to attend a[Read More…]
Illinois, Missouri Delegation Disappointed by Air Force’s Decision
Scott Air Force Base not selected as candidate for Main Operating Base of the refueling tanker Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. Yesterday U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) expressed concern with the Air Force’s decision not to select Scott Air Force[Read More…]
President Obama Needs to Establish a Conservation Legacy in Addition to a Drilling Legacy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. Today, as President Barack Obama builds his new energy and environment team for his second term, the Center for American Progress released “President Obama Needs to Establish a Conservation Legacy in Addition to a Drilling Legacy.” This column and the accompanying charts show that the number[Read More…]
National Survey Reveals Parents’ Deep Concern About Protecting Kids from Violence
Parents See Media Violence and Access To Weapons As Obstacles Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. A new nationwide survey of parents commissioned by Common Sense Media and the Center for American Progress and released today finds that 75 percent of parents say shielding children from violence is[Read More…]
In Syria’s Idlib Province, Little Medical Care For Civilians Under Living Under Intense Bombing
SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013 – In the north of Syria’s Idlib Province, civilians are terrorized by a strategy of intense and indiscriminate bombing and the wounded face few options for emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. As fighting intensifies north of[Read More…]
High Levels of Flu in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2013. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck advises the public on the current flu situation in Illinois. “We have been and continue to see an increase in flu activity across the state. The flu strain that is predominately circulating this year is typically more severe,[Read More…]
