WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, a coalition of forest and wildlife conservation groups today called on the Obama administration to implement measures in the final “Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan” to protect post-fire forest habitats and[Read More…]
Year: 2013
University of Oregon Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health and Development
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013 — The University of Oregon announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Richard Chartoff, research professor in the University of Oregon Department of Chemistry and director of the Polymer Characterization and Thermal Analysis[Read More…]
CDC Report Documents Health Disparities
Highlights progress, challenges, and needs for stronger data Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Income, education level, sex, race, ethnicity, employment status, and sexual orientation are all related to health and health outcomes for a number of Americans, according to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement released today by the[Read More…]
Researchers Identify Genomic Variant Associated with Sun Sensitivity, Freckles
NIH-funded work finds genetic switch for pigmentation trait in non-coding, regulatory region of newly associated gene Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Researchers have identified a genomic variant strongly associated with sensitivity to the sun, brown hair, blue eyes – and freckles. In the study of Icelanders the researchers uncovered an intricate[Read More…]
Growth More Stunted in Lower-income Youth with Kidney Disease
NIH-funded study suggests increasing treatment adherence may help Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Even with more prescriptions for growth hormone, children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease were less likely to grow to normal height ranges if they came from lower-income families, according to research funded by the National Institutes of[Read More…]
Shopping For Cosmetics? Take EWG’s Skin Deep App
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep App is here! EWG’s popular online consumer guide to more than 78,000 personal care products is now available as an App for the iPhone and Android. “Safety profiles for tens of thousands of products are now literally at the fingertips of[Read More…]
New Study Supports That Graphic Health Warning Labels On Cigarettes Would Reduce Smoking In U.S. Young Adults
Study findings add to prior research demonstrating that graphic health warning labels can prevent smoking and encourage cessation in young adults Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. A new study led by the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy® and supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse[Read More…]
Senator Harry Reid Remarks on Changing the Senate Rules
“In the history of the Republic, there have been 168 filibusters of executive and judicial nominations. Half of them have occurred during the Obama Administration – during the last four and a half years. These nominees deserve at least an up-or-down vote.” “This gridlock has consequences. Terrible consequences. It is[Read More…]
Senator Merkley: Rules Change a Victory for the American People
Ending Abusive Filibuster on Nominations Big Step to Restoring Functionality of the Senate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the Senate changed its rules to allow nominations to be confirmed with a simple majority vote as provided for in the Constitution. Merkley, along[Read More…]
Senators Udall, Wyden, Heinrich Urge Solicitor General to Set Record Straight on Misrepresentations to U.S. Supreme Court in Clapper v. Amnesty
We Believe a Formal Notification to the Supreme Court of the Government’s Misrepresentations ? Would be an Important Step in Correcting the Public Record’ WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. U.S. Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) urged U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli today to answer a series[Read More…]
