Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Alprolix, Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant), Fc Fusion Protein, for use in adults and children who have Hemophilia B. Alprolix is the first Hemophilia B treatment designed to require less frequent injections when used to prevent or reduce[Read More…]
Day: March 28, 2014
New Art Exhibition on Display at South Suburban College Through April 21
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present a new exhibition titled “News That Stays News” in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery on SSC’s Main Campus in South Holland. The art works–created separately by Burleigh Kronquist and Jenny Roberts–are on[Read More…]
FDA Approves Topamax for Migraine Prevention in Adolescents
First approved treatment for ages 12 to 17 Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Topamax (topiramate) for prevention (prophylaxis) of migraine headaches in adolescents ages 12 to 17. This is the first FDA approval of a drug for migraine prevention in this age[Read More…]
Sexting, Shapchat and Sating in a Digital World: Teatro Luna brings ‘Generation Sex to Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts
University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014 – Technology has significantly changed the dating scene. Chicago’s Teatro Luna theater company explores the subject with their latest show, “Generation Sex,” which comes to the stage at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts April 11 at 8 p.m. With “Generation Sex,” Teatro Luna[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, March 28, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Travel SYRIA Violence in Kessab / Threat to Armenian Community in Syria DEPARTMENT Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellows AFGHANISTAN Attack on Roots of Peace SYRIA Concerns about Targeting of Armenians in Syria / Opposition Committed to Fighting Extremism VENEZUELA Policy[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: United States-Saudi Arabia Bilateral Relationship
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. In his meetings with King Abdullah in Riyadh, President Obama reiterated the significance the United States places on its strong relationship with Saudi Arabia, which has endured for over 80 years. The United States and Saudi Arabia are working together to address a number of critical[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Call with President Putin, March 28, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. President Putin called President Obama today to discuss the U.S. proposal for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine, which Secretary Kerry had again presented to Foreign Minister Lavrov at the meeting at the Hague earlier this week, and which we developed following U.S. consultations[Read More…]
Navy to Christen Research Vessel Neil Armstrong
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. Tomorrow afternoon, the Navy will christen the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) during a ceremony held at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed in Anacortes, Wash. In keeping with tradition, Carol Armstrong, the ship’s sponsor, will break a bottle of sparkling[Read More…]
Roosevelt University English Professor Receives Fulbright to Teach in Denmark
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Roosevelt University professor Lawrence Howe has been selected by the Fulbright Scholars Program to teach American Studies during the coming academic year in Denmark. Howe, professor of English and chair of the Department of Literature and Languages in Roosevelt’s College of Arts and Sciences, will be Distinguished[Read More…]
Lincoln Trio to Perform Works by Students on April 6 in Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. One of Chicago’s most celebrated music ensembles, the Lincoln Trio, will perform works for violin, cello and piano written by composition students at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 in the University’s seventh-floor Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave.,[Read More…]