Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2017 By: James Lewis Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly spoke on the House Floor opposing the GOP’s Tax Scam, which will raise taxes on middle class families. Kelly laid out the reality of the bill saying, “It’s a tax scam that will force hardworking Illinois moms and dads[Read More…]
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FDA Approves Novel Gene Therapy to Treat Patients with a Rare Form of Inherited Vision Loss
Luxturna is the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. to target a disease caused by mutations in a specific gene Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2017 By: Andrea Fischer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl), a new gene therapy, to treat children and adult patients[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Blasts Trump Administration for Reported List of Seven Forbidden Words
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017. Following a Washington Post report that the Trump Administration is prohibiting officials and staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using a list of seven commonly accepted words and phrases, U.S. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald to[Read More…]
FDA Proposes New, Risk-based Enforcement Priorities to Protect Consumers from Potentially Harmful, Unproven Homeopathic Drugs
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017 By: Lyndsay Meyer Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new, risk-based enforcement approach to drug products labeled as homeopathic. To protect consumers who choose to use homeopathic products, this proposed new approach would update the FDA’s existing policy to better address situations[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Hits High Notes To Celebrate the Holiday Season with “Jazzing in the Snow,”
RICHTON PARK, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2017 By: Richard Barry A century of jazz was celebrated tonight when more than 265 Southland College Prep singers, dancers, band members and a new string ensemble staged the charter high school’s annual Winter Festival at Governors State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The two-hour[Read More…]
Students Lead Effort to Honor First African-American Woman to Earn PhD at UChicago
Ceremony unveils bronze bust of pioneering alumna Georgiana Simpson CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Tracey Robinson-English The late Georgiana Rose Simpson, who in 1921 became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago and one of the first black women to receive a PhD in the[Read More…]
Light Art Sends Can’t Miss Message to Congress: Protect the Arctic Refuge
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Virginia Cramer Protect the Arctic Refuge. The message illuminated Trump International Hotel sending a hard to miss directive to Republican leaders in Washington, D.C. currently rushing through the tax scheme. The plan seeks to offset tax cuts for the wealthy and corporate polluters with revenue[Read More…]
To The Editor: To All Males, Enough!
To The Editor of ENEWSPF: This letter is in response to the articles covering the sexual harassment allegations made against men in the media and government throughout the United States. To all males living in this country I issue a collective statement: enough already! Who are you to impose your[Read More…]
Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star (Video)
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Felicia Chou and Alison Hawkes Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler[Read More…]
World Health Organization: CBD Should Not Be Subject To International Drug Controls
Geneva, Switzerland—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2017 By: Paul Armentano Use of the naturally occurring cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) possesses no likely abuse potential and should not be subject to international drug scheduling restrictions, according to recommendations issued this week by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence. Stated WHO: “Recent[Read More…]
