Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2014. The heads of the antitrust agencies of the United States, Canada and Mexico – Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Chairwoman Edith Ramirez of the Federal Trade Commission, Canadian Commissioner of Competition John Pecman and President Alejandra Palacios Prieto of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Illegal Prescription Drug Sellers Arraigned on Charges for Smuggling Illicit Cancer Drugs into U.S.
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2014. Two individuals today were arraigned for charges that they, among other things, smuggled adulterated and misbranded prescription cancer treatments from Turkey and other countries into the United States and conspired to defraud the United States and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drugs did[Read More…]
Mexico to Introduce Series of Sweeping Drug Policy Reform Bills
Proposals Aim to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs, Establish Medical Marijuana Program, Create New Regulatory Structure for Drug Control NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2014. Today, two bills were introduced in Mexico City that would reform drug policies in North America’s largest city and on a national level. The first bill seeks[Read More…]
Nations Commit to Accelerating Progress against Infectious Disease Threats
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Today the United States joined 26 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), to accelerate progress toward a world safe and secure from the threat of infectious disease, and committing to the goals[Read More…]
Sen. Warren Joins Colleagues to Address College Affordability
Urges Congress to Refinance Student Loan Debt in Floor Speech Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. In a floor speech yesterday, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on the floor of the Senate to address college affordability. Senator Warren spoke about[Read More…]
Lawsuit Filed to Spur Recovery of Endangered California Frogs
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department Wednesday for failing to develop a recovery plan for Southern California’s mountain yellow-legged frogs. Although the frogs have been protected under the Endangered Species Act for more than a decade, the U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
Forever Valentine: Study Shows Marriage Gets Better in Old Age
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage – and then what? That was the question bugging UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson in the 1980s when the U.S. divorce rate peaked at around 50 percent. So in 1989, he and fellow psychologists[Read More…]
San Francisco’s 1906 Quake was Tthird of a Series on San Andreas Fault
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2014 — Research led by a University of Oregon doctoral student in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains has uncovered geologic evidence that supports historical narratives for two earthquakes in the 68 years prior to San Francisco’s devastating 1906 disaster. The evidence places the two earthquakes, in 1838 and[Read More…]
NIH Study Seeks to Improve Asthma Therapy for African-Americans
Multicenter trial will assess different drug regimens and explore genetics of treatment response Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Researchers will enroll around 500 African-American children and adults who have asthma in a multi-center clinical trial to assess how they react to therapies and to explore the role of genetics in determining[Read More…]
Free Press: Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Would Be a Disaster for Consumers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. According to press reports late Wednesday night, Comcast is preparing to announce a $44 billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable. The proposed takeover would unite the nation’s largest cable TV and Internet service provider with the second-largest cable company. The combined companies would offer service to[Read More…]
