Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today notified the State of Illinois that water quality standards for portions of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers must be upgraded to protect the health and safety of people who recreate in these waterways. The changes are necessary because an increasing number[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Senators Durbin, Lautenberg, Harkin Call Tobacco CEO Comments: ‘Reckless and Scientifically Inaccurate’
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) today set the record straight on the addictive nature of cigarettes after hearing a statement by the CEO of Philip Morris International, Louis Camilleri, claiming that while smoking cigarettes is addictive, “it is not[Read More…]
CDC Finds Annual Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41 Billion
Illinois Among States with Highest Medical and Work Loss Costs Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
Healthy Vision Month, May 2011
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. During Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority. In focus groups conducted by NEI in 2005,[Read More…]
Treating HIV-Infected People with Antiretrovirals Significantly Reduces Transmission to Partners
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious[Read More…]
HHS Announces Action Plan to Prevent and Treat Viral Hepatitis
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched its action plan to prevent and treat viral hepatitis, a silent epidemic affecting 3.5 – 5.3 million Americans. Though viral hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death in the U.S., many people who have it[Read More…]
NATO Hits Command and Control Bunkers in Tripoli; Denies Attack on North Korean Embassy
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. Last night, NATO attacked a large C2 bunker complex in downtown Tripoli that was used to coordinate attacks against civilian populations and successfully hit the targets we were aiming at. These locations were known to be command and control facilities engaged in coordinating attacks against civilian populations[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Mission Calls for Explanation on Results of Three Disputed Districts
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has called on the country’s electoral authorities to explain as soon as possible why their results from three districts in recent legislative elections do not match the figures of local and international observers. In a statement released yesterday, the[Read More…]
Libya: UN Official Voices Concern as Fighting Blocks Aid Delivery in West
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. The head of the United Nations food aid agency said today that fighting in the Western Mountains of Libya is preventing humanitarian staff from distributing supplies and urged all parties to the conflict to observe a truce so aid workers can assess requirements. Josette Sheeran, the[Read More…]
Park Forest’s Ludeman Center Families Fight 25% State Budget Cut
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Senate is considering a budget proposal that would slash $80 million—a 25 percent cut—from state services for the most vulnerable individuals with developmental disabilities. Late yesterday, a committee of the state House of Representatives approved a similar plan to cut $70 million, or 21 percent.[Read More…]
