Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015 SUMMARY: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC – DBA Sprinter (Sprinter) is recalling certain model year 2015 Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to October 14, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the abutting wedge, a component attached to the door jam to make opening the door[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Cosco Recalls Convertible Hand Trucks Due to Injury Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015 Cosco Model 12-301 ABL and 12-301 ABL1 hand truck Recall Summary Name of product: Hand trucks Hazard: The wheel hub can separate or break and eject pieces during inflation, posing a risk of injury to the consumer and bystanders. Remedy: View Details Repair Consumer Contact: Cosco[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: An Israel Supporter Who Won’t be at the Prime Minister’s Speech
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015 “After much thought, I have made the decision not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 scheduled address before a joint session of Congress, while still hoping it will either be postponed to a more appropriate date or delivered in a closed session. As[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Social Security Too Important to Be Held Hostage to Congressional Politicking
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Rebecca Vallas, Director of Policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement yesterday in advance of the House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on the Social Security Disability Insurance program: Social Security Disability Insurance has been a[Read More…]
With Medicare Payment Reform Gauntlet Laid, Center for American Progress Releases Recommendations to Reach Goal of 50 Percent from Alternate Models by 2018
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Last month, Health and Human Services, or HHS, Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, announced specific goals for payment reform in Medicare. Most importantly, Secretary Burwell set a goal that 50 percent of fee-for-service Medicare payments be made[Read More…]
Emergency Use of Bee-Killing Pesticide Approved for Florida Citrus
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Florida citrus growers an emergency exemption to use the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin to control Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a pest that causes “citrus greening,” a devastating citrus plant disease. Clothianidin, which is not currently registered for use on citrus,[Read More…]
New CDC Study Highlights Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations on U.S. Children
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Children younger than 5 years of age accounted for 70 percent of pneumonia hospitalizations among children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a study published yesterday. Pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalization among children in the United States. The two-and-a-half-year study published[Read More…]
Nearly Half a Million Americans Suffered from Clostridium Difficile Infections in a Single Year
More than 100,000 of these infections developed among residents of U.S. nursing homes Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a study released yesterday by the Centers[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Gen. Breedlove, Feb. 25, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 25, 2015. GENERAL PHILIP BREEDLOVE: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s good to be back in this room and be back with you today. As many of you know and may have watched, I just completed my testimony with the House Armed Services Committee. I’d like to start by thanking[Read More…]
Year After Standoff Over Nevada Cattle Trespass, Questions Remain About Unpaid Fees, Prosecution
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Eric Holder today formally requesting a public update by April 5 on the status of the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, whose livestock trespass on public lands led to a[Read More…]
