WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. Today, AARP Board Chair Bonnie M. Cramer, M.S.W., announced the Association’s support for health insurance reform legislation containing key reform provisions that will improve health care for older Americans and their families. For more than two years, AARP has fought for health insurance reform that helps Americans[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama on Health Insurance Reform in Fairfax, Virginia, March 19, 2010
Fairfax, VA–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010 – 11:27 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, George Mason! (Applause.) How’s everybody doing today? (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. It’s good to be back[Read More…]
Kroger Amends Code Date on Recalled Seasoning Blend Garlic Powder
CINCINNATI, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010 – The Kroger Co. today amended the code date on Kroger California Seasoning Blend Garlic Powder it recalled yesterday due to notification from a supplier that an ingredient in the product may have been contaminated with Salmonella. Kroger is recalling Kroger California Seasoning Blend Garlic Powder[Read More…]
Illinois Weekly H1N1 Activity Information Estimates, March 19, 2010
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of March 19, 2010) Allocated 4,361,900 Ordered 3,587,500 Shipped 3,583,320 * The above table represents H1N1 vaccine allocation for the 10 million people in Illinois who live outside the city of Chicago. Chicago receives an H1N1 vaccine allotment for its3 million residents[Read More…]
H1N1 Flu: Situation Update, March 19, 2010
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of March 7-13, 2010, most key flu indicators remained about the same as during the previous week. Below[Read More…]
PSC Students Gain Valuable Experience at Model Illinois Government
Pictured from left to right: front row: Jeremias Roman, Jacqueline Reyna, and Cheree Morris, and back row: Eric Freudenberg, Michael Baratta, Krista Boehm, Joseph Swanson, and Michael Maluta. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College student Jeremias Roman wants to be a lawyer, and he just added some good[Read More…]
GSU Offers Free Counseling Services
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Today’s individuals and families face economic and social pressures as well communication difficulties that frequently disrupt family unity and the ability to cope. Counseling is one of the most important tools for understanding and coping. Free individual, family, and vocational counseling is available through the Division of[Read More…]
On Visit to Haiti, Senior UN Official Lauds Progress of Cash-For-Work Scheme
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 March 2010 – A senior United Nations official has lauded the progress achieved by the men and women of Haiti involved in the cash-for-work programme, which was identified as one of the priority activities in the early recovery agenda following the 12 January earthquake. The programme, coordinated by[Read More…]
Support for President Obama’s Health Reform Proposal
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. There’s no issue that touches people more directly than health care, so there’s good reason for people to want as much reassurance as they can get before the country goes ahead with reform. That’s why it has been so significant that in an unprecedented show of diverse,[Read More…]
Catholic Sisters Support Passage of Healthcare Bill
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010. NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, released the text of a letter to Congress supporting healthcare legislation from organizations and communities representing tens of thousands of Catholic Sisters. This letter (text below), which is being delivered to each Member of Congress today, comes just days[Read More…]
