Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Later today, the National Institutes of Health expects to admit a patient with exposure to the Ebola virus to the NIH Clinical Center’s special clinical studies unit for observation and to enroll in a clinical protocol. The patient is an American nurse who was volunteering services[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Chronic Low-back Pain Research Standards Announced by NIH Task Force
Better research may help address health issue that affects millions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Recommended standards for clinical low-back pain research hold promise for more consistently designed research and, in the long term, better treatment solutions to support those living with chronic low-back pain. The recommendations from the National Institutes[Read More…]
NRDC: Spending Bill Weakens Health, Environment Protections, Cuts EPA Budget
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 — House and Senate appropriators have put forward a bill that includes substantial cuts in the enforcement budget of the Environmental Protection Agency and a number of provisions that would thwart efforts to protect health and the environment. But the bill does not include the most damaging[Read More…]
People Over Petcoke: Chicago Denies Rule Exceptions
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 – As mounds of oil refining waste continue to loom near homes, parks and schools on Chicago’s Southeast Side, the City of Chicago today rejected requests for looser regulation of petcoke and coal piles in the area. The City rejected variance requests from KCBX which would have[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Budget Bill
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2014. This week, Congress will consider a budget bill to keep the federal government funded through the end of the fiscal year. In response, Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director, released the following statement: “House Republicans are at it again. In their last act of the[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Explores Framework for State-Level Promise Zones as Way to Tackle Poverty
As New State Governments Prepare to Convene in Early 2015, State Promise Zones Offer an Area of Potential Bipartisan Compromise Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. A new report from the Center for American Progress offers a framework for states to implement comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to revitalize high-poverty areas through state[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Congress’ Spending Bill Further Empowers Wealthy Donors
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. Congressional negotiators reached a deal last night on an omnibus spending bill to close the 113th Congress. A provision will increase the maximum legal contribution an individual can give to all three national party committees combined to more than $1.5 million per two-year election cycle. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School[Read More…]
Study Finds Organic Agriculture Can and Must Feed the World
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. A new study out of the University of California, Berkeley, compares organic and conventional crop yields and finds that overall yield gaps are much smaller than earlier studies concluded and even smaller when compared crop-by-crop. The study, published in the Royal Society Proceedings B journal, Diversification practices[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Pacific Island Bird From U.S. Military Activity
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Tinian monarchs under the Endangered Species Act. These highly imperiled flycatchers are found only on the 39-square-mile island of Tinian in the western[Read More…]
Emergency Endangered Species Protection Sought to Save Florida’s Miami Tiger Beetle From Shopping Mall, Theme Park
Development Would Destroy Beetle’s Only Known Habitat ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed emergency petitions to protect an extremely rare, beautiful beetle, found only in the pine rocklands of South Florida, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act and as a protected species[Read More…]
