Nearly 8 in 10 current Federal Marketplace customers can get coverage for $100 or less per month after any applicable tax credits in 2015 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. New choices and more competition in the Health Insurance Marketplace are giving consumers affordable options during Open Enrollment this year, and the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Medications for Patients with First Episode Psychosis May Not Meet Guidelines
Researchers call for more prescriber education – NIH-funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Many patients with first-episode psychosis receive medications that do not comply with recommended guidelines for first-episode treatment , researchers have found. Current guidelines emphasize low doses of antipsychotic drugs and strategies for minimizing the side effects that[Read More…]
Barrier-breaking Drug May Lead to Spinal Cord Injury Treatments
NIH-funded scientists take first step towards developing promising new drug Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Injections of a new drug may partially relieve paralyzing spinal cord injuries, based on indications from a study in rats, which was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health. The results demonstrate how fundamental laboratory[Read More…]
Draft California Plant Pest Management Plan Threatens Health, Nature, and Organics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Earlier this fall, in a state known for its environmental and public health-focused policy and forward thinking, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) released its draft Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), which has been widely criticized by environmentalists. While[Read More…]
Congressmen Blumenauer, Petri… Reagan Call on Congress to Raise the Gas Tax, Fully Fund Transportation Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Today, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Tom Petri (WI-06) stood together to call on Congress to raise the nation’s gas tax in order to save the failing Highway Trust Fund, which funds the United States transportation infrastructure. The event coincided with the one-year anniversary of[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Launch Lawsuit to Protect Montana Grayling
Rare Fish Still Threatened by Massive Water Diversions From Big Hole River BUTTE, Mont.—(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project, Butte resident Pat Munday and former Montana fishing guide George Wuerthner today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service[Read More…]
Cruise Ships Flushed More Than a Billion Gallons of Sewage into Oceans Again This Year
Entire industry refuses to reveal environmental practices WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Cruise ships dumped more than a billion gallons of sewage in the ocean this year, much of it raw or poorly treated, according to federal data analyzed by Friends of the Earth, which continues the call for stronger[Read More…]
Immigration Officers Ordering Illegal Deportations Without Hearings, Finds ACLU
Citizens, lawful residents, asylum seekers, others with right to stay among those summarily deported NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. In the first comprehensive study of expedited deportations ordered by federal immigration agents instead of judges, the American Civil Liberties Union found numerous incidents of people with rights or strong claims[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Haiti Travel Warning, Dec. 4, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Haiti concerning the lack of adequate emergency medical facilities and the security environment in Haiti. This replaces the Travel Warning dated March 12, 2014 and provides updated information regarding[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Los Angeles Seafood Company and Senior Officers to Stop Distribution of Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction on Dec. 1 against Neptune Manufacturing Inc. of Los Angeles and its corporate officers, Alexander Goldring, Peter Oyrekh and Semyon Krutovsky, to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products,[Read More…]
