Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Technivie (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir) for use in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 infections in patients without scarring and poor liver function (cirrhosis). Technivie in combination with ribavirin is[Read More…]
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FDA Revises Proposed Nutrition Facts Label Rule to Include a Daily Value for Added Sugars
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed including the percent daily value (%DV) for added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label of packaged foods, giving consumers additional information for added sugars similar to information they have seen for decades with respect to nutrients such[Read More…]
FDA Approves Diagnostic Test to Differentiate Between Types of HIV Infection
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 HIV Ag-Ab assay, the first FDA-approved diagnostic that differentiates between HIV-1 antibodies, HIV-2 antibodies, and HIV-1 p24 antigen in human serum or plasma specimens. Two major types of HIV have been identified: HIV-1[Read More…]
Governor Signs Historic Anti-BDS Law in Illinois
Illinois Becomes First State in America to Divest Public Pension Funds from Foreign Companies that Boycott Israel CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. Flanked by bipartisan legislators, Jewish community leaders and the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed historic legislation making Illinois the first state in[Read More…]
Owner of Detroit Home Health Care Companies Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Role in $12.6 Million Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. A Michigan resident was sentenced to 80 months in prison late yesterday for his leading role in a $12.6 million Medicare fraud and tax fraud scheme. Eleven other individuals have been convicted in this case. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, July 23, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 23, 2015 – 12:52 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I do not have announcements at the top, so we can go straight to questions. Josh, do you want to start? Q Sure. Thanks, Josh. Secretaries Kerry and Moniz are on[Read More…]
Opening Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Re: Iran Nuclear Agreement Review
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Cardin, members of the committee and friends and former colleagues. We really do the appreciate the chance to discuss with you the comprehensive plan that we and our P5+1 partners have developed with Iran regarding the future of[Read More…]
Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. Today, 40 Senators, led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT Americans. The legislation was filed simultaneously in the U.S. House of Representatives by 158 Representatives, led[Read More…]
Low Birth Weight Combined with Unhealthy Adult Lifestyle May Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Photo: iStockphoto.com Boston, MA —(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. People who are a low weight at birth and have unhealthy habits as adults, such as eating nutritionally poor diets or smoking, may have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people born at an average weight who live similar lifestyles,[Read More…]
Pesticides Found in Most Pollen Collected from Foraging Bees in Massachusetts
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. More than 70% of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives during winter, according[Read More…]
