Ensure Due Process; Investigate Torture, Liberty Violations Berlin –(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2017. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) arbitrarily detained a Ukrainian woman, held her incommunicado, and tortured her, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities charged the woman, Daria Mastikasheva, with treason, and a court in Dnipro has ordered her pretrial detention[Read More…]
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Study: Cannabis Exposure Associated With Improved Immunity In HIV Patients
Petersburg, VA—(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2017. Patients with HIV who test positive for past cannabis exposure possess significantly higher CD4+ and CD8+ counts than do those patients who test negative for the substance, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. CD4+ and CD8+ cells are a subtype of[Read More…]
Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Medical Cannabis Protections Temporarily Extended
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. President Donald Trump reached an agreement late last week with Congressional leadership to enact a three-month continuing resolution that maintains present federal spending levels and priorities through December 8, 2017. The resolution extends medical cannabis patient protections imposed by the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment until that date. The[Read More…]
Human Rights Activists to Protest American Academy of Pediatrics’ Harmful Exploitative Circumcision Policy
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. No one should alter the body of an un-consenting person without acute medical need. The Bloodstained Men and Their Friends will be sharing this message while protesting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) at its annual conference this weekend at McCormick Place Convention Center in[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces She Will Not Seek A Fifth Term
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued the following statement today: “After serving as Illinois Attorney General for over 14 years, today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection. “I still have much work to do on many important issues, and I will continue to give my best[Read More…]
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet. “This is the final chapter of an amazing mission, but it’s[Read More…]
Life-saving Post-ER Suicide Prevention Strategies are Cost Effective
Follow-up postcards less expensive, more effective than usual care: NIH study. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. Three interventions designed for follow up of patients who are identified with suicide risk in hospital emergency departments save lives and are cost effective relative to usual care. A study led by[Read More…]
Special Forces Soldier Identified as Casualty in Fort Bragg Training Incident
FORT BRAGG, N.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. Staff Sgt. Alexander P. Dalida, 32, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, a Soldier enrolled in the Special Forces Qualification Course at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, died Sept. 14, during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The cause[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 15, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 19 strikes consisting of 30 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
ACLU Seeks Immediate Halt to Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
BALTIMORE —(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP today asked a judge to immediately halt to the Trump administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military while their lawsuit challenging the ban moves through the court system. The motion[Read More…]
