Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. The American Academy of Pediatrics will release its updated policy statement and clinical guidelines on teens and substance use, calling for pediatricians to expand efforts to screen and treat adolescents. The policy statement, “Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment,” along with[Read More…]
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Most Youth With Sports and Recreation Related Concussions Not Seen in Health Care Settings
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. A study in the July 2016 Pediatrics estimates that 1.1 million to 1.9 million U.S. children and adolescents under age 18 experience sports and recreation-related concussions each year, the majority of which aren’t seen in health care settings. For the study, “Sports- and Recreation-Related[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement On Senate Obstruction of Gun Safety Legislation
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass amendments preventing individuals on the “Do Not Fly List” from buying a gun and expanding our background check system: “In the wake of the worst mass shooting in US history, the Republican[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Senate’s Rejection of Common-Sense Gun Proposals
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to defeat proposals that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying guns and that would close loopholes in the background check system: “It’s incomprehensible and shameful that 53 Senators put a higher[Read More…]
Senator Kirk: Congress Misses Another Opportunity To Effect Real Change On Gun Control
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today issued a statement following the Senate’s failed attempts to pass meaningful gun control reform in the wake of the Orlando shooting: “Congress missed another opportunity to protect more Americans from gun violence,” said Senator Kirk. “I’m disappointed we could not[Read More…]
Sierra Club Response to Senate Gun Control Votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Today, the U.S. Senate defeated efforts by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Chris Murphy to make it harder for suspected terrorists to acquire firearms and to close the gun show loophole. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Hatred and gun[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Calculator Reveals the Hidden, Lifetime Costs of the Child Care Crisis in the U.S.
Peter Yabadi, age 2, stands next to his mother, Bernadette Yabadi, at a rally calling for increased child care subsidies at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, on May 6, 2015. Source: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. A new interactive calculator launched today by the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant to be Shut Down, Power Replaced by Renewables, Efficiency, Storage
California, world’s sixth largest economy, going nuclear-free BERKELEY, CALIF. –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with greenhouse-gas-free renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage resources.[Read More…]
New Website & Video Show How Trump’s Business Record is Bad Business for Our Economy
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. Hillary for America is releasing a new website and web video this morning detailing Donald Trump’s real business record—and what it could mean for the economy in advance of Hillary Clinton’s speech today in Columbus, Ohio, where she will lay out the clear choice facing voters[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, June 20, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016 – 1:46 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. As you might suspect from the screens behind me, I have a couple of comments at the top before I get to your questions. I’m going with the subtle approach today. (Laughter.) As many of[Read More…]
