Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Graduate Student Savings Act of 2016, which would allow funds from a graduate student’s stipend or fellowship to be deposited into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). While fellowship or stipend funding currently[Read More…]
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Most U.S. Counties Could Gain $1M in Annual Health Benefits From a Power Plant Carbon Standard
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Nearly all U.S. regions stand to gain economic benefits from power plant carbon standards that set moderately stringent emission targets and allow a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study by scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University,[Read More…]
One-third of Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries Fail to Reach Developmental Milestones
With data on almost 100,000 children, new research reveals extent of developmental setbacks among 3- and 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries Boston, MA ─ (ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. In developing countries, one-third of children 3 and 4 years old don’t reach basic milestones in cognitive and/or socioemotional growth, according to a new[Read More…]
Senate Hearing Today Highlights Failures of Policy Responses to ‘Synthetic Drugs,’ as Advocates Call for Health-Based Approaches
Prohibition Has Unleashed Waves of New Drug Compounds Sold and Consumed by People Unaware of Potential Health Consequences; This Thursday and Friday: Drug Policy Alliance Hosting Free Summit in NYC Exploring Public Health Approaches to Dealing with Synthetic Drugs Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Senator Grassley (R-IA) held a hearing in the U.S.[Read More…]
Herr Foods Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Waffle Works Brand of 4 oz. Double Chocolate Waffle Sandwiches due to Undeclared Milk
NOTTINGHAM, PA –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Herr Foods Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of Waffle Works Brand 4 oz. packages of Double Chocolate Waffle Sandwiches due to an undeclared milk allergen. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening[Read More…]
New University of Chicago Research Center Becomes First to Focus on Wisdom
Howard Nusbaum to direct Center for Practical Wisdom CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. While people search for wisdom throughout their lives, it long has been overlooked as a topic for rigorous scholarship and scientific investigation. That’s changing at UChicago, which recently launched the Center for Practical Wisdom. The first-of-its-kind center is being[Read More…]
Seven Recipients Presented with First Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources
Individuals and organizations honored for work to reduce climate-related threats to America’s natural resources WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)– Jun e 7, 2016. For raising awareness and addressing the impacts of climate change on America’s natural resources, seven awardees were recently recognized as the first recipients of the Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for[Read More…]
UNICEF Launches Poll and #ReplyforAll Campaign on Internet Safety for Adolescents
A student at St. Francis of Assisi School and other girls, check their smart phones after classes in the Central Visayas city of Cebu, Philippines. Photo: UNICEF/Joshua Estey NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 June 2016 – Eight out of ten 18-year-olds believe that young people are in danger of being sexually abused or[Read More…]
Allow Marijuana For Vets With PTSD, U.S. Voters Say 10-1, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Slim Majority Says Legalize Marijuana In General
CONNECTICUT–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. U.S. Veterans Administration doctors should be allowed to prescribe marijuana in pill form to veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, American voters say 87 – 9 percent in a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. Voters in military households, where at least one member is a veteran[Read More…]
LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations
LISA Pathfinder in space EU–(ENEWSPF)–7 June 2016. ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory.Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of[Read More…]
