NYC Drug Overdoses Killed 886 People in 2015, Increase of 10%, Bronx Hardest Hit New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Following Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement last night that fatal drug overdoses increased by 10% in 2015 – the fifth straight year – advocates applauded new city initiatives to curb[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Announces Collaborative ‘UP Initiative’ to Curb Gun Violence and Reinvest in Urban Areas
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today announced “The UP Initiative,” a new collaborative effort between Members of Congress and community partners to reduce gun violence and increase economic opportunity. The UP Initiative — short for “Urban Progress” — builds on the recommendation of the 2014 Kelly Report on Gun[Read More…]
NY Attorney General Schneiderman Finds Toxic Toys With High Lead Content Sold By K-mart, Target, Toy-R-Us Stores Across New York
“Cra-Z-Art” Jewelry-Making Kits Offered At Stores In Rochester, Long Island, NYC, Syracuse, And Buffalo Found To Contain High Lead Levels; Schneiderman Calls On These And Other Retailers – Including Amazon and Walmart – To Immediately Stop Sales And Undertake Recall In NY; Calls On Federal Government To Require National Recall[Read More…]
IL House Speaker Madigan: House Passes Emergency Funding for Higher Education
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. House Speaker Michael Madigan released a statement Friday following House passage of a plan that will deliver emergency funding to the state’s public universities, community colleges and MAP recipients to avoid school closures: “Governor Rauner has said that crisis creates opportunity and leverage, and that[Read More…]
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Responds to Speaker Madigan’s Taxing Criticism
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- House Republican Leader Jim Durkin issued the following response to a press release from Speaker Michael Madigan (House Speaker Madigan: Illinois Residents Again Ignored by House Republicans’ Failure to Support Millionaire Surcharge): “I am confused by the Speaker’s comments. His tax increase was rejected again with both Republican[Read More…]
Governors State University to Receive Stop Gap Funding from State
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University officials commended Illinois lawmakers for passing legislation that partially funds Illinois higher education. The bipartisan bill passed today is a stop gap measure designed to provide immediate funding for Illinois public universities and colleges until a final budget for Fiscal Year 2016 is reached.[Read More…]
Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Report Overall Health Similar to Middle-aged in General Population
Study finds presence or absence of chronic conditions key to health-related quality of life Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Do survivors of childhood cancer return to normal health as they grow up? According to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center,[Read More…]
‘We are in a Race Against Time,’ says UN Secretary General Ban, as Leaders Sign Landmark Paris Climate Accord
View of the GA Hall Opening Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Treaty. Video capture UN Web NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – As world leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York this morning to officially sign the Paris Agreement on climate change – the landmark accord that sets[Read More…]
Florida Supreme Court Blocks Measure Forcing Women to Delay Health Care, Make Additional Trips When Seeking Safe, Legal Abortion
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. The Florida Supreme Court today blocked a 2015 measure which forces a woman to wait at least 24 hours and make at least one additional, medically unnecessary trip before she is able to receive safe, legal abortion care. The law—which an appellate court allowed to take[Read More…]
HHS Supporting Study of Zika Virus Blood Screening Test
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. The development of a test to identify whether donated blood is infected with the Zika virus is moving forward with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Office of the Assistant[Read More…]
