79% of early voters over 50 years old Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Little more than one week into early voting for next Tuesday’s Presidential Primary election, suburban Cook County voters have cast more ballots than in any previous presidential primary, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Thursday. At the end of the day Wednesday, 59,578[Read More…]
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Republican Controlled Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Landmark Opioid Bill – the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA)
Measure Promotes Expanded Use of Diversion from the Criminal Justice System for Drug Law Violations, Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction and Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose; Advocates Praise Passage of CARA as Proof that Emerging Political Consensus Behind Treating Drug Use as a Health Issue is Gaining Traction Washington,[Read More…]
VA Expands Hepatitis C Drug Treatment
Expanded funding now allows VA to provide increased drug therapy at VA facilities nationwide WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it is now able to fund care for all Veterans with hepatitis C for Fiscal Year 2016 regardless of the stage of the patient’s[Read More…]
VA Announces Additional Steps to Reduce Veteran Suicide
Because even one suicide is one too many WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced new steps it is taking to reduce Veteran suicide. The steps follow a February 2 Summit, “Preventing Veteran Suicide – A Call to Action,” that brought together stakeholders and thought leaders[Read More…]
Obama Administration Sued Over Failure to Protect Monarch Butterflies
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over its failure to protect the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. Center for Food Safety, the Center for Biological Diversity and allies formally petitioned the Service in August 2014 to protect[Read More…]
Convicted Felon from Chicago Indicted on Federal Firearm Offenses
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. A Chicago man with a prior felony conviction has been indicted on federal gun charges for illegally dealing and possessing firearms. The indictment contends that LAZARO SALAS, 32, illegally dealt firearms from September 2013 to November 2015. Salas allegedly purchased between 40 and 60 guns through[Read More…]
Director of Lisle-Based Hospice Company Convicted in Scheme to Fraudulently Bill Medicare for Medically Unnecessary Services
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016. A federal jury has convicted the director of nursing assistants at Passages Hospice for participating in a scheme to bill Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary hospice services. ANGELA ARMENTA, 35, of Wheeling, was convicted Tuesday night on three counts of health care fraud. Each count is[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Pediatricians Screen for Poverty at Check-ups and Help Eliminate its Toxic Health Effects
With nearly half of young children in the United States living in or near poverty– tied to a range of lasting medical harms—the AAP launches new anti-poverty initiative ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016). Identifying poverty as one of the most widespread and persistent health risks facing children, the[Read More…]
Study Shows Adverse Experiences Make a Child Less Likely to Graduate from High School
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2016. A new study in the April 2016 Pediatrics suggests people who experience four or more traumatic events known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are significantly less likely to graduate from high school, which is a leading indicator of lifelong health. The study, “Adverse Childhood[Read More…]
A Child’s First Eight Years Critical for Substance Abuse Prevention
NIH releases summary of research on early childhood risk and protective factors Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes[Read More…]
