CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. Each year, hundreds of Prairie State College (PSC) students turn to the PSC Foundation for assistance paying for tuition, fees and textbooks. To provide financial assistance for PSC students, the PSC Foundation is hosting its annual scholarship fundraiser at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 5, at the[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly To Host Housing Expo on March 5
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly will host a Housing Expo on Saturday, March 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the New Early Learning Center, located at 729 Engle St., in Dolton. Participants will learn about loan modification, foreclosure prevention, down-payment assistance programs, and how to appeal property[Read More…]
HHS Awards $500,000 in Funding to Flint Health Centers
FLINT, Mich. –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2916. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell yesterday announced $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers increase and expand activities in response to the lead contamination of Flint’s water. Following a tour of the Hamilton Community Health Network, Inc.[Read More…]
Toyota Recalls Certain RAV4 and RAV4 EV Vehicles
TORRANCE, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016 – Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. announced that it is conducting a safety recall of approximately 1,124,000 Model Year 2006-2012 RAV4 and Model Year 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles. The involved vehicles are equipped with lap-shoulder seatbelts in both second-row outboard seats. There is a possibility that,[Read More…]
FDA Approves Briviact to Treat Partial Onset Seizures
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Briviact (brivaracetam) as an add-on treatment to other medications to treat partial onset seizures in patients age 16 years and older with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. A seizure[Read More…]
Researchers Find Link Between Death of Tumor-support Cells and Cancer Metastasis
NIH-funded scientists find the lifespan of supportive cells in a tumor may control the spread of cancer. The images show tumors that have metastasized to the lungs (image b) and bones (image d) in mice that had CAFs eliminated after 10 days. Biju Parekkadan, Massachusetts General Hospital Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 19,[Read More…]
New Report Exposes Enbridge as Serious Threat to Great Lakes Region
Report details Enbridge’s web of risk and destruction throughout the region and highlights need to block tar sands expansion Minneapolis, MN –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. A new report compiled by national and regional environmental and Tribal groups exposes the serious threat Enbridge Inc., the Canadian oil pipeline goliath, poses to the Great Lakes region.[Read More…]
Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Libya Airstrike, Feb. 19, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. Early this morning the U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Libya targeting an ISIL training camp near Sabratha and Noureddine Chouchane, a.k.a. “Sabir,” a Tunisian national who was an ISIL senior facilitator in Libya associated with the training camp. In May 2015, Tunisian authorities named Chouchane[Read More…]
Historic Settlement: Wildlife Agency Will Finally Examine How Roundup, Atrazine Harm 1,500 Endangered Species
Harms Caused by Atrazine, Roundup Will Be Fully Assessed, Mitigated WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will analyze the impacts of atrazine and glyphosate — the two most commonly used pesticides in the United States — on 1,500 endangered U.S. plants and animals under the terms[Read More…]
New Report Links Pesticides Used in Combination Near California Schools to Increased Cancer Risk
Policymakers urged to support comprehensive new rules that would protect children from fumigants and other hazardous pesticides Sacramento, California –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. A new report by the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) has shown an increase in cancer risk from fumigant pesticides frequently used in combination near schools.[Read More…]
