NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016 By: Tony Newman Substance use and abuse touches virtually every family in the United States. The New York Times ran a front page story last week documenting the explosion of overdose deaths throughout the country. 47,000 Americans died from an overdose in 2014 — more than[Read More…]
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Hillary for America Statement Calling for Release of Secretary Clinton’s Emails
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Hillary for America National Press Secretary Brian Fallon released the following statement Friday after the intelligence community demanded that more than 20 emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department be fully withheld from public release: “We firmly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club to Host Program on the Conservationist of the North Woods on February 8
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2016. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club invites you to its next meeting. Avid canoeist Lois Lauer will talk about the life and work of Sigurd Olsen, who led the struggle to protect the Boundary Water Canoe Wilderness near Ely, Minnesota, a million-acre wilderness that contains[Read More…]
“Memory” Exhibit Opens in PSC Christopher Art Gallery Feb. 8
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting, “Memory: An exhibition of portraiture evoking memory,” in the Christopher Art Gallery on the main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The exhibit opens Monday, Feb. 8, and features works from artists Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Roth, John P.[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: Yet Another Blow to Anti-Abortion Politicians and Extremists
Court Orders North Carolina to Pay Fees in Lawsuit Against Forced Ultrasound Law WASHINGTON DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. In another blow to anti-abortion politicians and extremists, a district judge in North Carolina ordered that the state pay a sum of over $1 million in payments to Planned Parenthood, Center[Read More…]
NOAA Ranks January 2016 Blizzard Category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016 Total snowfall during 2016 blizzard from January 22-24, 2016. (Credit: NOAA) The January 22-24 blizzard, which dumped heavy snow from the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England has been rated as a Category 4 or “Crippling” winter storm on NOAA’s Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, also known as[Read More…]
FDA Approves Zepatier for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 1 and 4
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zepatier (elbasvir and grazoprevir) with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 and 4 infections in adult patients. Hepatitis C is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver[Read More…]
Cancer Drug Target Visualized at Atomic Resolution
New study using cryo-electron microscopy shows how potential drugs could inhibit cancer Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in atomic detail, the binding of a potential small molecule drug to a key protein[Read More…]
Court Orders Environmental Protection Agency to Finalize Rules so Polluters Pay for Their Own Toxic Messes
Victory: After decades of delay “financial assurance” regs will prevent polluters from leaving staggering cleanup cost to the public The Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, is bounded by several communities, including Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. The EPA has estimated that one in[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report: The Every Student Succeeds Act Provides a Critical Opportunity for a Reset on Student Assessments
A second-grader eagerly asks to be called on in a language arts class, October 2015. Source: AP/Rogelio V. Solis Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. The recent enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA—the K-12 law known until recently as No Child Left Behind—provides a critical opportunity[Read More…]
