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White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Oct. 15, 2015

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015 – 1:33 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  Quite a ballgame last night, huh?   Q    Good mug. MR. EARNEST:  Well, I’ve got it here.  So I wouldn’t leave it behind.  I certainly was pleased to see the Royals[Read More…]

Senators Wyden, Booker, Colleagues to FCC: End Exorbitant Phone Rates for Prison Inmates and Their Families

Senators say: The FCC’s proposed rule change will better enable families to stay connected and allow inmates to prepare to reenter society once their time has been served. WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2015. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today joined a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler applauding[Read More…]

Representatives Schakowsky, Matsui and Murphy on Social Security Administration Announcement of No Cost of Living Increase For Beneficiaries

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Doris Matsui (CA-06) and Patrick Murphy (FL-18), sponsors of H. Res 393 released the following statement after the Social Security Administration announced that there would not be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries in 2016: “Social Security[Read More…]

Study: Marijuana Smoking Does Not Promote Head and Neck Cancer

Belo Horizonte, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  Marijuana smoke exposure is not positively associated with the development of cancers of the head or neck, according to the results of a systematic literature review published online ahead of print in the journal Archives of Oral Biology. Investigators from the Federal University of Minas[Read More…]

Family Physicians Group Resolves In Favor Of Reclassifying, Decriminalizing Cannabis

Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  Delegates of the American Academy of Family Physicians resolved to support the decriminalization of minor marijuana offenses and reaffirmed their stance that cannabis ought to be reclassified federally at its 2015 Conference of Delegates. Delegates voted in support of a resolution calling for the “decriminalization of[Read More…]

Doctors Without Borders Launches Petition Drive for Afghanistan Attack Investigation

U.S. Urged to Consent to International Inquiry Into Devastating Airstrikes on MSF Hospital in Kunduz The remains of a bed frame in a room in the main building of MSF’s hospital in Kunduz. Source: Andrew Quilty/Oculi NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans[Read More…]

DOJ Needs to Investigate Arsons at Abortion Clinics as Domestic Terrorism, Thousands of NARAL Pro-Choice America Members Demand

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  NARAL Pro-Choice America today released a newly launched petition to demand that the Department of Justice direct the FBI to investigate recent arson attacks on Planned Parenthood clinics as what they are: acts of domestic terrorism. In fewer than 20 hours, the petition has already garnered over 23,000 signatures. As[Read More…]

Senator Durbin Calls for FBI to Explain Walkback of Consumer Protection Advisory Regarding Security Features on Credit and Debit Cards

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2015. U.S. Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to explain why it revised a consumer protection advisory regarding current credit and debit smart card security technology, and whether the FBI is taking appropriate steps to protect consumers and[Read More…]

Genes Linked with Malaria’s Virulence Shared by Apes, Humans

Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  The malaria parasite molecules associated with severe disease and death—those that allow the parasite to escape recognition by the immune system—have been shown to share key gene segments with chimp and gorilla malaria parasites, which are separated by several millions of years, according to a[Read More…]

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