WASHINGTON D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. Last night, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz admitted on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer that there is no evidence that Planned Parenthood has broken any laws. Earlier in the week, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Fox News that a[Read More…]
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Enbridge Energy Company Partners with Prairie State College to Promote Manufacturing
Enbridge Director, Chicago Region John Gauderman is shown giving scholarship donation to PSC President Terri L. Winfree, and PSC Foundation Executive Director Deborah Havighorst. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Prairie State College students residing in the Villages of Crete and Sauk Village now have a new scholarship opportunity thanks to a[Read More…]
Dormant Viral Genes May Awaken to Cause ALS
NIH human and mouse study may open an unexplored path for finding treatments Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health discovered that reactivation of ancient viral genes embedded in the human genome may cause the destruction of neurons in some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[Read More…]
Drug Used to Treat HIV Linked to Lower Bone Mass in Newborns
NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed[Read More…]
Drug Used to Treat HIV Linked to Lower Bone Mass in Newborns
NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed[Read More…]
NRDC: New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015 – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb). The following is a statement by John Walke, senior attorney and director of the Clean Air Program at the Natural[Read More…]
Sierra Club: President Obama’s Updated Smog Standard ‘A Missed Opportunity’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Today, the Obama Administration will unveil an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for smog pollution – or ground level ozone – and set the level at 70 parts per billion (ppb). The standard was last updated in 2008 when the Bush[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Outlines Barriers LGBT Homeless Youth Face in Obtaining Important Identification Documents
A young adult uses a computer at the Ruth Ellis Center, a drop-in shelter for LGBT youth in Detroit, March 2012. Source: AP/Paul Sancya Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Research suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, youth experience homelessness at a much higher rate than their non-LGBT[Read More…]
Center for American Progress, National Partnership Call on States to Protect Patient-Provider Relationships and Proactively Respond to Political Interference in Women’s Health Care
Nurse practitioners go over a patient’s chart at Ingalls Family Care Center in Flossmoor, Illinois, June 2013. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Yesterday, a new brief released by the Center for American Progress and the National Partnership for Women & Families recommends states proactively respond to political interference[Read More…]
In Climate Talks, Loss and Damage Is an Often Misunderstood but Critical Concept
Strong waves threaten coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, Albay Province, in the eastern Philippines on December 7, 2014. Source: AP/Aaron Favila Washington, D.C. — As the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, work to craft a new international climate agreement to be finalized[Read More…]
