Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015. “Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats announced that the ongoing investigation into Planned Parenthood has shown what we already know – that Planned Parenthood did not break any laws and continues to provide excellent health care to millions of woman across the country. Over[Read More…]
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Roosevelt University Class of 2017 Pharmacy Students Present Top-quality Summer Research
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Twenty-two students from Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy presented research projects in August on topics ranging from drug synthesis, pharmacology and metabolism, to herbal products, analytical assay development, the pharmacist’s role in reducing medication errors, inter-professional pharmacy practice and traditional Chinese medicines. (The student research team is pictured[Read More…]
FDA Takes Important Steps in Modernizing the Food Safety System
Moves to implement FDA Food Safety Modernization Act to further protect consumers from foodborne illness Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today took one of the most significant steps in decades to prevent foodborne illness by finalizing the first two of seven major rules[Read More…]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease Launches New Spanish-language Website
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a new Spanish-language website that provides free health information on conditions of the bones, joints, muscles and skin. The site is being launched to coincide with[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Suggests Unions Are Critical to Intergenerational Economic Mobility
New CAP research, co-authored with economists Richard Freeman and Eunice Han, indicates that policies that make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain collectively should be at the heart of any agenda to boost mobility. Duke Scoppa marches up Fifth Ave with his son during the Labor Parade,[Read More…]
Ten-Year-Old Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Home Treated with Pesticide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Sepember 10, 2015. A young Florida boy and his family are reeling after a routine termite treatment resulted in a devastating outcome. Ten-year-old Peyton McCaughey of Palm City, Florida has been in the hospital for weeks following a severe reaction to chemicals used to fumigate his family’s home. According[Read More…]
Bee Activists Attempt to Save Brunch
Thousands urge Ace and True Value to remove bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2015. Over the month of August, more than 2,000 people across the country urged Ace Hardware and True Value to “save brunch” and stop selling bee-killing pesticides. As part of a national month of action organized[Read More…]
Report Details Obama’s Authority to Keep 450 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas Pollution in Ground
Laws Allow President to Ban New Oil, Gas and Coal Leases on Public Lands, Ocean Areas WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity released a report today detailing the forms of legal authority that President Obama, as well as future U.S. presidents, possesses to stop new federal fossil fuel[Read More…]
Owner of Dietary Supplement Company Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Adulterate Dietary Supplements
Company’s Executive Vice President Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of an Agency Investigation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Sepember 9, 2015. The owner and president of a dietary supplement manufacturing company in Flanders, New Jersey, was sentenced to prison today for the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements, the Department of Justice[Read More…]
Russian Agent Pleads Guilty to Leading Scheme to Illegally Export Controlled Technology to Russian Military
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015. Alexander Fishenko, 49, of Houston, and a dual citizen of the United States and Russia, pleaded guilty today to acting as an agent of the Russian government within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General, conspiring to export and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics[Read More…]
