Reproductive Services in El Paso reopens, but millions of Texas women still at risk of losing access to safe, legal abortion Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. After being forced to close its doors in early 2014 due to Texas’ clinic shutdown law, an El Paso clinic reopened today and announced it[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
EPA Updates Emissions Standards for Petroleum Refineries
First-ever fenceline monitoring requirements will protect nearby communities WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated air pollution standards to further control toxic air emissions from petroleum refineries. Exposure to toxic air pollutants, such as benzene, can cause respiratory problems and other serious health issues and[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on the Creation of a Select Committee to Investigate Planned Parenthood
Washington D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to House Republican’s announcement of the creation of a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood. “It is beyond comprehension that House Republicans are choosing to further waste time and resources on this witch hunt. To date,[Read More…]
Prairie State College Board of Trustees Announces New Member
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees recently added a new member to its seven-member board. Christopher J. Baikauskas was selected from a pool of applicants to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Peg Donohue, who had been serving her second term[Read More…]
HHS Advances Development of Novel Drug to Treat Influenza
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. A monoclonal antibody therapeutic drug, a novel approach to treating patients with influenza, will advance in development with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). No monoclonal antibody antiviral drugs to treat patients[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Racial, Ethnic Differences in Fetal Growth
Current standards may misclassify certain fetuses as growth-restricted Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Current standards for ultrasound evaluation of fetal growth may lead to misclassification of up to 15 percent of fetuses of minority mothers as being too small, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
Our Brain’s Secrets to Success?
Unique support system promotes cortex growth, connectivity linked to prowess Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Discoveries about how the human brain contributes to our success — both as a species and as individuals — are among the first fruit of projects funded under the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative program[Read More…]
New ‘Waste Free Kitchen Handbook’ Out Today
Leading National Food Waste Expert Pens Consumer Guide to Saving Food & Money NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Bush’s Energy Plan Isn’t ‘Low Energy’ or ‘High Energy’–It’s Every Type of ‘Dirty Energy’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Today, Jeb Bush is releasing his national energy plan. According to early advanced reporting, elements of the plan include lifting the crude oil export ban, eliminating essential clean air and climate safeguards, building the dirty Keystone XL pipeline, drilling off Alaska’s pristine coast and[Read More…]
Women’s Rising Earnings Have Reduced Inequality, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
Job seekers make their way through the large crowd at the Women For Hire Career Expo in New York City in 2009. Source: AP/Seth Wenig Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. While there is striking public support for work-family policies such as paid family leave, paid sick days, and access to[Read More…]
