Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017 By Joan McCarter Source: NY Daily News The Congressional Budget Office has evaluated the Obamacare repeal passed by Congress last year to determine what would happen if the same bill was used again. The aim was to predict “the changes in coverage or premiums that would result from leaving[Read More…]
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Bullies Target Physical Appearance, Ethnicity, Gender or Sexual Orientation – UN Reports
Children at a displaced camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. UN Photo/Sophia Paris NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 January 2017 – Nearly a quarter of a million children and young people world-wide are bullied each year, according to a report released today by the United Nations educational and cultural agency, which found that bullies like[Read More…]
Smoking Costs the Average Illinois Smoker $1,770,563 Over a Lifetime
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. With the societal and economic costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the[Read More…]
Oxfam Report: Just 8 Men Own Same Wealth as Half the World
Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos. UK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2017. Oxfam’s report, ‘An economy for the 99[Read More…]
Health Equity Study Compares Segregation, Low Birth Weight in Chicago and Toronto
Researchers collaborate at DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center The link can be broken between low birth weight and segregation, according to new research from the Center for Community Health Equity, a collaboration of DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January[Read More…]
NORML Responds To National Academy of Sciences’ Marijuana Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a comprehensive report today acknowledging that “conclusive or substantial evidence” exists for cannabis’ efficacy in patients suffering from chronic pain, and sharply criticized longstanding federal regulatory barriers to marijuana research – in particular “the classification of cannabis[Read More…]
Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Has Created 123,00 Full-Time Jobs
Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The legal cannabis industry is responsible for the creation of an estimated 123,000 full-time jobs in the United States, according to data provided by the online content provider Leafly.com. Authors analyzed state-by-state economic data to draw their extrapolations. They estimated some 58,000 full-time jobs in states[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 7, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 247,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 235,000 to 237,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
DeVos Family Political Donations to Senate Even Larger Than Previously Reported, New Center for American Progress Analysis Reveals
Betsy DeVos speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 9, 2016. AP/Paul Sancya CAP research uncovers more than $4 million in donations to U.S. senators and their fundraising arms from the DeVos family. Betsy DeVos is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next U.S. secretary of[Read More…]
First-Ever National Report on How Solitary Confinement Harms People With Physical Disabilities
Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union published the first-ever nationwide report documenting the special dangers of solitary confinement for people who are blind or deaf, can’t walk without assistance, or have other[Read More…]
