National lab network is a 20-year success story but faces challenges Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A national network of public health laboratories prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars every year, according to a study released today. By preventing foodborne illness, PulseNet not[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
U.N. Human Rights Expert Condemns Broad Range of Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. Child marriage, forced pregnancy testing in schools, abuse of women seeking maternal health services and restrictive abortion laws can amount to torture or ill-treatment and must be eradicated, according to a new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture. In the report that covers a[Read More…]
Republican Controlled Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Landmark Opioid Bill – the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA)
Measure Promotes Expanded Use of Diversion from the Criminal Justice System for Drug Law Violations, Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction and Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose; Advocates Praise Passage of CARA as Proof that Emerging Political Consensus Behind Treating Drug Use as a Health Issue is Gaining Traction Washington,[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Pediatricians Screen for Poverty at Check-ups and Help Eliminate its Toxic Health Effects
With nearly half of young children in the United States living in or near poverty– tied to a range of lasting medical harms—the AAP launches new anti-poverty initiative ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016). Identifying poverty as one of the most widespread and persistent health risks facing children, the[Read More…]
A Child’s First Eight Years Critical for Substance Abuse Prevention
NIH releases summary of research on early childhood risk and protective factors Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes[Read More…]
Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
Increase in liver cancer deaths cause for concern Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. The Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (1975-2012) shows that death rates continued to decline for all cancers combined, as well as for most cancer sites for men and women of all major racial and[Read More…]
Senators Introduce Bill to Help Ensure Patient Access to Mental Health Coverage Required by Law
Legislation Would Increase Transparency to Hold Insurers Accountable, Strengthen Consumer Protections Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Monday introduced the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act, which would increase transparency and strengthen[Read More…]
HHS Ships Blood Products to Puerto Rico in Response to Zika Outbreak
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it is arranging and funding shipments of blood products from the continental United States to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood for island residents as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico experiences[Read More…]
Eye Cells May Use Math to Detect Motion
Eye cells multiply – NIH scientists uncovered how neurons in the eye may use math to distinguish moving objects. Diamond lab, NIH/NINDS Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. Our eyes constantly send bits of information about the world around us to our brains where the information is assembled into objects we recognize.[Read More…]
HIV/AIDS Long-term Costs High—and Unaffordable to Most-affected Countries
CPD51R Drug distribution at Medical center for HIV positive patients, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. There will be a significant shortfall in the funding needed for HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa in the coming years and those countries with the highest HIV burden will[Read More…]
