Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced yesterday that more than $2.2 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants was awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2015 to cities, states and local community-based organizations. This funding supports a coordinated and comprehensive system of care to[Read More…]

Surveys show 9.5 percent of Americans use marijuana; 30 percent of users meet criteria for a disorder Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The percentage of Americans who reported using marijuana in the past year more than doubled between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, and the increase in marijuana use disorder during that time[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  With increasing consumer concern about genetically engineered (GE) food, yesterday the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing, entitled Agriculture Biotechnology: a Look at Federal Regulation and Stakeholder Perspectives, that critics called lopsided. Most witnesses characterized GE food as safe or side-stepped the issue[Read More…]

All nationally notifiable conditions are now in the same MMWR volume Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Beginning with the Oct. 23, 2015, Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions – infectious and noninfectious – at the same time. Together, these two[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin, to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) pancreatic cancer who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. According to the National Cancer Institute, there will be 48,960 new[Read More…]

Hillary Clinton, Worried About Excessive Consolidation in Insurance Industry, Urges Regulator Scrutiny of Aetna-Humana and Cigna-Anthem Deals NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. In a new statement released Wednesday, Hillary Clinton raised “serious concerns” about proposed mergers involving major health insurance companies Aetna and Humana, as well as Cigna and Anthem. The[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until today’s orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency. In healthy individuals, the Factor X[Read More…]

Women farmers plow their fields in preparation to plant corn in Gnoungouya Village, Guinea on June 15, 2015. Many farmers were highly affected by the Ebola outbreak and are slowly beginning to return to their fields to work. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2015 – The lives of women[Read More…]

NIH-funded study shows early intervention has best outcomes. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015.  New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also found that treatment is most effective for people who[Read More…]

In Precedent-Setting Case, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Rules Justice Department in Violation of Federal Law and Lifts Injunction Against Medical Marijuana Dispensary  Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Yesterday, a federal judge lifted an injunction against one of California’s oldest medical marijuana dispensaries. The injunction can no longer be enforced in[Read More…]