Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2015. Preliminary results of a study into persistence of Ebola virus in body fluids show that some men still produce semen samples that test positive for Ebola virus nine months after onset of symptoms. The report, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the[Read More…]

UNIVERSITY PARK—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2015. The University of Illinois Cancer Center and Governors State University have received a joint four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to help both institutions conduct community-based research to reduce cancer-related health disparities in Chicago’s south suburbs. The grant will support the development of an[Read More…]

AARP encourages Medicare beneficiaries to compare prescription drug coverage plans to save money WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2015.  It’s that time of year again: Medicare Open Enrollment. AARP encourages all Medicare beneficiaries to review their health and prescription drug plan choices for 2016 during open enrollment (October 15th – December[Read More…]

HENDERSON, Nev. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2015.  The National Union of Healthcare Workers– an organization representing 11,000 health care workers at hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics throughout California– on Monday endorsed U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. “We’ve had a great relationship with Sen. Sanders for years,” said NUHW President Sal Rosselli,[Read More…]

Increases in These Highly Effective Methods Seen Across Virtually All Groups of Women NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015.  U.S. women are increasingly turning to highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods—particularly IUDs. According to “Changes in Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods Among United States Women, 2009–2012,” by Guttmacher Institute researchers[Read More…]

An analysis based on inspection documents and non-compliance reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveals large numbers of defects being missed in the USDA’s controversial pilot project for privatized poultry inspection. Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015.  In the name of budget-cutting, more defective and unsanitary poultry contaminated with[Read More…]

SACRAMENTO–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015 – By the end of the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown  will announce his decision on legislation by Sen. Jerry Hill that sets the strictest limits in the U.S. on the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in meat production. The bill will help protect the efficacy of[Read More…]

Grapes are served during preschool lunch at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, 2009. Source: AP/Steve Ruark Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015.  The Center for American Progress—along with its partners Witnesses to Hunger, the Coalition on Human Needs, the Food Research & Action Center, Feeding America, and the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky today introduced the Health Insurance Rate Review Act of 2015 to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to block or modify unreasonable health insurance premium increases in states where insurance regulators lack the authority to do so. Senator Dianne Feinstein[Read More…]

Victoria, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  Patients who possess legal access to cannabis frequently substitute it in place of alcohol and prescription drugs, according to survey data published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. Investigators from the University of Victoria in British Columbia assessed the influence of medical marijuana access[Read More…]