Simple tips can help swimmers stay safe in various swimming venues Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  When most people think of norovirus, they think of people marooned on a cruise ship with raging stomach and intestinal illness, unable to leave their cabins. However, an outbreak at an Oregon lake underscores that[Read More…]

While some diseases decreased, overall infections from foodborne illness remain the same Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the baseline period of 2006-2008. Meanwhile, some other less common types[Read More…]

Study finds stroke risk remains elevated even after depressive symptoms improve Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  Adults over 50 who have persistent symptoms of depression may have twice the risk of stroke as those who do not, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  Yesterday, NARAL Pro-Choice America, CREDO Action, Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Ultraviolet delivered more than 224,000 petitions to Speaker Boehner blasting him and his anti-women’s health colleagues in the House for their obsession with banning abortion and restricting women’s health care choices. The reality, which is[Read More…]

NIH study uses MRI scans to screen stroke patients for acute treatment within the first critical 60 minutes Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Time is critical when it comes to stroke, and early treatment is associated with better outcomes. According to the Screening with MRI for Accurate and Rapid stroke Treatment[Read More…]

Double-whammy health threat from unhealthy ozone smog and ragweed pollen puts 109 million Americans at risk, bolstering federal curbs on carbon pollution that worsens smog and causes climate change WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2015 –One-in-three Americans lives in the “sneeziest and wheeziest” cities and regions where they are exposed to both ragweed[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2015. The U.S. House of Representatives passed federal legislation today that would ban almost all abortions nationwide starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy. A previous version of this bill was abruptly pulled from the House floor schedule in January after several Republican women withdrew their support over[Read More…]

Governments question U.S. for denying foreign assistance to women in need of safe abortion services NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015.  Governments this week asked the United States to explain its failure to address the misapplication of the Helms Amendment, a 40-year-old policy that — on paper – permits the use of[Read More…]

RN’s Irma Westmoreland Risner and Rhonda confronting VA management about minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015.  Registered nurses marked International Nurses’ Day with two actions in the District of Columbia aimed at protecting patients and caregivers. First, nurses rallied outside the John A. Wilson Building this morning to[Read More…]

Yakima Valley, WA –(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015.   In a court settlement announced today, four Washington State dairies have agreed to implement sweeping changes in their operations following a series of lawsuits brought by the Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE) and Center for Food Safety against the dairies[Read More…]