Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 16, 2015. Child sex trafficking is a problem within the United States, with an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 youth at risk annually. The majority of child sex trafficking victims are exposed to severe physical and sexual violence that can last well past the time they are[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 16, 2015. More than 3.6 million U.S. youth currently smoke, and 80 percent will continue to smoke into adulthood. Early intervention and education is important in reducing youth smoking rates and pediatricians are in a unique position to counsel both patients and their parents regarding smoking[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2015.  NIH physicians have changed the status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center from serious to critical condition.  No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. ‎ NIH has no pending admissions of additional individuals[Read More…]

Families with Children & Loved Ones in Need of Treatment Join Senators to Discuss Landmark Proposal to Let States Legalize Medical Marijuana; Leading National Epilepsy Organization Backs Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill New York City – (ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2015. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today joined New York and New[Read More…]

The link between disaster risk reduction and health has been underscored by crises such as the Malawi floods. Photo: UNDP/Arjan van de Merwe JAPAN–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2015 – The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders[Read More…]

DOJ continues to waste tax dollars trying to lock up family of medical marijuana patients, despite acquittal of almost all charges Spokane, WA –(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2015. Just one week after three medical marijuana patients were acquitted by a federal jury of all but one charge stemming from the widely watched[Read More…]

Coalition ratifies declaration this past week in Prague, urging the UN to reclassify cannabis plant for medical use Prague, Czech Republic –(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2015. Medical cannabis (marijuana) patients from thirteen countries, including those represented by U.S. advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), established the International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition[Read More…]

Hundreds of patient advocates will gather in Washington, DC on March 31st to lobby for passage of Senate bill Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2015. Comprehensive medical marijuana legislation was introduced today in the US Senate for the first time in the country’s history. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Cory Booker (D-NJ),[Read More…]

Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee, Heads to Senate Floor Next Week; Statement from Ethan Nadelmann: “If medical marijuana can advance it Utah … it can advance anywhere in the U.S.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. Utah is the latest ‘red’ state to consider medical marijuana. Yesterday, Utah’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved[Read More…]

Findings could lead to new methods of malaria control Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  Sexual biology may be the key to uncovering why Anopheles mosquitoes are unique in their ability to transmit malaria to humans, according to researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and University of[Read More…]