Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. The FDA today cleared the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay to help physicians determine if patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) can be removed from airborne infection isolation. This expanded use allows healthcare providers to use one or two negative Xpert MTB/RIF Assay test results to help[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the Eclipse System for the treatment of fecal incontinence (FI) in adult women. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control bowel movements and is a common problem, especially among older adults. The most common cause[Read More…]

Sens. Boxer, Blumenthal and Rep. DeFazio Reintroduce Right-to-Know Bill Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015.  Chef Tom Colicchio joined Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) today as they reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would give Americans more information about what’s in their food and how[Read More…]

Proposed research to focus on nondrug approaches to help active military and veterans Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015.  The feasibility of conducting larger-scale research studies on nondrug approaches for pain management in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should be assessed[Read More…]

Americans for Safe Access sponsors bill introduced by Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) to end discriminatory practice Sacramento, CA –(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2015. California State Assembly member Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) has introduced AB 258, the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act, a bill aimed at preventing medical marijuana patients from being unduly[Read More…]

Photo: PAHO/WHO GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 February 2015 – The recent outbreaks of measles – one of the leading causes of deaths among young children – in the United States and Brazil suggest that immunization rates in some areas have dropped below levels needed to prevent the spread of imported into the Americas,[Read More…]

Washiington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015 – 1:46 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Please, everybody, have a seat.  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Well, thank you, Rear Admiral Giberson, not only for the introduction, but for your leadership and your service. Last summer, as Ebola spread in West Africa, overwhelming[Read More…]

Defendant Larry Harvey will argue that new Congressional measure forbids the DOJ from prosecuting his family Spokane, WA –(ENEWPSF)—February 11, 2015. A motion to dismiss will be heard in federal court Thursday in a widely watched medical marijuana case involving a family from rural northeastern Washington State. Larry Harvey, 71,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing today titled, “The Reemergence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Exploring the Public Health Successes and Challenges.” At the hearing, the Senator asked Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the National[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly visited Roseland Community Hospital’s new Mobile Dental Van during its stop at the hospital’s Women, Infant and Children’s Center, where a pediatric dentist provided babies and toddlers with their first dental exams. “As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, children’s dental care[Read More…]