Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) supplies to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients. Products are being configured into 50 kits that can be rapidly delivered to hospitals.[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014.  An experimental drug aimed at treating a common liver disease showed promising results and potential problems in a multicenter clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The FLINT study found that people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who took obeticholic acid (OCA) had improved liver[Read More…]

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  A malaria epidemic in South Sudan has gone neglected due to the political crisis raging throughout the country, leading to insufficient distribution of antimalarial drugs in many peripheral health centers and an increase in the number of severe life-threatening cases of the disease, said[Read More…]

Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 November 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said the Ebola crisis response “needs to scale up, get better and perform faster,” as the UN health[Read More…]

Agency Repeatedly Approved Pig Drugs Banned in Dozens of Countries SAN FRANCISCO–-(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  Center for Food Safety, the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approving several controversial animal drugs used in food production without fully examining[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  Fall in the United States means residents in most of the country will see fewer mosquitoes and less risk of the diseases they spread. However, the chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean and Central and South American countries continues to spread with no sign of slowing down. Experts[Read More…]

Findings reveal two-thirds of workers at Ebola screening airports haven’t received CDC recommended protective gear from their employers, highlighting the need for airlines and airline contractors to take action WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  Five weeks after several cases of Ebola were diagnosed in the United States and in the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014.  Rep. Peter DeFazio is pleased to announce the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $100,000 grant to mAbDx Inc., an early stage Eugene-based technology firm founded by former University of Oregon science researcher, Michael Marusich, Ph.D.  The company[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2014.  Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns) report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More[Read More…]

Loses Despite Clear Majority Support, Thanks to Unique Florida Law Requiring 60% for Ballot Initiatives and $5 Million Opposition Campaign; National Implications: Majority Support Sends Strong Message, Regardless of 60% Florida Requirement  FLORIDA—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2014. Today, a majority of Floridians voted in favor Amendment 2, a ballot initiative that makes[Read More…]