Group of Healthcare Experts to Advise State on Ebola Response Efforts CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a task force that will help ensure the public health system across Illinois is prepared for the Ebola virus. The task force was established through Executive Order with the Illinois[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Readout of President Obama’s Call with Texas Presbyterian Hospital Workers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. Today, President Obama convened a telephone call with healthcare workers at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas to thank them for their courage and perseverance in dealing with the first cases of Ebola to appear in the United States. The President conveyed his thoughts and prayers to[Read More…]
CDC Announces Active Post-Arrival Ebola Monitoring for Travelers from Impacted Countries
Travelers from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will receive a CARE (Check And Report Ebola) kit when they arrive in the United States. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel originates[Read More…]
Recent Police Raids on Medical Marijuana Gardens in California Cut Off Treatment for Children Living with Epilepsy
Researchers announce that clinical trials involving anti-convulsive form of marijuana is showing “promise” in children Mendocino Co. / Modesto, CA –(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. As promising results from clinical trials are announced in the use of cannabis (medical marijuana) to treat intractable epilepsy, those lawfully cultivating the plant in California are[Read More…]
As Ebola Response Accelerates, UN Health Agency Prepares for Arrival of Trial Vaccines
In early October 2014, with the help of the US Navy, a new mobile laboratory opened at Island Clinic, one of the WHO-supported Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: WHO/R. Sørenson GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21 October 2014 – Amid positive developments in the global fight against Ebola, including a growing response[Read More…]
Innovative Response by Firestone Health Officials May Have Limited Ebola Spread in a Part of Liberia
Ebola strategies offered to families of company workers might work elsewhere. Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. Innovative measures have limited the spread of Ebola in a part of Liberia where Firestone Liberia Inc. had established an effective health care infrastructure, according to a report issued today in the October 21 early[Read More…]
New Report Finds Ocean-based Fish Farming at Odds with Organic Standard
53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled “organic” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic. In advance of USDA’s publication of regulations to[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Makes Statement on West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. We should be careful in restricting travel between West Africa and the U.S. during this current Ebola outbreak. People in affected countries still find a way to travel, and governments could have a harder time tracking those movements. Sealing off aid and resources to West Africa[Read More…]
CDC Issues Tightened Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Workers on Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola, Oct. 20, 2014
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tightening previous infection control guidance for healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola, to ensure there is no ambiguity. The guidance focuses on specific personal protective equipment (PPE) health care workers should use and offers detailed step by[Read More…]
CDC Update on Ebola Response, October 20, 2014
Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014 – 7:00 p.m. ET OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you for standing by. At this time all participants are on a listen-only mode until the question and answer session of today’s conference. On ask a question please press star 1 on the touch-tone phone and record your[Read More…]
