WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2014. Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 219-189 to pass the bipartisan Rohrabacher-Farr amendment to the FY 2015 CJS Appropriations bill to prevent the federal government from prosecuting medical marijuana patients or distributors who are in compliance with the[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the first test that can help determine if a specific type of kidney disease, called membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN), is due to the body’s rejection of its own kidney tissue (autoimmune) or if it is due[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014 – 11:19 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  As a dad, when you — Tori’s parents are here.  And I have to imagine they are awfully proud of this remarkable young lady, and we really appreciate you taking the time to introduce me. I want to welcome everybody[Read More…]

CDC urges vaccination as summer travel season approaches   Measles, U.S., 2001-2014: Cumulative Number by Month of Rash Onset Entire Infographic  Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between Jan. 1[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to moderate-risk (class II) devices. The order also requires that sunlamp products carry a visible black-box warning[Read More…]

Grassroots effort across the country combats industry efforts to maintain status quo of overuse despite looming public health crisis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  After several decades of insufficient action to curtail the abuse of life-saving antibiotics on factory farms by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a string of American[Read More…]

Politicians continue to ignore expertise and counsel of state and national medical community, deny women seeking to end a pregnancy safe, legal, high-quality care OKLAHOMA–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law today Senate Bill 1848, a measure similar to others passed in Mississippi and Texas to shutter[Read More…]

Adoption of Minnesota law coincides with Congressional vote to end federal interference in implementation of such laws St. Paul, MN –(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2014. Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill into law today that makes Minnesota the 22nd medical marijuana state. Patient advocates celebrated the passage of SF 2470, which will[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2014.  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that after conducting more definitive laboratory tests, it found the Illinois resident was not infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) while having a business meeting with the man later hospitalized in Indiana with MERS-CoV. Illinois[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  Sports are one of the best ways to keep our kids active and healthy, but young people make nearly  250,000  emergency room visits each year with sport or recreation-related brain injuries. As a sports fan and a parent with two young daughters, President Obama believes we[Read More…]