Bill Will Be Expanded to Include Rights for Same-Sex Families; Extended Family Members WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act today, which will allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
NIH Statement on the New Crib Safety Standards
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. Today, new mandatory safety standards for infant cribs will take effect, helping to ensure a safe sleep environment for infants in the United States. The new standards released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) require manufacturers and retailers to meet new safer crib standards, which include[Read More…]
Kirk to Call for Details of ‘Stealth Survey’ to Spy on Physicians
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. In response to a New York Times Article entitled, “U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors,” United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is circulating a letter among Senate colleagues in advance of sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting the details[Read More…]
Durbin to Introduce Legislation Designed to Protect Consumers of Dietary Supplements
CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. With the use of heavily marketed energy drinks and other dietary supplements on the rise, more regulation is needed to ensure that consumers have the information they need to distinguish between products that are safe and others that contain potentially dangerous ingredients which haven’t been approved[Read More…]
FDA: Do Not Eat Evergreen Produce Brand Alfalfa Sprouts Or Spicy Sprouts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. Sprouts may contain Salmonella Enteritidis; pathogen different from the one in European outbreak Fast Facts The FDA is warning consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts from plastic bags labeled “Evergreen Produce” or “Evergreen Produce Inc.” The sprouts are possibly linked to 20[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on National HIV Testing Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and with which more than one[Read More…]
State Public Health Director Urges Illinoisans to Get Tested on National HIV Testing Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. As we observe the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) first report of AIDS-like disease, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is urging Illinoisans today to get tested and learn their HIV status on National HIV[Read More…]
Cannabinoids Delay Disease Progression In Animal Model Of Huntington’s Disease
Madrid, Spain–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011. The combined administration of the plant cannabinoids THC and CBD (cannabidiol) provide neuroprotection in rat models of Huntington’s Disease (HD), according to experimental data to be published in The Journal of Neuroscience Research. Huntington’s Disease is an inherited degenerative brain disorder characterized by motor abnormalities and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, 37 States Reach $40 Million Pharmaceutical Settlement
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 37 other state attorneys general today announced a $40.75 million settlement with GlaxoSmithkline LLC and SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc. over allegations of violating drug manufacturing standards. Illinois will receive $2.4 million in the settlement. Madigan, who filed a complaint and the[Read More…]
Three-Year CDC Initiative Tests 2.8 Million Americans for HIV
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011. A three-year, $111 million program to expand access to HIV testing in 25 of the U.S. areas most affected by HIV has provided nearly 2.8 million HIV tests and diagnosed 18,432 individuals who were previously unaware of their HIV infection, the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
