PlayStreets offers more than 150 events throughout the City, engage children and families in physical activity and play CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) kicked off PlayStreets 2017 today, announcing that the City of Chicago will host more than 150 special PlayStreets[Read More…]
Science
Study: Vaporization Offers “Attractive Alternative” To Smoked Cannabis
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Vaporizing cannabis mitigates subjects’ exposure to carbon monoxide and allows them to self-regulate their dose – making it preferable over smoking or oral administration, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators affiliated with the US National Institute on Drug[Read More…]
On Asteroid Day, UN Space Agency Urges International Cooperation Against Potential Threat
Portrait of a doomed asteroid. Image Credit: Illustrations: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 June 2017 – A top United Nations official today urged the international community to come together to jointly raise awareness and develop a plan to mitigate the danger from a potential asteroid impact. Marking the first observance of International[Read More…]
The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. This image, processed by citizen scientist Jason Major, is titled “Jovey McJupiterface.” By rotating the image 180 degrees and orienting it from south up, two white oval storms turn[Read More…]
Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Move to Expand Drilling Off America’s Coasts
Decision threatens coastal communities, marine life, and the climate Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. The Department of Interior has announced it will take the first step on Monday toward opening more of our ocean waters to dangerous offshore drilling. Interior will kick off the process of undoing protections put in[Read More…]
Fight Begins to Maintain Protections for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
Conservationists Signal Impending Legal Challenge Over Removal of Federal Safeguards MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Today, WildEarth Guardians notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it will sue the agency over its flawed decision to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Endangered Species Act protections. The Service’s[Read More…]
Researchers Develop Microneedle Patch for Flu Vaccination
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017. A National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles. The method is an alternative[Read More…]
Steamy Air To Overtake Eastern Us Independence Day Weekend
By Alex Sosnowski Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports weather more appropriate for early July will return to the eastern United States through Independence Day. Steamy air that has been suppressed to near the Gulf of Mexico coast will spread northward into this weekend. “People in much of the East[Read More…]
Park Forest Growing Green Recycle Fest on Saturday, July 15
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017. The Park Forest Growing Green Recycle Fest will take place on Saturday, July 15 from 8 a.m. to noon in DownTown Park Forest at the Intersection of Main Street and Cunningham Lane — adjacent to the Park Forest Farmers’ Market. Recycle your television ($10 for[Read More…]
VA Secretary Formalizes Expansion of Emergency Mental Health Care to Former Service Members With Other-Than-Honorable Discharges
Secretary Announced Plans to Expand Coverage in March WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2017. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today released finalized plans that lay the framework for providing emergency mental health coverage to former service members with other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges. This is the first time a VA Secretary has implemented[Read More…]
