WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $30 million for 24 universities in 23 states across the country to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts. Each school will[Read More…]
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New Public-Private Sector Initiative Aims to Prevent 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes in Five Years
Million Hearts focuses on improving aspirin use, blood pressure, cholesterol control and tobacco prevention Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with several key initial partners, today launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next[Read More…]
District Court Ruling Challenges EPA’s Enforcement Process on Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. A recent federal district court ruling is the latest in the series of setbacks against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) ability to enforce the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The decision could affect at least five Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs)[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Calls on New Generation to Take Action in Preventing Dating Violence and Sexual Assault at School and On Campus
On 17th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, Vice President Biden Says “1 is too Many” Youth Victims of Dating Violence and Sexual Assault Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. Earlier today, in a video message tweeted by @VP, Vice President Biden called on high school and college students to share[Read More…]
As the Number of Measles Epidemics Skyrocket, Global Response Lags
Paris/New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011 – On September 13-14, 2011, the Measles Initiative will meet in Washington, D.C., bringing together organizations seeking to eliminate measles worldwide. Given the troubling resurgence of measles epidemics over the last three years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an effective outbreak response[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Launching Traveling Interactive Exhibition Sept. 13 in New York
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2011 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is presenting “Starved for Attention,” a free interactive exhibit that simulates a Doctors Without Borders field clinic, to raise awareness about the crisis of childhood malnutrition, a preventable and treatable condition that nonetheless continues to affect 195 million[Read More…]
Herschel Paints New Story of Galaxy Evolution
Galaxy forming stars EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2011. ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that galaxies do not need to collide with each other to drive vigorous star birth. The finding overturns this long-held assumption and paints a more stately picture of how galaxies evolve. The conclusion is based on Herschel’s[Read More…]
Astronomers Find Extreme Weather on an Alien World
Cosmic Oddball May Harbour a Gigantic Storm TORONTO, ON—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2011. A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf that may indicate a storm grander than any seen yet on a planet. Because old brown dwarfs and giant planets have similar[Read More…]
Beyond Nuclear Breaking News – Explosion at French Nuclear Waste Processing Plant
Takoma Park, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2011. News is coming in about an explosion at Marcoule, a nuclear processing plant in southern France. One worker has died and four have been injured according to official reports. The explosion appears to have occurred in a furnace at Marcoule in a radioactive waste treatment[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Sebelius Spotlights New Efforts to Empower Patients to Increase Secure Access to Their Health Information
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2011. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today proposed new rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health information technology (IT). Specifically, the new rules would empower patients and allow them to gain access to test results reports directly[Read More…]
