Palfrey was past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has been a pediatric clinician and teacher for over 30 years WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. First Lady Michelle Obama today announced that one of the country’s leading pediatricians, Judith S. Palfrey, M.D., will lead her Let’s Move! childhood obesity initiative[Read More…]
Science
Argo Floats Help Monitor Ocean Acidity
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. Dave O’Gorman prepares to deploy a PMEL Argo float off of the R/V Wecoma in 2007. (Credit: NOAA) Scientists can now remotely monitor the ocean’s changing chemistry with help from some of the five-foot-tall Argo floats that drift with deep ocean currents and transmit data[Read More…]
Stopping Arthritis Before It Starts
Cambridge, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. About 27 million Americans suffer from arthritis, and more than three million of those cases result from a joint injury, often in the knee, that provokes slow and steady cartilage deterioration. A new study from MIT suggests that a steroid drug currently used to treat inflammatory[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. Over the last two and half years, my administration, under the leadership of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, has taken some of the strongest actions since the enactment of the Clean Air Act four decades ago to protect our environment and the health of our families[Read More…]
Katia Regains Hurricane Status, September 2, 2011 (11 AM AST)
Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2011 – UPDATE 11 AM AST. The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Katia has been categorized a Category 1 Hurricane. As of 11 AM AST (1500 UTC), Hurricane Katia is located 17.5 North, 52.4 W, approximately 705 miles (1135 km) east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Maximum[Read More…]
Rare Martian Lake Delta Spotted By Mars Express
EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 September 2011. Holden and Eberswalde craters ESA’s Mars Express has spotted a rare case of a crater once filled by a lake, revealed by the presence of a delta. The delta is an ancient fan-shaped deposit of dark sediments, laid down in water. It is a reminder[Read More…]
Magnitude 6.4 Hits Deep Under Santiago Del Estero, Argentina
Santiago Del Estero, Argentina—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2011. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an earthquake with magnitude of 6.4 struck deep under Santiago Del Estero, Argentina, today, Friday, September 2, 2011 at 10:47:11 AM at the epicenter. The quake’s epicenter was at coordinates 28.422°S, 63.146°W at a depth of 592.8 km[Read More…]
National Hurricane Center: Gulf Coast Tropical Depression Thirteen Status Report, September 2, 2011 (7 AM CDT)
Miami, Florida—(ENWESPF)—September 2, 2011. The National Hurricane Center reports that currently the center of the Gulf Coast Tropical Depression is nearly stationary south of the Louisiana Coast. As of 7AM CDT (1200 UTC) the Tropical Depression Thirteen is located 27.0 N, 91.6 W, approximately 250 miles (340 km) SW of[Read More…]
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Alaska
ALASKA—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2011. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Friday off the coast of Alaska. USGS initially reported this event at 7.1 magnitude but later revised that figure. The quake’s epicenter was at coordinates 52.185°N, 171.684°W in the Aleutian Islands, approximately[Read More…]
Report: Roundup is Everywhere in Air, Water
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011. In what’s being called “groundbreaking” research out of Mississippi and Iowa, the weed killer known as Roundup has been found to be virtually everywhere in air and water. This comes on the heels of the June report that shows Roundup, the world’s best-selling and most unregulated pesticide,[Read More…]
