NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 June 2011. The global response to AIDS has achieved significant results since the first case was reported 30 years ago, with a record number of people having access to treatment and rates of new HIV infections falling by nearly 25 per cent, the United Nations says in a[Read More…]
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Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Caused by Rare Strain of Bacterium, UN Confirms
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 June 2011. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the E. coli infection that has claimed the lives of 17 people in Germany and made more than 1,800 others in Europe sick is a rare strain of the bacterium. “The strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated[Read More…]
Haiti: An Alarming Resurgence of Cholera
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 — The cholera epidemic in Haiti is far from over, with a sharp increase in cases seen in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and outbreaks reported elsewhere in the country, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Although the cholera epidemic began to[Read More…]
At Least 1 – 1.5 Million Americans are Legal Medical Marijuana Patients
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. We don’t know his or her name, but somewhere in one of sixteen states and the District of Columbia is America’s 1,000,000th legal medical marijuana patient. We estimate the United States reached the million-patients mark sometime between the beginning of the year to when Arizona began issuing patient[Read More…]
Illinois Department Of Agriculture To Offer Free Recycling Program For Agrichemical Containers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. The Illinois Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to save their empty agrichemical containers. The department announced today it has arranged to recycle them. Beginning in August, sites throughout the state will collect the containers and grind them into small plastic chips that will be used[Read More…]
USDA Launches MyPlate Icon as a New Reminder to Help Consumers to Make Healthier Food Choices
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011 – First Lady Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin today unveiled the federal government’s new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the intent to prompt consumers[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Urge Congress to Help Move Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects Forward
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. A coalition of environmental groups working on renewable energy development told a congressional committee today that the unprecedented expansion of wind, solar and geothermal generation over the past two years represented real progress toward a clean energy future and was the result of coordination between their groups,[Read More…]
DOE Announces $27 Million to Reduce Costs of Solar Energy Projects, Streamline Permitting and Installations
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. As part of the Obama Administration’s SunShot Initiative to make solar energy cost-competitive with fossil fuels within the decade, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday announced the availability of more than $27 million in new funding that will reduce the non-hardware costs of[Read More…]
Treatment With Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for High Blood Pressure Does Not Increase Risk of Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that a group of medications used to control high blood pressure, called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), do not increase the risk of developing cancer in patients using the medications. In July 2010, the FDA reported that a[Read More…]
FDA: Breast Thermography Not a Substitute for Mammography
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned women not to substitute breast thermography for mammography to screen for breast cancer. Unlike mammography, in which an X-ray of the breast is taken, thermography produces an infrared image that shows the patterns of heat and[Read More…]
