Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011. A new online resource, designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), was unveiled today by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health. With this new resource, providers will[Read More…]
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Tree City USA Program Recognizes ‘International Year of Forests 2011’
SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Illinois Tree City USA and Tree Campus USA program participants are hailing the designation of 2011 as the “International Year of Forests” – an effort promoted by the United Nations to celebrate people’s actions to sustainably manage the world’s forests. The “International Year of Forests 2011”[Read More…]
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Still Cause Illness
National Infant Immunization Week — April 23 – 30, 2011 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Countless more miss time from day care and school because they are under-immunized or inappropriately immunized. To help[Read More…]
What’s Gotten Into Us, a Review
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Author McKay Jenkins has been a friend to SafeLawns ever since he agreed to appear in the film, A Chemical Reaction, to summarize America’s obsession with lawns. We were thrilled and honored when Jenkins and his publisher, Random House, included a long discussion of the SafeLawns movement[Read More…]
Johnson & Johnson’s Refusal to Participate in Patent Pool Undermines Access to Key AIDS Drugs
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is putting the lives of people living with HIV at stake by refusing to participate in the Medicines Patent Pool, a mechanism designed to lower prices of HIV medicines and increase access to them for people in the developing world, said[Read More…]
FDA Approves the First Vaccine to Prevent Meningococcal Disease in Infants and Toddlers
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of Menactra in children as young as 9 months for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135. Menactra already is approved for use in people ages 2 through[Read More…]
Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the 41st Anniversary of Earth Day
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2011. The following statement is attributed to Secretary of the Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Originally founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in, the first official Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. Forty-one years later, Earth Day is now celebrated in[Read More…]
Environmental Group Criticizes Continued Failure of TEPCO to Control Radioactive Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) revealed today that it allowed the release of some 520 tons of highly radioactive waste water into the open ocean in early April. In response, Friends of the Earth condemned the nuclear company for hiding the information from authorities and the public[Read More…]
Free Responsible Electronics Recycling Benefits Habitat for Humanity
South Suburbs, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. Habitat for Humanity Chicago South Suburbs would like to announce an exciting new partnership with Vintage Tech Recyclers. The Chicago Heights Habitat for Humanity ReStore is pleased to inform local businesses and consumers of a new drop-off opportunity for old electronics. Chicagoland residents are now[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Report Card Gives Obama Failing Grade for Broken Promises & Half-Measures
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. The patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) issued a report card today giving President Obama a failing grade for his record on medical marijuana. The report card highlights broken promises, half-measures, and a general failure by the Obama Administration to address medical marijuana[Read More…]
