Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined state Rep. Chris Nybo in praising today’s passage of critical legislation to protect Illinois school children who suffer from severe allergies. House lawmakers voted 113-0 today to send to the Senate a bill that would allow school nurses in public and private[Read More…]
Science
First Galaxies Were Born Much Earlier Than Expected
The giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the centre of this image contains so much dark matter mass that its gravity bends light. This means that for very distant galaxies in the background, the cluster’s gravitational field acts as a sort of magnifying glass, bending and concentrating the distant object’s[Read More…]
NIH Researchers Identify Cause and New Treatment for Common Recurrent Fever in Children
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2011. A preliminary study conducted by a team at the National Institutes of Health has identified a promising new treatment in children for the most common periodic fever disease in children. The syndrome is called periodic fever associated with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis — or[Read More…]
NOAA: U.S. Had Above Normal Temperatures and Precipitation in March
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average temperature in March was 44.0 degrees F, which is 1.4 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. March precipitation,[Read More…]
Budget Negotiations to Affect Public Health and Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. This week the Center for American Progress released two briefs on how the current budget negotiations would affect our environment and public health—“Protecting Big Oil at the Expense of the Future,” by Daniel J. Weiss and Richard Caperton, and “The Fight Over International Climate Investments, by[Read More…]
IEMA Continues Sampling to Track Japanese Radiation
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today said the latest round of testing to assess the extent of radioactivity in Illinois from the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in air, grass, milk and rainwater samples as well as minute levels[Read More…]
ICE Announces Formal Policy To Resume Deportations To Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has formally resumed deportations to Haiti, despite the objections of the American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights and humanitarian groups. The ACLU strongly opposes deportations because of dangerous conditions in Haiti in the wake of last year’s catastrophic earthquake and[Read More…]
HHS Announces Plan to Reduce Health Disparities
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched two strategic plans aimed at reducing health disparities. The HHS Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities outlines goals and actions HHS will take to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities. HHS also released the[Read More…]
Bypass Surgery, Medications Both Options To Be Considered For Heart Failure Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. A new study found that coronary artery bypass surgery added to medical therapy for selected chronic heart failure patients offered benefits over medical therapy alone. The combination of the two treatment approaches reduced the combined rate of deaths and heart-related hospital stays by 15 percent, although[Read More…]
FDA Clears Test for Bacteria That Can Cause Serious Intestinal Disease
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared a test called the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi assay that is designed to rapidly detect the toxin B gene associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a cause of diarrhea that can lead to colitis, other serious intestinal[Read More…]
