NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 February 2011 – Hundreds of infants in Kenya received their first shots against pneumococcal disease today at a special United Nations-backed event to celebrate the global roll-out of vaccines targeting the world’s leading cause of child deaths – pneumonia. President Mwai Kibaki joined parents, health workers, ambassadors and[Read More…]
Science
Federal Science Report Analyzes Environmental Risks and Benefits of Additional Clean Up for Sensitive Beaches in the Gulf
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. Today the Gulf Coast Incident Management Team released a report from its interagency Operational Science Advisory Team 2 about oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that remains on or near sandy beaches along the Gulf Coast. The report is intended to inform ongoing beach-area[Read More…]
As World’s Human Population Approaches 7 Billion, Global Species Extinction Crisis Accelerates
TUCSON, Ariz–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. The number of people on Earth is expected to hit 7 billion later this year, a deeply troubling milestone in the human overpopulation crisis that’s contributing to widespread extinction of plants and animals, overconsumption of our natural resources, climate change, and other environmental problems. February is[Read More…]
FDA Approves First 3-D Mammography Imaging System
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 11 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Selenia Dimensions System, the first X-ray mammography device that provides three-dimensional (3-D) images of the breast for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. A mammogram is a safe, low-dose X-ray of the breast that is the best[Read More…]
Neuro Resource Group, Inc. Informs Customers of Important Information about Triad Group’s Alcohol Prep Pads
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Neuro Resource Group, Inc. (NRG) has become aware of the market recall of Triad Group’s alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs, and alcohol swabsticks manufactured by Triad in the United States and marketed under various brand names, (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm239219.htm). The Triad Group alcohol prep pads are co-packaged[Read More…]
CPSC Investigation Finds No Problem Drywall or Environmental Factors Linked to Ft. Bragg Deaths
FT. BRAGG, NC–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Conclusions from a broad investigation by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) presented to Ft. Bragg military officials and families today, found no evidence either of problem drywall or environmental factors linked to the deaths of three infants. This investigation confirms the results of[Read More…]
NOAA: U.S. Coast Survey Civil War Map Among First to Visualize Slavery, Influence Lincoln’s Strategy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. It isn’t often that a map visually displays a moral issue facing a divided nation and then affects a President’s response. Yet nearly 150 years ago, the U.S. Coast Survey — NOAA’s predecessor organization — produced such a map that, according to historians, President Abraham Lincoln[Read More…]
Arnold Schwarzenegger to Join Secretary Chu at ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Two weeks after President Obama focused on innovation in his State of the Union address, the U.S. Department of Energy announced today that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will keynote the second annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Designed to bring together key players from across[Read More…]
Surgery on Fetus Reduces Complications of Spina Bifida
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. A surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt, fluid away from the brain, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health and[Read More…]
Durbin Asks for Meeting With Consumer Product Safety Chairman to Discuss Faulty Pool Drain Covers
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. Prompted by a Chicago Tribune investigation, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Inez Tenenbaum, to request a meeting to discuss existing rules and regulations regarding pool safety, specifically steps taken to prevent entrapments due[Read More…]
