Wayne, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2011 – Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has become aware of a broad United States market recall of alcohol prep pads, swabs and swabsticks manufactured by the Triad Group and marketed under various brand names. In the interest of patient safety, Bayer wants to ensure that U.S. patients and[Read More…]
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IDOA Establishes Driftwatch™ Website
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has introduced a new, web-based tool that aims to protect pesticide-sensitive crops by improving communication between growers and commercial pesticide applicators. Driftwatch™ is an online program that allows organic and specialty growers to enter the location of their fields on[Read More…]
Haiti Must Respect International Mission’s Electoral Findings to Avoid Unrest, UN Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2011 – Haiti’s electoral council must take full account of an international mission’s findings, reportedly eliminating the Government candidate from the presidential run-off, or face the prospect of considerable unrest, the United Nations peacekeeping chief warned today. “After a year marked by the devastating earthquake of 12[Read More…]
NOAA: Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA’s National Weather Service. La Niña has kept storms and most of their precipitation in the[Read More…]
10 Billion Bits of Entanglement Achieved in Silicon
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2011. Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time – entanglement is the key ingredient that promises to make quantum computers far more powerful than conventional[Read More…]
First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Collaboration with Walmart in Support of Let’s Move! Campaign
Wahington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2011. First Lady Michelle Obama joined Walmart executives today to help launch the company’s Nutrition Charter, a groundbreaking new initiative that has the potential to have a transformative impact on the market place and help families across America put healthier, more affordable food on their tables. The[Read More…]
EPA and Chrysler to Take Latest Hybrid Technology from Lab to Street
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan on Wednesday to announce a cooperative agreement to develop and adapt hydraulic hybrid technology for the light duty auto market. The goal of this partnership is to design a Chrysler[Read More…]
Secretary Chu Announces Major New Recovery Act Milestone: 300,000 Homes Weatherized
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that states and territories across the country have now weatherized more than 300,000 low-income homes under the Recovery Act, a major milestone in the Department’s efforts to reduce home energy bills for families. This means that states are now[Read More…]
Roche Personalized Investigational Medicine Shows Survival Benefit in Advanced Skin Cancer
Basel, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced yesterday that BRIM3, a Phase III clinical study of RG7204 (PLX4032), met its co-primary endpoints showing a significant survival benefit in people with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma. Study participants who received RG7204 lived longer (overall survival)[Read More…]
Everyone Can Help Make Breastfeeding Easier, Surgeon General Says in ‘Call to Action’
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 20, 2011 – Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin today issued a “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding,” outlining steps that can be taken to remove some of the obstacles faced by women who want to breastfeed their babies. “Many barriers exist for mothers who want to breastfeed,” Dr.[Read More…]
