Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017 By Joan McCarter Source: NY Daily News The Congressional Budget Office has evaluated the Obamacare repeal passed by Congress last year to determine what would happen if the same bill was used again. The aim was to predict “the changes in coverage or premiums that would result from leaving[Read More…]
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Drug-Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Show Worrisome Ability to Diversify and Spread
Medical illustration of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. A family of highly drug-resistant and potentially deadly bacteria may be spreading more widely—and more stealthily—than previously thought, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.[Read More…]
Remembering Gene Cernan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16, surrounded by his family. Cernan, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, left his mark on the history of exploration by flying three times in space, twice to the moon. He also holds[Read More…]
Smoking Costs the Average Illinois Smoker $1,770,563 Over a Lifetime
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. With the societal and economic costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the[Read More…]
Health Equity Study Compares Segregation, Low Birth Weight in Chicago and Toronto
Researchers collaborate at DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center The link can be broken between low birth weight and segregation, according to new research from the Center for Community Health Equity, a collaboration of DePaul University and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell, Tribal Leaders Mark Enactment of Four Additional Water Rights Settlements for Indian Country
Photo Source: doi.gov Administration Efforts on 12 Indian Water Rights Settlements Total $3 Billion WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. As part of President Obama’s historic commitment to empowering tribal nations, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today joined tribal leaders to celebrate four[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds President Obama’s Designation of the National Monuments to Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights Sites and the First National Monument to Civil War Reconstruction
Darrah Hall in Beaufot County, South Carolina. Photo by National Park Service. Also Praises President’s Expansion of Existing National Monuments Protecting Natural & Cultural Resources in California & Oregon WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. As the country prepares to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally[Read More…]
Photo Exhibit on Green Roofs in Chicago and Beyond to Open Feb. 9 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery
Wabash building green roof CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The public will get a rare look at green roofs in Chicago and beyond when photographer Brad Temkin’s Rooftop: Second Nature opens Thursday, Feb. 9 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18. S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Approximately 20 large-scale images of green rooftops in[Read More…]
Nutritional Quality of Kids’ Menus Not Improving
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. U.S. chain restaurants participating in a National Restaurant Association initiative to improve the nutritional quality of their children’s menus have made no significant changes compared with restaurants not participating in the program, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public[Read More…]
National Nurses Call Out 13 Democrats on Rx Vote: Whose Side Are You On? Big Pharma or Patients?
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. National Nurses United today sharply criticized 13 Senate Democrats who defeated an amendment that would have aided tens of millions of patients struggling with skyrocketing prescription drug costs, voting instead Tuesday night to ally with the pharmaceutical industry. The critical test was on an amendment[Read More…]
