Events offer artistic response to UN talks on global warming In response to climate change, the Chicago Climate Festival seeks to use art to change the conversation about environmental destruction. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Chicago artists, academics and community groups will gather at DePaul University,[Read More…]
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Drug to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder Shows Promise Among Drinkers with High Stress
NIH-funded multi-site clinical trial suggests that smokers may also benefit. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. A new medication that targets part of the brain’s stress system may help reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol[Read More…]
Sierra Club Releases Interactive #ToxicTrade Map
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic Trade Deals Would Empower World’s Largest Polluters WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. After trade took center stage in the first presidential debate earlier this week, the Sierra Club today released a new map that reveals the coast-to-coast environmental threats of two pending trade deals — the[Read More…]
Ahead of 40th Anniversary of Hyde Amendment, Center for American Progress Calls for Policymakers to Repeal Hyde and Reject Similar Restrictions on Abortion
Abortion advocates celebrate during a rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2016. Source: AP/EvanVucci Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Forty years ago this Friday, lawmakers passed the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits Medicaid from covering abortion care, except in limited cases of rape, incest, or if[Read More…]
Olive Garden, Darden Restaurants Under Investor Pressure to Ditch Routine Antibiotics
ORLANDO, Fla. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), the nation’s largest restaurant company and owner of Olive Garden, is facing pressure from investors today at its annual shareholder meeting to eliminate the routine use of antibiotics in its supply chain, a practice that can fuel the spread of[Read More…]
Kenk’s Amphipod Moves Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
Tiny Crustacean Threatened by Water Pollution, Pesticides Would Be Second Endangered Species Found in Nation’s Capital Photo by Irina Sereg, NPS. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity that speeds protection decisions for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Stop Destruction of California Spotted Owl Habitat in Mature Forests in Sierra Nevada
California spotted owl photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service. OAKLAND, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Earth Island Institute today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service to halt the logging of critical California spotted owl habitat on the Tahoe National Forest. Six owl territories are[Read More…]
First 2016 Human West Nile Virus Deaths in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the three human West Nile virus-related deaths in Illinois for 2016. Three individuals in Cook County tested positive for West Nile virus earlier this month and have died. “Although fall has begun and temperatures are becoming[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Automated Insulin Delivery Device for Type 1 Diabetes
Medatronic MiniMed 670G Hybrid Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G hybrid closed looped system, the first FDA-approved device that is intended to automatically monitor glucose (sugar) and provide appropriate basal insulin doses in people 14 years of age and older[Read More…]
Dialysis Organizations Team Up with CDC to Protect Patients
Coalition aims to cut infections, expand CDC prevention efforts nationwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. CDC is teaming up with a broad coalition of kidney and dialysis organizations to reduce the number of bloodstream infections in dialysis patients. Each year, about 37,000 people get potentially deadly bloodstream infections related to their[Read More…]
