Miami, FL—(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. Today, Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida (PPSENFL) announced a six-week community canvass to educate local communities — especially women of reproductive age in medically underserved areas — about the Zika virus, mosquito transmission, sexual transmission, travel-associated risks, and prevention of Zika. Details about[Read More…]
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ESO Discovers Earth-Size Planet in Habitable Zone of Nearest Star
This artist’s impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and[Read More…]
Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment Suggest African American and Latino Children Are Under Diagnosed and Under Treated
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. There has long been concern over the disparity between white and African-American and Latino children when it comes to diagnosis and medication use of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – with non-white children less likely to report ADHD medication use. A study, “Racial and Ethnic[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Recommends Pediatricians Offer Medication for Opioid Addiction
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Opioid use disorders are a growing problem among young people. The rate of “nonmedical use” (i.e., use without a prescription or more than prescribed) of opioid medication by adolescents (aged 12-17) and young adults (aged 18-25) more than doubled between 1991-2012, and the rates[Read More…]
Oxygen Can Impair Cancer Immunotherapy in Mice
This panel shows how the PHD protein, depicted as a sphere in the three bottom panels, suppresses lung response, tumor growth, and anti-tumor immunity.NCI Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Researchers have identified a mechanism in mice by which anticancer immune responses are inhibited within the lungs, a common site of metastasis[Read More…]
NIH Establishes New Research Program to Address Health Disparities of Chronic Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, is launching the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCC) for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention program. This program responds to the need for more robust, ecological approaches to address[Read More…]
Community Groups across the Country Challenge EPA over Failure to Update Protections from Lead Poisoning
Inadequate protections endanger young children in schools, homes, and other buildings currently deemed safe iStock.com / Wundervisuals Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A coalition of national and regional groups across the country is suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update standards that protect families against neurotoxic[Read More…]
New Analysis Shows Federally Preserved Coastal Areas Are an Economic as Well as Environmental Boon
Visitors to Everglades National Park, Florida, camp on the beach at Middle Cape Sable. Source: Flickr/Nate Bolt Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress shows that the National Park System’s coastal units, which make up less than a quarter of[Read More…]
1.8 Million Acres of Sierra Nevada Habitat Protected for Imperiled Frogs, Toads
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced designation of 1,812,164 acres of protected “critical habitat” throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains for several endangered amphibians: the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Yosemite toad and northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. The vast majority of the[Read More…]
Ban Sought on Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles in Missouri
Thousands Have Been Caught, Sold From State Rivers Common snapping turtle photo by Dakota L. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center petitioned the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday to end commercial collection of the state’s wild freshwater turtles. Turtle traders[Read More…]
