Forecasters now expect 70-percent chance of 12–17 named storms Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. In its updated 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, NOAA calls for a higher likelihood of a near-normal or above-normal season, and decreases the chance of a below-normal season to only 15 percent, from the initial outlook issued[Read More…]
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NIH-funded Study Supports Surgery as Treatment for Myasthenia Gravis
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. In a global study of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue, researchers found that surgical removal of an organ called the thymus reduced patients’ weakness, and their need for immunosuppressive drugs. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,[Read More…]
NIH Releases Improved Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
New guidelines may help better diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. A group of experts on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), organized by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), has produced proposed clinical guidelines for diagnosing FASD, which can result when a mother[Read More…]
Stakeholder Groups Challenge Oregon Forest Management Plan
New plan sacrifices clean water, fishing economy, carbon storage, recreational opportunities A clearcut section of the Oregon Forest — George Sexton Eugene, OR —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Late yesterday, a coalition of conservation and fishing groups challenged in the U.S. District Court in Oregon a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forest management[Read More…]
Government Inaction Thwarts Equal Access to Care, Says New Center for American Progress Column
A nurse practitioner gives a pregnant patient information about mosquito protection on August 2, 2016, in Miami. Source: AP/Lynne Sladky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Last month, the U.S. Congress adjourned for summer recess without approving President Barack Obama’s request for $1.9 billion in emergency supplemental funds to address the[Read More…]
Conservative Paid Family Leave Proposals Fall Short for Working Families
Bryan Niedermeyer and Angelica Juarez visit with their daughter Olivia at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Chicago on March 15, 2016. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Paid family and medical leave is critical for the economic security of working families, yet the United States is the[Read More…]
U.S. to World: Protect Dolphins, Whales or Lose Access to U.S. Seafood Market
New Rules Ban Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet Strict U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued regulations today prohibiting seafood imports from nations whose fisheries kill more whales and dolphins than U.S. standards allow. Each year around 650,000 whales, dolphins[Read More…]
Public Records Sought Over Federal Surveillance of Climate Protesters
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed nine Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the release of public records relating to surveillance of peaceful protests of federal fossil fuel auctions. Records obtained by the Intercept in July revealed that federal and local police agents went undercover[Read More…]
Forest Service Asked to Reject Fracking Plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
Feds Fail to Address Climate Change Impact, Danger to Groundwater, Wildlife Habitat ATHENS, Ohio—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The U.S. Forest Service should reject a new oil and gas leasing plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest due to its failure to address serious concerns over fracking and climate change, conservation groups[Read More…]
Fusobacteria Use a Special Sugar-Binding Protein to Bind to Colon Tumors
At left, colon with a tumor. Magnification at right: healthy colon tissue and colon cells, and colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer cells. Colorectal cancer cells express high levels of a sugar called Gal-GalNac. Some fusobacteria express a protein called Fap2, which helps Gal-GalNac stick to tumors where it may promote[Read More…]
