WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Thursday sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf urging the agency to approve all eligible applications to produce a generic[Read More…]
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Department of Interior Issues Final Regulations to Raise Safety & Environmental Standards for Any Future Exploratory Drilling in U.S. Arctic Waters
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Today, U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Abigail Hopper and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno announced final regulations to ensure that any future exploratory drilling activities on[Read More…]
From the Plate to the Planet: University of Chicago Speaker Series Addresses Food and Science (Video)
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016 By Greg Borzo The adage “you are what you eat” is true on societal, cultural and global levels, as well as the individual level. Our diets may be contributing to the rapid rise of food allergies in America. Meanwhile, worldwide farming and dietary trends alter the landscape,[Read More…]
CDC Releases Detailed History of the 2014-2016 Ebola Response
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today will release a detailed account of the agency’s work on the largest, longest outbreak response in the agency’s history: the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2016. The series of articles, in a special supplement to CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Captures the Beating Heart of the Crab Nebula
Credits: NASA and ESA, Acknowledgment: J. Hester (ASU) and M. Weisskopf (NASA/MSFC) MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star. The inner region[Read More…]
NOAA, Partners Predict Smaller Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a less severe bloom than the record-setting one experienced last year during the harmful algal bloom season. The outlook reflects less discharge from the Maumee River and a return to an average nutrient runoff[Read More…]
HHS Announces New Actions to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2016. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced several new actions the department is taking to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. The actions include expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder, a proposal to eliminate any potential financial[Read More…]
NIH Launches Largest-ever Study of Breast Cancer Genetics in Black Women
Findings could inform breast cancer disparities Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. The largest study ever to investigate how genetic and biological factors contribute to breast cancer risk among black women launched yesterday. This collaborative research project will identify genetic factors that may underlie breast cancer disparities. The effort is funded by[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Analysis: Leased Fossil Fuels on Public Lands, Oceans Will Be Producing Decades Beyond Paris Climate Targets
Study supports the calls on President Obama to ‘Keep It in the Ground’ WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. A new analysis finds that coal, oil and gas already under lease on public lands and oceans in the United States will last far beyond the point scientists predict the world will[Read More…]
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Environmental Protection Agency Urge Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Consider Aerial Spraying as Part of Integrated Mosquito Control to Reduce Zika-Associated Birth Defects
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2016. Acting on data from multiple scientific studies in Puerto Rico that show that Zika is spreading rapidly and is a major risk to pregnant women and their fetuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommend the people and[Read More…]
