CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2016. Inequality in the use of health care has increased dramatically in recent years, with wealthier Americans, who tend to be healthier, now consuming the most care, according to a study published today [Wednesday, July 6] in the July issue of Health Affairs. In 2012, the wealthiest fifth[Read More…]
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Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities in the U.S. Could Drop by Half with Proven Strategies
Road traffic deaths in the US and other high-income countries. Entire infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2016. About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries. Our nation has made progress in road safety, reducing[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls for Vote This Week on Clean Emergency Funding Bill to Combat Zika Virus
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with maternal fetal medicine, infectious disease, and public health specialists to discuss the growing threat posed by the Zika virus. More than four months ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested emergency[Read More…]
Agreement: Monarch Butterfly to Get Endangered Species Act Protection Decision by 2019
Butterfly Declined by 80 Percent Over Past Decades Photo by Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now legally bound to determine whether to protect imperiled monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act, according to the terms of an agreement[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first fully absorbable stent to treat coronary artery disease. The Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS), which releases the drug everolimus to limit the growth of scar tissue, is gradually absorbed by the body in[Read More…]
FBI Forensic Anthropology (Video)
Lisa Bailey, a forensic artist at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, creates facial approximations of unidentified individuals using models of their skulls and anthropologist reports Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Fifteen years ago, hikers in a suburban Minnesota park discovered the skeletal, unclothed remains of a woman, 35 to 45[Read More…]
NIH Funds Zika Virus Study Involving U.S. Olympic Team
Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health will monitor potential Zika virus exposure among a subset of athletes, coaches and other U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) staff attending the 2016 Summer Olympics and[Read More…]
PREVAIL Treatment Trial for Men with Persistent Ebola Viral RNA in Semen Opens in Liberia
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. The Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia (PREVAIL), a U.S.-Liberia joint Clinical Research Partnership, today announced the opening of PREVAIL IV, a treatment trial for men who have survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) but continue to have evidence of Ebola virus genetic material, RNA,[Read More…]
Fourth Of July Forecast: Where Will The Weather Threaten Barbecues, Fireworks?
By Brett Rathburn, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest looks to be dry this Independence Day. However, that is not the case for the entire mid-west. AccuWeather reports rain and thunderstorms will threaten parades, barbecues and fireworks displays across portions of the central and eastern United States and the Intermountain[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Files New Lawsuit Challenging Every Abortion Restriction Passed in Louisiana This Year
Louisiana passes seven abortion restrictions this session, the highest number of any state in 2016. New filing comes four days after U.S. Supreme Court issues historic ruling reaffirming a woman’s constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion. LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2016. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in[Read More…]
