Stronger Regulations Needed to Stem Illegal Shootings, Expand Where Wild Wolves Can Roam Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Conservation groups submitted an emergency petition today calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to bolster flagging protections for the world’s only wild population of red wolves, which has declined by[Read More…]
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El Niño Triggers Legal Requirement to Close Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery
Measure Will Protect Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles From Nets Montery, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Environmental groups this week requested NOAA Fisheries meet its legal responsibility to close Southern California waters from swordfish drift gillnets to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles. Southern California waters are teeming with pelagic red crabs — a favorite prey of[Read More…]
Four U.S. Freshwater Turtles Receive International Trade Protection
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Coinciding with World Turtle Day, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule today to regulate and monitor international trade of common snapping turtles and three softshell turtles. The rule, which responds in part to a 2011 request from the Center for Biological Diversity documenting the harms of the[Read More…]
Californians to Protest Offshore Fracking at Federal Offices in Camarillo
Tuesday Rally Targets Proposal to Let Oil Companies Resume Fracking in Santa Barbara Channel Camarillo, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Conservationists and coastal residents will rally Tuesday morning outside the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management office in Camarillo to protest a federal proposal to let oil companies resume offshore fracking in the wildlife-rich Santa Barbara[Read More…]
NASA: Solar Storms May Have Been Key to Life on Earth (Video)
Greenbelt, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Our sun’s adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding life as we know it. Some 4 billion years ago, the sun shone with only about three-quarters the brightness we see today, but its surface roiled with[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Helps Introduce Medicaid CARE Act to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Last week Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) joined Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) to introduce the Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act. This bill would expand access to treatment for people struggling to receive needed addiction care by lifting a current Medicaid ban and enabling beneficiaries[Read More…]
Are Mystery Mars Plumes Caused by Space Weather?
Mars mystery plume EU–(ENEWSPF)–23 May 2016. Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists. The extreme altitude poses something of a problem in explaining the features: it is far higher than where typical[Read More…]
Visual Impairment, Blindness Cases in U.S. Expected to Double by 2050
NIH-funded studies tease out trends by race, ethnicity and sex. The findings suggest that there is a need for increased screening and interventions to identify and address treatable causes of vision loss. A slit lamp, with its high magnification, allows the eye care professional to examine the front of the[Read More…]
NIH Statement On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Advances in HIV/AIDS research have given us the opportunity to transform the lives of those living with HIV while providing highly effective methods of preventing the infection. This progress has strengthened optimism for achieving a durable end[Read More…]
Large-scale HIV Vaccine Trial To Launch In South Africa
NIH-funded study will test safety, efficacy of vaccine regimen. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- An early-stage HIV vaccine clinical trial in South Africa has determined that an investigational vaccine regimen is safe and generates comparable immune responses to those reported in a landmark 2009 study showing that a vaccine can protect people from HIV[Read More…]
