Millennials with higher deductible spending compare prices most, study shows Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016. Colonoscopies, mammograms, and childbirth services are the most searched-for medical services when it comes to cost information—and millennials with higher annual deductible spending are the most frequent comparison shoppers—according to an analysis of a large national health[Read More…]
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Conservation Efforts for Florida, Pacific Coast Green Sea Turtles Working, Agencies Say
Those populations improving–now considered threatened, not endangered Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016. Two federal agencies today issued a final rule that will revise the listing for green sea turtles under the Endangered Species Act, including reclassifying turtles originating from two breeding populations from endangered to threatened status due to successful conservation[Read More…]
Villanova University Becomes Official Bee-Friendly, Neonic-Free Campus
Center for Food Safety Certifies Second University Under BEE Protective Campaign PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2016. Center for Food Safety (CFS) congratulates Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania on becoming a designated neonicotinoid-free campus. Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides known to have severe impacts on bee populations. Villanova is the second campus[Read More…]
FDA Releases Final Rule to Ensure Food Safety During Transport
Regulation marks the sixth major rule under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today finalized a new food safety rule under the landmark FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that will help to prevent food contamination during transportation. The rule[Read More…]
New Training Allows Illinois Pharmacists to Dispense Heroin Overdose Antidote
SPRINGFIELD —(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016. On-demand, web-based training is now available for pharmacists throughout Illinois seeking to dispense Naloxone, a drug widely utilized to counter the effects of overdose from narcotics such as morphine and heroin. By completing the Illinois State Opioid Antagonist Training Program, certified pharmacists will gain the ability[Read More…]
Low-Income Americans are Dying Young and Losing Out on Earned Social Security Benefits, GAO Finds
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016 – Low-income Americans are dying younger than their higher-income peers and are losing out on earned Social Security benefits, according to a new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders by the Government Accountability Office. As a result of growing disparities in life expectancy between the rich and[Read More…]
Judge Rules Feds Improperly Refused to Protect Wolverines
MONTANA–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016. Today, the federal district court for Montana rejected a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to deny protections for wolverines in the contiguous U.S. The court ruled the Service improperly ignored science and violated the Endangered Species Act. A broad coalition of conservation organizations[Read More…]
Tuesday: California Assembly Committee Hearing on Supervised Consumption Services for People Who Use Drugs
Speakers Include Canadian Senator Larry Campbell, Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer and Mayor of Vancouver Who Established First Supervised Consumption Facility in North America; Bill Creates a Public Health Response to California’s Overdose Crisis; Allows Cities to Provide A Safe and Supervised Space for People Who Use Drugs CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–April[Read More…]
Blue Ribbon Panel Announced to Help Guide Vice President Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016. Today, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced a Blue Ribbon Panel of scientific experts, cancer leaders, and patient advocates that will inform the scientific direction and goals at NCI of Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative. The[Read More…]
Antiarrhythmic Drugs Found Beneficial When Used by EMS Treating Cardiac Arrest
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2016. Researchers have confirmed that certain heart rhythm medications, when given by paramedics to patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who had failed electrical shock treatment, improved likelihood of patients surviving transport to the hospital. The study was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine and[Read More…]
