Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, was found in more than 75% of flavored electronic cigarettes and refill liquids tested by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Two other potentially harmful related compounds were also found in many[Read More…]
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UN Promoting Potentially Genocidal Policy at World Climate Summit
PARIS, FRANCE –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. At the foot of a miniature Eiffel Tower, civil society, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples rejected REDD, a carbon market mechanism, land-grabbing false solution to climate change that could potentially cause genocide, at the World Climate Summit today. According to Tom Goldtooth, Director of Indigenous[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Recombinant von Willebrand Factor to Treat Bleeding Episodes
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vonvendi, von Willebrand factor (Recombinant), for use in adults 18 years of age and older who have von Willebrand disease (VWD). Vonvendi is the first FDA-approved recombinant von Willebrand factor, and is approved for the on-demand (as[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Campaign Chair on Sen. Cruz and Republicans: ‘Nothing Heroic’ About Obstructing Action on Climate Change
Podesta Criticizes Tuesday Senate Subcommittee Hearing Where Chairman Ted Cruz Will Use Taxpayer Dollars to Question Settled Climate Science NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2015. As world leaders are gathering for the final week of talks in Paris to forge a global agreement to tackle climate change, Hillary for America Chair John Podesta criticized[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Drug to Treat a Rare Enzyme Disorder in Pediatric and Adult Patients
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kanuma (sebelipase alfa) as the first treatment for patients with a rare disease known as lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) deficiency. Patients with LAL deficiency (also known as Wolman disease and cholesteryl ester storage disease [CESD]) have no[Read More…]
Indonesian Peat Fires Linked to Global Palm Oil Companies and Their Financiers, Friends of the Earth Report Finds
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. This summer and fall, forest and peat fires burned on Indonesian palm oil plantations owned by global palm oil companies Bumitama and Wilmar International. A report released today by Friends of the Earth groups in Indonesia, Europe and the U.S. reveals that these companies, backed[Read More…]
Public Health Advocates Call for NYC to Authorize Supervised Injection Facilities to Fight Overdose Crisis
Latest Health Department Data Shows New Increase in Heroin Overdose Deaths New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2015. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) today released new data showing that in 2014 heroin overdose deaths in New York City increased for the fourth straight year. While[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at UN’s Earth to Paris Event with Mashable’s Andrew Freedman
Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. MR FREEDMAN: I’ll give you the big chair rather than the awkward sort of lounge couch – exactly. Welcome. Thank you for making time to do this on what is a very busy schedule in Paris. So I’ll get right to it, the first question: How[Read More…]
Excessive Health Care Injuries Can be Prevented by Bill Requiring Safe Patient Handling Practices
Recommendations by state experts that the hospital industry reportedly tried to suppress show benefit of implementing safe patient handling programs and equipment MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Beth Piknick was 21 years into her nursing career when she helped another nurse move a patient into bed at Cape Cod Hospital. That movement[Read More…]
Florida Officials Find No Evidence of Planned Parenthood Wrongdoing
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) found no wrongdoing in its preliminary inquiry of 16 Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida and announced it will not pursue further investigations. State officials have confirmed that the preliminary inquiry has cost the state $11,542.10,[Read More…]
