Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until today’s orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency. In healthy individuals, the Factor X[Read More…]
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Women Worldwide Live Longer, Healthier Lives with Better Education, Say New UN Report
Women farmers plow their fields in preparation to plant corn in Gnoungouya Village, Guinea on June 15, 2015. Many farmers were highly affected by the Ebola outbreak and are slowly beginning to return to their fields to work. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2015 – The lives of women[Read More…]
Team-based Treatment is Better for First Episode Psychosis
NIH-funded study shows early intervention has best outcomes. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also found that treatment is most effective for people who[Read More…]
Southern Forests at Risk: New Report Identifies Three Southern Forest Regions in Immediate Crosshairs of Wood Pellet Industry
First-of-its-kind maps expose millions of acres of vulnerable forests in the U.S. Southeast under threat from the rapidly-expanding wood pellet industry and rising biomass demand in Europe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 – A new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reveals the imminent threat from the[Read More…]
Penalty Funds from the Volkswagen Pollution Scandal Should Be Used to Cut Pollution and Boost Public Health
President Barack Obama with the CEOs of major automakers announcing new tail pipe emissions standards. One notable absence was Jonathan Browning, the then president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, July 2011. Source: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Michael Horn, the president and CEO of Volkswagen[Read More…]
Study Finds Neonics ‘Severely Affect’ Health of Honey Bee Queens
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Exposure to neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides results in profound negative impacts to the health of honey bee queens, according to an international team of researchers led by Geoff Williams, MD, PhD, at the University of Bern in Switzerland. While most studies to date have investigated how neonics[Read More…]
Montana Board of Environmental Review Rejects Coal Mine Expansion
MT DEQ Permit Did Not Adequately Protect Groundwater Photo by Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation HELENA, MT —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. On Friday, the Montana Board of Environmental Review rejected a Department of Environmental Quality coal mine expansion permit that would have doubled the size of the Bull Mountains mine[Read More…]
Federal Ruling Protects Medical Marijuana Dispensaries That Follow State Law
In Precedent-Setting Case, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Rules Justice Department in Violation of Federal Law and Lifts Injunction Against Medical Marijuana Dispensary Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Yesterday, a federal judge lifted an injunction against one of California’s oldest medical marijuana dispensaries. The injunction can no longer be enforced in[Read More…]
Wendy’s Says No To GMO Apple ‘No Demand For This New GMO’ As Dark Act Approaches
WASHINGTON D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN) one of the nation’s top restaurant chains, has confirmed the company does not plan to sell or use the Arctic® apple. In the wake of widespread criticism of the USDA’s recent approval of the first genetically engineered apple, the Food and[Read More…]
CDC Launches Improved Online Foodborne Outbreak Search Tool
New maps, interactive features and search function provide two decades of data Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a redesigned online tool making it easier to search data on foodborne disease outbreaks. The updated Foodborne Outbreak Online Database Tool (FOOD Tool) lets[Read More…]
