Senators send follow-up letter to Co-Chairs of Interagency Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria after receiving no formal response to their December 2014 letter WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today sent a letter to Secretaries Burwell, Vilsack,[Read More…]
Science
Interior Department Releases National Seed Strategy for Landscape Scale Rehabilitation and Restoration
Effort Uses Plant & Pollinator Science Collaboration at all Levels to Make Land More Resilient to Drought, Fires, Invasive Species BOISE, IDAHO –-(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. As part of a comprehensive, science-based strategy to address the threat of wildfires that are damaging landscapes across the West, the Department of the Interior[Read More…]
American Psychological Association Confirms Link Between Playing Violent Video Games and Aggression
Finds insufficient research to link violent video game play to criminal violence WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Violent video game play is linked to increased aggression in players but insufficient evidence exists about whether the link extends to criminal violence or delinquency, according to a new American Psychological Association task force[Read More…]
White House Opiate Overdose Program Announced Today is One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Advocates: Public Health Goals Are Positive, But Overreliance on Law Enforcement Destined to Fail; Obama Administration Urged to Take More Meaningful Steps to Treat Drug Use as a Health Issue Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2015. The Obama Administration announced a new program today to fund “public health-public safety partnerships” to[Read More…]
No New Ebola Cases Reported in Sierra Leone in Past Week for First Time Since Outbreak – UN
Sierra Leone’s new “battle plan” to defeat the Ebola virus and revive critical infrastructure will see emphasis being placed on health, education, social protection and the economy. Photo: UNMEER/Martine Perret GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 August 2015 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that no new Ebola cases were reported[Read More…]
Nurses Invite Pope Francis to Meet on U.S. Visit to Discuss Health Effects of Climate Crisis
Petition Proposes Faith-Nurse Alliance for Healthcare Justice Picture credit: Huffington Post Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Leaders of unions representing leading nurses and other healthcare workers in 18 countries from every major continent are requesting a meeting with Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to the U.S. to discuss ways[Read More…]
NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet
Artistic conception of the Jupiter-like exoplanet 51 Eridani b, with the hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through the clouds. Because of its young age, this cousin of our own Jupiter is still hot and carries information on the way it was formed 20 million years ago. Credits: Danielle[Read More…]
Newly Discovered Cells Restore Liver Damage in Mice Without Cancer Risk
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. The liver is unique among organs in its ability to regenerate after being damaged. Exactly how it repairs itself remained a mystery until recently, when researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health discovered a type of cell in mice essential to the process. The researchers[Read More…]
Roundup Damages Earthworms and Soil Biota, Contributes to Nutrient Pollution
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. A study published in Scientific Reports has found that glyphosate, the controversial and toxic active ingredient in Roundup, reduces activity and reproduction in two species of earthworms and increases soil nutrient concentrations to dangerous levels. Earthworms are excellent indicators of soil health, and provide vitally important ecosystem[Read More…]
U.S. to Mexico: Stop Sea Turtle Deaths or Suffer Sanctions
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Brian Gratwicke. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. The National Marine Fisheries Service, a U.S. federal agency, announced on Friday that Mexico’s fisheries are killing too many endangered loggerhead turtles. As a result the United States will levy an embargo on Mexican seafood imports if Mexico fails to tighten its[Read More…]
