Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
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Warren, Baldwin, Quigley, Lee Push FDA to Adopt Fully Risk, Science-Based Blood Donation Policy
Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–Juluy 14, 2015. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), and 79 of their congressional colleagues sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s draft guidance document, which, if[Read More…]
Ag Committee Advances Anti-GMO Labeling Bill
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Advocates for mandatory GMO labeling today denounced the House Agriculture Committee’s vote to approve legislation that has come to be known as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (or DARK) Act, calling it an egregious example of government overreach. The bill, H.R. 1599, would overturn[Read More…]
Treating More Adults with Statins would be Cost-effective Way to Boost Heart Health
Patient lab report with high levels of cholesterol and prescription bottle. Photo: iStock Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers has found that it would be cost-effective to treat 48-67% of all adults aged 40-75 in the U.S. with cholesterol-lowering[Read More…]
NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter
Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s[Read More…]
FDA Approves Targeted Therapy for First-line Treatment of Patients with a Type of Metastatic Lung Cancer
Companion test also approved to identify appropriate patients Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Iressa (gefitinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor specific types of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations, as[Read More…]
New NIH Brochure Highlights the Value of Palliative Care for Children Living with Serious Illnesses
The National Institute of Nursing Research releases the publication as part of their Palliative Care: Conversations Matter campaign Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. A new brochure from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, provides information about pediatric palliative care — a type[Read More…]
Advocacy Groups Come to Defense of Environmental Justice Victory
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Today, a coalition of environmental organizations and grassroots environmental justice groups – including the Sierra Club, Citizens for Environmental Justice, People Against Neighborhood Industrial Contamination, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and EarthJustice – filed a motion to intervene in two pending federal cases[Read More…]
Pesticide Manufacturer DuPont Labeled ‘Severe’ Safety Violator by OSHA
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Last November, a worker at a DuPont chemical plant in La Porte, Texas was overcome when a supply line released more than 20,000 lbs. of methyl mercaptan, a toxic chemical precursor for pesticides produced at the plant. Three co-workers rushed to attempt a rescue, but all[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at White House Conference on Aging
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015 – 11:12 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Welcome to the White House Conference on Aging, everybody. And please give Vicki a big round of applause for the outstanding work she’s doing to[Read More…]
