The parasites of malaria and toxoplasmosis invading their host cells. Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that a malaria parasite protein called calcineurin is essential for parasite invasion into red blood cells. Human calcineurin is already[Read More…]
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NIH Begins Clinical Trial of New Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–Junje 25, 2015. A clinical trial investigating a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) was announced by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The study will assess the safety and efficacy of gabapentin enacarbil (HORIZANT) in extended-release tablets for treating moderate to severe AUD. NIAAA[Read More…]
NRDC, Others Call for EPA to Create National Mercury Inventory
Potent neurotoxin reported in children’s toys, and in other consumer products WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015 – The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to ascertain the amount and the uses of mercury produced, imported, or used in the United States, so the agency[Read More…]
City Exiles More of Chicago’s Petcoke Piles
Southeast Environmental Task Force and NRDC React to KCBX Closure; Another Big Decision Still to Come CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015 – The City of Chicago recently informed a company storing massive mounds of oil refining waste on Chicago’s Southeast Side that no more of the material can ever move through one[Read More…]
Frozen Treasure Highlights the Beauty of Alaska’s Final Frontier and the Fight to Save It
New Arctic feature shows what’s at risk in America’s Arctic and how drilling has the potential to destroy it A male polar bear has its portrait taken by a camera trap. See more photos of the Arctic »Paul Nicklen / National Geographic Creative Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Earthjustice launched[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Actions to Protect Communities from the Health Impacts of Climate Change at White House Summit
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. President Obama is committed to combating the impacts of climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We know climate change is not a distant threat, we are already seeing impacts in communities across the country. In the past three decades, the percentage of Americans with[Read More…]
Senators Press Administration to Finally Finish Rule that Would Regulate E-Cigarettes, Other Tobacco
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. As the six-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act passed by this week, in an unsparing new letter nine U.S. Senators blasted the Obama Administration’s failure to finalize anti-tobacco regulations, calling the delays “unacceptable” and noting that youth use of new[Read More…]
Iraq: UN Health Agency Seeks $60 Million to Keep Critical Health Centers Open in Conflict Areas
Polio vaccination campaign in Iraq – August 2014. Photo: UNAMI GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 June 2015 – With temperatures soaring to over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of Iraq and the number of people fleeing violence topping 3 million, the World Health Organization fears the closing of nearly 90 per cent of[Read More…]
Interior Department Releases Report Detailing $40 Billion of National Park Assets at Risk from Sea Level Rise
Anniversary of Climate Action Plan Highlights Need for Preparations to Avoid Damages WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. In advance of the two-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a report revealing that national park infrastructure and historic and cultural resources[Read More…]
Senators Ask for Study on Feasibility of Single Food Safety Agency
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today called for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study into the feasibility of creating a single food agency to increase efficiencies, reduce costs and improve safety. Each year 48 million[Read More…]
