When people on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) are incarcerated in the United States, they are almost always forced off of the addiction-controlling medicine. In a randomized trial led by researchers at Brown University and The Miriam Hospital, inmates allowed to stay on MMT while in jail proved much more likely[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Duckworth Calls on Administration to Continue Strong Renewable Fuel Standards
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) sent an open letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan asking that as they finalize a proposal on renewable fuel standards, that they set strong Renewable Volume[Read More…]
Interior Announces Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans for Tens of Millions of Acres of the American West
Over Sixty Percent of Key Grouse Habitat on Federal Lands Under Improved Protedctions NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, along with Bureau of Land Management Chief Neil Kornze and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, announced 14 Regional Management Plans for the Greater Sage-Grouse on public lands in[Read More…]
Addressing Main UN Economic and Social Body, Former U.S. President Clinton Urges Partnerships to Boost Health
Former US President Bill Clinton addresses the UN Economic and Social Council Partnerships Forum. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 May 2015 – As the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met to discuss the role of partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 development agenda, the focus fell on the recent[Read More…]
Senators Leahy, Sanders Voice Opposition To Oil Drilling In Arctic Ocean
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015 – Following the recent ecologically devastating oil spill in California coastal waters, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week voiced their deep disappointment in the administration’s decision to allow oil drilling in up to six offshore wells in the Arctic Ocean, an area[Read More…]
‘State of Illinois’ Mental Health Care System’ White Paper Released by the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago
CHICAGO -–(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago released a White Paper which looks at the condition of the public mental health system in Illinois and puts forth recommendations for how the residents of Illinois can be better served through an evidenced based and fiscally responsible[Read More…]
Space Station Remodeling
Moving Leonardo EU–(ENEWSPF)–28 May 2015. The International Space Station’s Permanent Multipurpose Module was detached and moved by the main robotic arm to another place on the orbiting laboratory yesterday. Installing Leonardo This delicate operation required moving and rotating the 10-tonne Leonardo module from the Unity node to the Tranquility node.[Read More…]
Threading the Milky Way
Herschel’s view of G49 EU–(ENEWSPF)–28 May 2015. These three new images of huge filamentary structures of gas and dust from ESA’s Herschel space observatory reveal how matter is distributed across our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Herschel’s view of G47 Long and flimsy threads emerge from a twisted mix of material,[Read More…]
NOAA: Below-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is Likely in 2015
Hurricane forecasting evolving with new storm surge products, upgraded modeling (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that’s no reason to believe coastal areas will have it easy. For the hurricane season, which officially runs from[Read More…]
Nearly 1 in 7 Hispanic/Latino Adults has Some Hearing Loss
NIH-funded research points to factors related to environment, cultural subgroup, and certain medical conditionse Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. In the largest study to date of hearing loss among Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States, researchers have found that nearly 1 in 7 has hearing loss, a number similar to the[Read More…]
