WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to curb skyrocketing prices of generic drugs. Sharp price hikes not only impact consumers, hospitals, and pharmacists, but strain the budgets for Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.[Read More…]
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Citing ‘Defining Moment’ Sparked by Ebola Outbreak, UN Health Agency Chief Pledges Key Reforms
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan (centre), flanked by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and UN Geneva chief Michael Møller at the opening of the sixty-eighth World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2015 – The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today[Read More…]
Progress on Sustainable Energy Improving, But More Needed to Meet Agreed Targets – UN Backed-report
Power lines in Bulgaria. Photo: World Bank/Boris Rumenov Balabanov NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2015 – Renewable energy generation and energy efficiency improvements will need to accelerate dramatically if the world is to achieve universal access to sustainable energy by 2030, according to a United Nations-backed report released today as senior leaders[Read More…]
USDA to Expand Investment in Water Conservation, Resilience across Drought-Stricken States
Targeted drought funding builds on substantial drought relief efforts WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest approximately $21 million in additional Farm Bill dollars to help farmers and ranchers apply science-based solutions to mitigate the short and long[Read More…]
Poll: Many Americans Know Someone who Has Abused Prescription Painkillers and Suffered Major Harmful Effects
Webcast featuring Director of National Drug Control Policy and Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner will discuss poll’s implications Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—UPDATED 1:43 PM PT – May 18, 2015. A new national poll by The Boston Globe and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that in an era when concern about drug abuse[Read More…]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Propose Actions to Build on Successes of Endangered Species Act
Initiatives will increase regulatory predictability, increase stakeholder engagement, and improve science and transparency WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 18k 2015. Building on the success of the Obama Administration in implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in new and innovative ways, today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service[Read More…]
Mount St. Helens at 35
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens gave way to a cataclysmic flank collapse, avalanche, and explosion that killed 57 people and displaced many others. The event dramatically reshaped the volcano and surrounding land in southwest Washington. Now, 35 years later, satellites in orbit and scientists on[Read More…]
Corporate Trade Agenda Attacks Americans’ Right to Know
President Obama Should Stand Up for Commonsense Country of Origin Labeling Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that mandatory country of origin labels (COOL) rules for meat and poultry that went into effect in the United States in 2013 are not compliant with global trade[Read More…]
National Dog Bite Prevention Week is May 17-23
Medical groups team up to educate families on how to prevent dog bites Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the American Academy of Pediatrics have joined forces with the U.S. Postal Service, non-profit community, insurance industry and veterinarians to educate the public that[Read More…]
Microchip Captures clusters of Circulating Tumor Cells – NIH Study
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. Researchers have developed a microfluidic chip that can capture rare clusters of circulating tumor cells, which could yield important new insights into how cancer spreads. The work was funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health.[Read More…]
