WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Clean Energy Trust (CET) in Chicago, Illinois to help spur entrepreneurship and boost economic development. In 2014, Durbin wrote a[Read More…]
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Deputy UN Chief Calls for ‘Hydro-diplomacy’ as World Faces Growing Water Shortages
Photo: UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2015 – The international community must gear up for a new era of “hydro-diplomacy” as the threat of water scarcity risks plunging the world into a period of geopolitical tension and stunted development, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told delegates gathered at the General[Read More…]
New Analysis of Breast Cancer Subtypes Could Lead to Better Risk Stratification
Annual Report to the Nation shows that mortality and incidence for most cancers continue to decline Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. For the first time, researchers have used national data to determine the incidence of the four major molecular subtypes of breast cancer by age, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and several other[Read More…]
California Seafood Company to Cease Production of Adulterated Fish
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a judge has ordered L.A. Star Seafood Company Inc., located in Los Angeles, and its owners, Sima and Sam Goldring, to halt operations until they demonstrate to the FDA that they can process food in[Read More…]
Promoting Maternal Interaction Improves Growth, Weight Gain in Preemies
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. An intervention to teach mothers of preterm infants how to interact with their babies more effectively results in better weight gain and growth for the infants, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. A subsequent study showed that infants who[Read More…]
Update on Clinical Status of Patient with Ebola Virus at the NIH Clinical Center, March 30, 2015
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from serious to fair condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. For more information, please see related links. About the NIH Clinical[Read More…]
Common Herbicides Linked to Antibiotic Resistance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. Last week, following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration that glyphosate is carcinogenic to humans based on animal studies, a new study was published in the American Society of Microbiology’s journal, mBio, linking glyphosate, 2,4-D and dicamba to antibiotic resistance after testing the sub-lethal effects of these[Read More…]
Ebola in West Africa: The Importance of ‘Getting to Zero’
Despite progress, the region remains vulnerable to resurgence of Ebola Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. One year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began the largest international emergency response in agency history, the goal is the same: Get to zero new Ebola cases in West Africa. In a digital[Read More…]
Ebola Test Vaccines Appear Safe in Phase 2 Liberian Clinical Trial
Liberia–U.S. partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear to be safe based on evaluation in more than 600 people in Liberia who participated in the first stage of the Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccines in Liberia (PREVAIL)[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds No Evidence of Accelerated Ebola Virus Evolution in West Africa
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. The Ebola virus circulating in humans in West Africa is undergoing relatively few mutations, none of which suggest that it is becoming more severe or transmissible, according to a National Institutes of Health study in Science. The study compares virus sequencing data from samples taken from[Read More…]
