WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. Following the derailment of a BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil near Galena, Illinois, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met yesterday with BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose to receive an update on the accident and to discuss the rail company’s crude oil by rail operations.[Read More…]
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Some Good, Some Bad in Obama Administration Plan to Protect Antibiotics
Plan fails to adequately address growing public health threat CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. Tomorrow the National Task Force for Combating Resistant Bacteria will release a five-year action plan to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. While the plan will take several important steps necessary to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant[Read More…]
New Model for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease Risk Worldwide
Boston, MA —(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model—developed by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Imperial College London, and colleagues—will be of particular help to public health professionals, clinicians, and patients in developing countries for prevention of[Read More…]
Black Hole WInds Pull the Plug on Star Formation
Black-hole wind sweeping away galactic gas EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 March 2015. Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory have found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping away its host galaxy’s reservoir of raw star-building material. Found at the hearts of most galaxies, supermassive black holes are extremely dense[Read More…]
Boxer, Brown, Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Nationwide Shortage of Nurses
Legislation Would Improve Patient Care and Support America’s Nurses Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPFS)–March 26, 2015. U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) yesterday to introduce the National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, legislation that would establish minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals, protect the rights of nurses[Read More…]
Update on Clinical Status of Patient with Ebola Virus Disease at the NIH Clinical Center, March 26, 2015
Bethesda, Marylanbd–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from critical to serious condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. About the NIH Clinical Center: The NIH Clinical Center is the[Read More…]
New NIMH Strategic Plan Aims to Focus, Accelerate Mental Health Research
National Institute of Mental Health plan will help guide funding Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Against a backdrop of rapid scientific advances and dramatic changes in the landscape of mental health care, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has issued a new Strategic Plan for Research. Informed by the successes[Read More…]
China’s Coal Cap Policy Will Increase Country’s Clean Energy Jobs
BEIJING–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015 – China’s national policies to control coal consumption can lead to greater and better employment opportunities in China’s power sector and related industries, according to a new study released today by the China Coal Cap Project, a joint initiative of academic, governmental and non-profit researchers. The study[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Brief Calls on States to Improve Abortion Access by Expanding Those Who Provide Abortion Care
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. In the past four years, states have enacted 231 restrictions on abortion care, which severely limit women’s access to this legal and safe procedure. Under the cloak of protecting women’s health, state legislatures, particularly in the South and Midwest, have been actively introducing and passing[Read More…]
Powerful New ‘Tips From Former Smokers’ Ads Focus on Living with Vision Loss and Colorectal Cancer
CDC’s graphic anti-smoking campaign will air March 30 Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching its 2015 “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign with a series of powerful new ads featuring former smokers who suffer from smoking-related illnesses, including vision loss and colorectal cancer. Ads[Read More…]
