Standardized approaches necessary to expand treatment access worldwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. In just 10 years, 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted worldwide by treating just half the people with uncontrolled hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, suggests CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues[Read More…]
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Smartphone Food Labeling? Not a Smart or Fair Way to Label GE Foods
Vilsack Continues to Push Smartphones as Solution to GE Labeling Demand Despite Obvious Shortcomings Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has revived his inadequate suggestion that consumer demand for labeling should be solved with voluntary use of bar code technology on smartphones. Vilsack introduced the[Read More…]
Liberia-U.S. Clinical Research Partnership Opens Trial to Test Ebola Treatments
Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. In partnership with the Liberian government, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today launched a clinical trial to obtain safety and efficacy data on the investigational drug ZMapp as a treatment for Ebola virus disease.[Read More…]
NIH Announces $41.5 Million in Funding for the Human Placenta Project
Better understanding of the placenta promises to improve the health of mothers and children Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. The National Institutes of Health has dedicated $41.5 million for an initiative to understand and monitor the development of the human placenta during pregnancy. The funding will support the development of new[Read More…]
New Research Links Bee-Killing Insecticide to Monarch Butterfly Deaths
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. New research from the University of Minnesota presents some of the first evidence linking the bee-killing insecticides known as neonicotinoids to monarch butterfly deaths. The study finds that milkweed plants, which monarch butterflies need to survive, may also retain neonicotinoids from nearby plants, making milkweed toxic[Read More…]
Durbin, Speier Introduce Bill To Address Rising Number Of Poisonings In Children Due To Laundry Detergent Packets
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) today introduced legislation to address the rising number of poisonings in children due to laundry detergent packets. The Detergent Poisoning and Child Safety Act is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Richard Blumenthal[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood on Report Showing Use of IUDs and Implants Increased Nearly Fivefold Over the Last Decade
CDC Data Reflects Trend in Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) Patients St. Paul, MN —(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on the use of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) methods among women in the U.S. The report found that[Read More…]
NASA Spacecraft Prepares for March 12 Launch to Study Earth’s Dynamic Magnetic Space Environment
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories are shown here in the clean room being processed for a March 12 launch from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Final preparations are underway for the launch of NASA’s quartet of[Read More…]
Emergency Use of Bee-Killing Pesticide Approved for Florida Citrus
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Florida citrus growers an emergency exemption to use the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin to control Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a pest that causes “citrus greening,” a devastating citrus plant disease. Clothianidin, which is not currently registered for use on citrus,[Read More…]
New CDC Study Highlights Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations on U.S. Children
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Children younger than 5 years of age accounted for 70 percent of pneumonia hospitalizations among children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a study published yesterday. Pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalization among children in the United States. The two-and-a-half-year study published[Read More…]
