CMA resolution comes as California lawmakers consider introducing a bill to address widespread problem of transplant denials San Diego, CA –(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. The California Medical Association (CMA) voted unanimously this weekend to urge transplant clinics in the state against removing patients from organ transplant lists based on their medical[Read More…]
Science
NASA’s New Orion Spacecraft Completes First Spaceflight Test
Major Milestone on Agency’s Journey to Mars Following a perfect launch and more than four hours in Earth’s orbit, NASA’s Orion spacecraft is seen from an unpiloted aircraft descending under three massive red and white main parachutes and then shortly after its bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles[Read More…]
NRDC Report: Diesel Emissions Threaten the Health of Millions in Latin America and Contribute to Climate Change
Cleaner Fuels, New Standards and Technology to Clean Up Black Carbon Diesel Truck Exhaust Could Help Save Lives and Help Millions Breathe Easier LIMA, PERU–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014 – Latin American countries could save tens of thousands of lives and help millions of people suffer fewer respiratory illnesses by tackling the world’s[Read More…]
New Report: Climate Change Has Extreme Rain Storms in Michigan Trending Way Up
Report details 128% increase in big storms over last half-century in highly populated Southern Michigan, greater increases to come in future CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014 – The kind of deluges that flooded Detroit this year and Grand Rapids last year are part of a 50-year trend of increasingly frequent extreme storms in[Read More…]
Minnesotans Urge Pollution Control Agency to Act on Outdated Coal Plant Permits
DULUTH, Minn. –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. Today dozens of faith, health, youth and environmental groups and leaders submitted a letter calling for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to protect public health and act on Minnesota Power’s outdated air pollution permits for its Taconite Harbor and Clay Boswell coal plants. The[Read More…]
Early Data Suggests Potentially Severe Flu Season
CDC Urges Vaccination, Treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014. Early data suggests that the current 2014-2015 flu season could be severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges immediate vaccination for anyone still unvaccinated this season and recommends prompt treatment with antiviral drugs for people at high risk of[Read More…]
Build Clean Community Energy, Activists Tell UN Climate Talks
LIMA, PERU–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014 – One week before UN climate talks conclude here, Friends of the Earth International activists urged the participating 195 nations to start building clean, sustainable, community-based energy solutions. “We urgently need to decrease our energy consumption and push for a just transition to community-controlled renewable energy[Read More…]
Survey: Physicians Endorse Cannabis Therapy For Epilepsy
Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Most general physicians and nurses, but not a majority of epileptologists and general neurologists, support the option of cannabis therapy for patients with severe refractory epilepsy, according to survey data published in the journal Epilepsia. Investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles reviewed survey[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Applauds Chicago Nurse Treating Ebola Patients In Liberia Durbin Holiday Season
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. During a speech on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded Chicago nurse Janet Teasley, who has volunteered to spend her holiday season in Liberia treating patients with the Ebola virus. Teasley – who was featured in a Chicago Tribune article earlier this week[Read More…]
European Astronomers Spot Faint Asteroid
Asteroid EU–(ENEWSPF)–4 December 2014. European experts have spotted one of the faintest asteroids ever found – a chunk of space rock thought to be about 100 m in diameter beyond the orbit of Mars. Astronomers at the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, USA, spotted 2014 KC46 on the nights of[Read More…]
