Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking immediate steps to help reduce the risk of spreading unsuspected cancer in women being treated for uterine fibroids. In an updated safety communication, originally issued in April 2014, the FDA warns against using laparoscopic power morcellators[Read More…]
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Ebola: UN Secretary General Ban Hopeful of Outbreak’s End by Mid-2014; UN to Set Up Response Office in Mali
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at podium) holds a press conference on the UN System’s response to the Ebola crisis. He is joined by the UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) members. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–21 November 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that by continuing to scale up the global[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces IlliniCare Health to Add 300 Jobs in Chicago
Company has Added over 500 Jobs in Chicago in Three Years; Chicago’s Healthcare Economy has Grown by Over 18,000 Jobs Since 2011 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and IlliniCare Health CEO Jeff Joy announced today that IlliniCare will add an additional 300 jobs in Chicago in a new office[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Releases Statement On EPA Decision Not To Move Forward With Renewable Fuel Standard Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would not be finalizing the volume standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before the end of 2014. Since the EPA announced the proposed rule[Read More…]
NASA Announces New Opportunities for Public Participation in Asteroid Grand Challenge
Team NOVA Took the Winning Hackathon Prize. Image Credit: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Ten new projects are providing opportunities for the public to participate in NASA’s Asteroid Grand Challenge, which accelerates the agency’s asteroid initiative work through innovative partnerships and collaborations. Through a Space Act Agreement since April, NASA’s[Read More…]
Executive Action on Immigration Will Improve the Finances of Social Security and Medicare
Protection of Millions from Deportation is Not the Only Benefit Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. The following statement was issued today by Barbara J. Easterling, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, and Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to President Obama’s unveiling of executive[Read More…]
Mouse Study Reveals Potential Clue to Extra Fingers or Toes
NIH-funded study finds that gene appears to regulate protein signals inside the cell The fibroblast growth factors are a family of proteins known as cell signaling molecules. View expanded caption. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Researchers working with mice have uncovered a potential clue to polydactyly a birth defect involving extra[Read More…]
Coalition Files Lawsuit To Protect Endangered Sea Turtles, Whales, and Aquatic Species
Endangered Species Nationwide Threatened By Dangerous Cooling Water Intake Structures SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Yesterday, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) opinion of the U.S.[Read More…]
Insect Resistance ‘A Serious Threat’ to GE Crop Sustainability
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Researchers of a new study published on Monday find increased resistance in the fall armyworm to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-incorporated genetically engineered (GE) maize in the southeastern region of the U.S., calling this evolution of insect resistance to transgenic crops “a serious threat to the sustainability of[Read More…]
Polar Code Too Weak to Properly Protect Polar Environments from Increased Shipping Activity
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2014. Responding to today’s adoption by the International Maritime Organisation of the long-awaited Polar Code, aimed at regulating shipping in Polar Regions, a coalition of environmental groups criticized the measures for not going far enough to adequately protect the fragile Arctic and Antarctic environments. While the new[Read More…]
