Artist’s concept of Comet Siding Spring approaching Mars, shown with NASA’s orbiters preparing to make science observations of this unique encounter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. Two NASA and one European spacecraft that obtained the first up-close observations of a comet flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, have[Read More…]
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Scientists on NOAA-led Mission Discover New Coral Species Off California
This is a new species of white coral, found in an area known as The Football. Most likely it is closely related to gorgonian corals. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. A NOAA-led research team has discovered a new species of deep-sea coral and a nursery area for catsharks and[Read More…]
Report Casts Serious Doubts on Federal Investigation Into BP Atlantis Facility
Food & Water Watch Renews Demand to Shutter Troubled Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Platform Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. Following revelations that the Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found major flaws in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation Enforcement’s investigation into the BP Atlantis oil and[Read More…]
CDC Increasing Supply of Ebola-specific Personal Protective Equipment for U.S. Hospitals
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) supplies to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients. Products are being configured into 50 kits that can be rapidly delivered to hospitals.[Read More…]
New Drug for Common Liver Disease Improves Liver Health
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. An experimental drug aimed at treating a common liver disease showed promising results and potential problems in a multicenter clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The FLINT study found that people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who took obeticholic acid (OCA) had improved liver[Read More…]
EPA Fails to Ban Toxic Chemical in Flea Collars and Pet Products; Ignores Health Risks to Kids
NRDC Petition to Protect Dog and Cat Loving Families Denied WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014 – In a major public health setback that will allow pet product companies to continue use of a hazardous neurotoxin called tetrachlovinphos (TCVP) in flea control products, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today denied Natural Resources Defense[Read More…]
Groups Tell Canadian Regulators to Reject Bee-Killing Pesticide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. Environmental organizations are calling on the Canadian government to reject the approval of yet another bee-killing pesticide called flupyradifurone. According to Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) –responsible for regulating pesticides in Canada– the new pesticide exhibits systemic behavior and “may pose a risk to bees,[Read More…]
World Vasectomy Day Highlights Link Between Runaway Human Population Growth and Wildlife Extinction
International Event Promotes Vasectomies, Engages Men in Family Planning Conversation TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity is taking part in World Vasectomy Day today to highlight the importance of involving men in family planning to protect endangered species from runaway human population growth. In the past four[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Access to Malaria Treatment Must Be Increased in Western South Sudan
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A malaria epidemic in South Sudan has gone neglected due to the political crisis raging throughout the country, leading to insufficient distribution of antimalarial drugs in many peripheral health centers and an increase in the number of severe life-threatening cases of the disease, said[Read More…]
Ebola: UN Says Experimental Vaccine Trials in West Africa Could Begin by January
Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 November 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said the Ebola crisis response “needs to scale up, get better and perform faster,” as the UN health[Read More…]
