NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union said today that while the government must be vigilant in guarding against the potential spread of Ebola, officials should not overreact by issuing medically unnecessary quarantines. Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, made this comment: “The government’s[Read More…]
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Illinois Department of Public Health Issues Ebola Safety Guidance, Oct. 27, 2014
CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today provided further guidance on Illinois’ Ebola safety guidelines, including mandatory home quarantines for individuals who have a high-risk of exposure to the virus. “The Ebola safety guidance IDPH issued on Friday was designed to[Read More…]
Ebola: UN Mission Concludes Visits to Affected Countries; Presents ‘Robust’ Recovery Plan
In the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) warehouse in Accra, Ghana, UNMEER’s head, Anthony Banbury (left), spoke to some international media outlets on the latest developments in the Ebola Response. Photo: UNMEER GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2014 – The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has wrapped[Read More…]
New Report Presents Five Key Principles for Developing Off-Grid and Mini-Grid Energy Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club released a new report — Expanding Energy Access: Beyond The Grid — that provides a set of five principles to help guide public policy in catalyzing clean energy access markets beyond the grid. These dynamic and rapidly growing markets are helping[Read More…]
Groups Call for Labeling of 300 Inerts Ingredients as EPA Delists 72 Already Discontinued
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Calling it a response to a petition filed by Beyond Pesticides and other groups back in 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday its proposal to remove 72 no longer used inert ingredients from its list of approved pesticide ingredients –as groups asked for public disclosure of all inerts[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting on Ebola, Oct. 26, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2014. The President on Sunday afternoon convened his public health and national security teams to discuss appropriate measures to mitigate the risk of additional domestic Ebola cases. The President’s advisors updated him on policy considerations for new measures pertaining to returning healthcare workers, whose selfless efforts are[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Directs Illinois Department of Public Health to Require Quarantine to Protect Against Ebola
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn on Friday ordered the Illinois Department of Public Health to require a mandatory 21-day home quarantine for high-risk individuals who have had direct contact with an individual infected with the Ebola virus while in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea. The mandatory quarantine[Read More…]
Ebola: Doctors Without Borders Urges Immediate Action on Vaccines and Treatments for Frontline Workers
An MSF staff member examines a young patient at the Guéckédou Ebola case management center in Guinea. Julien Rey/MSF Geneva—(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014. Following a high-level meeting on access and funding for Ebola vaccines convened yesterday by World Health Organization (WHO), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has urged that plans[Read More…]
Ebola: Industry Leaders Meet to Discuss Vaccine Trials, as UN Agencies Continue Aid Push
Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 October 2014 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has convened a meeting with top Government officials from Ebola-affected countries, regulatory agencies, vaccine manufacturers and funding agencies to[Read More…]
After Congressional Hearing on Ebola Prep. National Nurses Say Mandate for Hospitals Still Needed
NNU co-president Deborah Burger, RN testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014. Following a Congressional hearing Friday morning in Washington on Ebola and the latest confirmed Ebola patient in New York Thursday, National Nurses United said a major gap remains in U.S.[Read More…]
