NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) statement: A person in New York City, who recently worked with Doctors Without Borders in one of the Ebola affected countries in West Africa, notified our office this morning to report having developed a fever. As per the specific guidelines[Read More…]
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New Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Doctors Concerned About Antibiotics Use on Healthy Food Animals
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The overwhelming majority of doctors–a total of 93 percent–are concerned about the common meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy animals for growth promotion and disease prevention, according to a new poll released today commissioned by Consumer Reports and released by Consumers Union and Illinois[Read More…]
How to Safely Watch the Oct. 23 Partial Solar Eclipse
A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon obscures only part of the sun from Earth’s view. Image Credit: T. Ruen Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. During the late afternoon of Oct. 23, 2014, a partial solar eclipse will be visible from much of North America before sundown. Partial eclipses occur[Read More…]
NOAA’s New Lake Level Viewer Aids Great Lakes Community Planning
Promotes community resilience through scenarios for land use, infrastructure This visualization, using photo bars, shows impacts of rising lake levels at a set location. (Credit: Marty Drabic) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. A new NOAA online visualization and mapping tool, the Lake Level Viewer, will help communities along the U.S. Great[Read More…]
Special University of Oregon Microscope Captures Defects in Nanotubes
University of Oregon chemists provide a detailed view of traps that disrupt energy flow, possibly pointing toward improved charge-carrying devices EUGENE, Ore. —(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 23, 2014. University of Oregon chemists have devised a way to see the internal structures of electronic waves trapped in carbon nanotubes by external electrostatic charges. Carbon[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Issues Recommendations to Ensure Access to Family Planning Services for All
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. A new issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress calls for improvements to the current health care system so that all women can access and receive the contraceptive services they need, emphasizing the importance of making family planning services available through a[Read More…]
Farmers and Environmental Groups to Challenge EPA over Herbicide Approval
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Lawsuit filed against Environmental Protection Agency for approval of 2,4-D use on genetically engineered corn, soy crops in six Midwest states.A coalition of farmers and environmental groups filed a lawsuit to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today on behalf of six Midwest states where[Read More…]
Seattle Issues Cease and Desist Notices to 330 Medical Marijuana Businesses, Fails to Offer Solutions for Patients
Letter demands that businesses apply for state licenses that don’t exist, city offers no choice to dispensaries but closure Seattle, WA –(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. More than 300 medical marijuana businesses received cease and desist letters from the City of Seattle this week. While the move appears to be consistent with[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Ebola Task Force
Group of Healthcare Experts to Advise State on Ebola Response Efforts CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a task force that will help ensure the public health system across Illinois is prepared for the Ebola virus. The task force was established through Executive Order with the Illinois[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Call with Texas Presbyterian Hospital Workers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. Today, President Obama convened a telephone call with healthcare workers at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas to thank them for their courage and perseverance in dealing with the first cases of Ebola to appear in the United States. The President conveyed his thoughts and prayers to[Read More…]
