SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014. Approximately 6,300 citizens have started the patient registration process for the Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program since the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) began accepting applications on September 2, 2014. Of those, IDPH has received approximately 800 complete applications. IDPH began issuing approval and denial letters[Read More…]
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Illinois Department of Public Health Director Outlines Ebola Preparedness in Illinois
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014. Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), today briefed the media and public about the state’s preparedness efforts should a case of Ebola be suspected or confirmed in Illinois. At this time, there are no suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola in[Read More…]
Statement from Mayor Rawlings Regarding Death of Thomas Duncan, First Ebola Patient Diagnosed in the US
Dallas, TX—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. Statement from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on the death of Thomas Duncan, the first ebola patient diagnosed in the United States: We are deeply saddened to learn that Mr. Thomas Duncan has passed away. We appreciate the dedicated service of the emergency and medical personnel who[Read More…]
Washington’s Stevens County Urges Citizens to Kill Endangered Wolves
Conservation Groups Call on State to Stop Disclosing Wolf Locations to County OLYMPIA, Wash.–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Conservation groups today called on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to stop providing wolf location information to Stevens County, which recently adopted resolutions claiming a constitutional right to kill wolves and exhorting[Read More…]
Clean Air, National Park Advocates Challenge EPA Failure to Protect Grand Canyon from Navajo Generating Station Pollution
Advocates Appeal Decision that Allows Controversial Coal Plant to Keep Polluting for Decades GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Clean air and national park advocates today challenged a decision in federal court, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that allows one of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired[Read More…]
CDC Report Shows Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries are Frequent and Costly
Americans spend more than 1 million days in the hospital each year from crash injuries Full impact of motor vehicle crashes. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. More than 2.5 million people went to the emergency department (ED) – and nearly 200,000 of them were hospitalized – because of motor[Read More…]
NASA Aeronautics Research Tests New Tool for Early Wildfire Detection
NASA researcher Mike Logan plans to use this small unmanned aerial vehicle to check for fires at a Virginia-North Carolina wildlife refuge as part of an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Image Credit: NASA Langley/David C. Bowman Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. NASA’s research in unmanned aerial systems[Read More…]
After Six Years of Inaction, Consumer Organizations Urge Feds to Implement Catfish Inspection Program
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Today, a coalition of consumer and advocacy organizations including Food & Water Watch, the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumers League and United Food & Commercial Workers International Union called on the Office of Management and Budget to create[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Launches Suburban Anti-Heroin Task Force
1 Death Every 3 Days on Average Since 2012; Using Narcan During an Overdose was 100% Effective in DuPage County CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday launched the Suburban Anti-Heroin Task Force to tackle the rampant problem of heroin abuse by Illinois teenagers in suburban Chicago along[Read More…]
Marking Upcoming Second Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Interior Secretary Jewell Tours Coastal Resiliency Projects in New Jersey
Partnerships restore and strengthen beaches and tidal marshes that provide fish and wildlife habitat, storm protection, economic opportunities CAPE MAY, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. On the cusp of the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today toured restoration projects at Reed’s Beach and Cape May National[Read More…]
