In Illinois, black women have 3.5 times higher maternal mortality rates than white women and black infants have nearly three times higher mortality rates than white infants WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2018 By: James Lewis U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and[Read More…]
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U.S. Judge Allows Monsanto’s Roundup Cancer Lawsuit to Go to Trial, Victims Will Be Heard in Court
San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2018 Contact: Kara Cook-Schultz This week, a federal judge found sufficient evidence to move to trial hundreds of lawsuits alleging that Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-containing weed-killer Roundup causes cancer. More than 400 farmers, landscapers, and consumers, whose lawsuits have been consolidated before the Northern California federal[Read More…]
In All But Four States, Seniors on Medicare Can Be Denied a Medigap Policy Due to Pre-existing Conditions
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2018 By: Cristina Boccuti, Gretchen Jacobson, Kendal Orgera, and Tricia Neuman In all but four states, insurance companies can deny private Medigap insurance policies to seniors after their initial enrollment in Medicare because of a pre-existing medical condition, such as diabetes or heart disease, except under limited, qualifying[Read More…]
NIH and VA Collaborate to Boost Veterans’ Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 Contact: NCI Press Officers Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes[Read More…]
Teen Crash Risk Highest During First Three Months After Getting Driver’s License
NIH study uses software and cameras to monitor teen driving behaviors Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 Contact: Linda Huynh and Robert Bock Teenage drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a collision or near miss during the first three months after getting a driver’s license, compared to the[Read More…]
Allergy Alert Issued in Midwest Whole Foods Market Stores for Undeclared Soy in Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2018 Contact: Betsy Harden Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling Whole Foods Market brand oatmeal raisin cookies from stores in eight states because the products contained soy flour that was not listed on the product label. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins 10 Attorney Generals Bringing Suit Against EPA Over Illegal Rollback of Key Climate Protection Regulations
Attorneys General Charge U.S. EPA with Illegally Seeking to Roll Back Prohibition on Hydrofluorocarbons, Powerful Climate Change Pollutants Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last week that she joined 10 Attorneys General filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for seeking to[Read More…]
Wish Bone Salad Dressing Issues Allergy Alert On Certain Wish-Bone House Italian Salad Dressing
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2018 Contact: Janice Monahan Pinnacle Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of Wish Bone House Italian Salad Dressing 15 oz. with the health and safety of our consumers as our top priority. The recall was initiated after learning from a retail customer that a[Read More…]
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans Don’t Want the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Equal Pay and Fair Employment Practices are Voters’ Top Concerns among Women’s Issues CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2018 By: Craig Palosky Large Majority of the Public View Federal Funding of Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women as “Important” As President Trump prepares to make a new Supreme Court nomination, new polling from the Kaiser[Read More…]
NIH Study Associates Obesity with Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 Contact: Robin Arnette Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. The finding, published online in the journal JAMA Oncology, may help researchers better understand the[Read More…]
