Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Over the past two decades, as more children and teens have participated in organized sports — at younger ages and with more intense training — doctors have seen an increase in a type of injury that can have devastating consequences. Increasing numbers of young[Read More…]
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Urgent Care Facilities Can Supplement, But Not Replace the Medical Home
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Freestanding urgent care facilities are a growing, important source of pediatric health care in many communities. In an updated policy statement in the April 2014 issue of Pediatrics, “Pediatric Care Recommendations for Freestanding Urgent Care Facilities” (published online April 28), the American Academy of[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Issues Recommendations on Protecting Children From Anthrax Exposure
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Anthrax, an infection caused by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis, can be easily dispersed, has the potential to infect thousands with high mortality if not quickly recognized and treated, and remains a threat as spores in the environment for years. Anthrax exposure is very rare,[Read More…]
Fifth Circuit Considers Mississippi Law Designed to Shutter Last Clinic in the State
Three-judge panel will hear arguments on preliminary injunction currently blocking the state’s admitting privileges requirement NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2104. Today a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear arguments on a preliminary injunction currently blocking a Mississippi law designed to close the last[Read More…]
Helen Holden Slottje, Architect of NY’s Local Fracking Ban Strategy, Wins Top Environmental Prize
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. The architect of New York’s local fracking ban strategy is being awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today. Helen Holden Slottje, of Ithaca, NY, is one of six grassroots environmental activists from around the globe being honored by the Goldman Environmental Foundation. Recipients of the[Read More…]
Pesticide Pushers Spin the Bee Crisis to Protect Profits
New report reveals Big Tobacco PR tactics used by Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. On the eve of Bayer’s (DE: BAYN) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Germany, author Michele Simon and environmental group Friends of the Earth released a new report documenting the tactics used by Bayer and other[Read More…]
Organic Agricultural Practices Can Limit Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Last week, the Rodale Institute, home to America’s longest-running side-by-side comparison of chemical and organic agriculture, published a white paper to support its announcement of a global campaign to generate public awareness of organic agricultural practices ability to limit the effects of climate change. The paper singles out[Read More…]
EPA Recognizes Seven University Teams for Environmental Solutions
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven winning student teams of EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) phase II awards for innovative and sustainable designs to help solve today’s complex environmental problems at the 10th annual National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. “As[Read More…]
Chicago Receives Two U.S. EPA Grants to Improve Lake Michigan Water Quality
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2014 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling $1 million to fund green infrastructure projects in Chicago. The projects will improve water quality in Lake Michigan. EPA Region 5 Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Welcomes FDA’s Common-Sense Pledge to Revise Flawed Rule on Brewers’ Spent Grains
FDA Plan Would have Imposed Burdensome Costs to Craft Brewers and Ranchers Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement welcoming the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement it will rewrite its controversial plan to regulate spent grains from brewers. Spent grains – the result of the brewing[Read More…]
