Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Brintellix (vortioxetine) to treat adults with major depressive disorder. Major depressive disorder (MDD), commonly referred to as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by mood changes and other symptoms that interfere with a person’s ability to work,[Read More…]
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NOAA Awards $27.2 Million for Ocean and Coastal Observing Technology
IOOS is a federal, regional, and private-sector partnership working to enhance our ability to collect, deliver, and use ocean information. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. NOAA is awarding $27.2 million to sustain current critical ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing efforts and to support innovative marine sensor[Read More…]
Energy Department to Award $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced a proposed $100 million in FY2014 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy. Research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production and use. “Transforming[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge Drastic 93 Percent Cut in Protection of Mountain Caribou Habitat in Idaho and Washington
Lawsuit Seeks Recovery of Last Population of Iconic Caribou in Lower 48 BOISE, Idaho–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A coalition of six conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to cut more than 93 percent of protected critical habitat for the endangered mountain caribou —[Read More…]
Two Rare Arizona Cactuses Gain Endangered Species Act Protection
TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted Endangered Species Act protection today to two highly imperiled cactuses found in northern and southern Arizona. Protection for the Acuña cactus and Fickeisen plains cactus results from a 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency[Read More…]
Lawsuit Filed to Save Endangered Southwestern Songbird From Habitat Destruction Caused by Invasive Beetles
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and APHIS, the department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, over their failure to safeguard an endangered native songbird, the southwestern willow flycatcher, from the impacts of the[Read More…]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to rededicate ourselves to lessening the impact of the most common cancer affecting women. Breast cancer is also the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United[Read More…]
Psychotropic Medication Use Appears to Be Stabilizing in Young Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2013. Psychotropic drugs are commonly prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues in adults, but young children are also using the drugs to treat ADHD and other mood disorders. In the October 2013 Pediatrics study, “National Trends in Psychotropic Medication Use in[Read More…]
Vaccine Refusals Among Factors Associated With 2010 Pertussis Outbreak in California
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2013. In 2010, 9,120 cases of pertussis – or whooping cough – were reported in California, the most since 1947. Several causes of the outbreak have been documented, including waning immunity of the acellular pertussis vaccine. A new study in the October 2013 Pediatrics examines[Read More…]
Report Finds Need for California to Improve Its Pesticide Approval Process
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A new report, published by UCLA’s Sustainable Technology and Policy Program, finds that the California Department of Pesticides Registration (DPR) has failed to ensure that pesticides it approves are safe. Using methyl iodide as a case study, researchers point to key deficits in the approval process[Read More…]
