Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013 – 1:05 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Well, hello. How’s everyone doing? It is a pleasure and an honor to be with all of you here today at Orr Elementary School! Yay, Orr! (Applause.) We have a few Orr fans in the house. (Laughter.) Thank you all[Read More…]
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Nonprofit Uses Music, Games and Art to Deliver Health Message
Earn Song Downloads From Daniel Bambaata Marley, Toki Wright And Other Artists In New truth® Game, Graffiti Collective Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. truth®, the nation’s largest youth smoking prevention campaign, has long reached out to teens through live music events like the Vans Warped Tour, Uproar Festival, and its own[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces DOHHS Grant to American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced a grant of $650,000 to the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The Department of Health and Human Services grant will go toward awareness and access to care for children and youth with epilepsy. The American Academy[Read More…]
FDA Approves Abraxane for Late-stage Pancreatic Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved uses of Abraxane (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension, albumin-bound) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. An estimated 45,220[Read More…]
NIH Launches First National Down Syndrome Registry
Registry connects families and individuals with Down syndrome to researchers Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. The National Institutes of Health has launched DS-Connect, a Web-based health registry that will serve as a national health resource for people with Down syndrome and their families, researchers, and health care providers. “The Down syndrome[Read More…]
Hens May Select Sperm for Healthier Offspring
UK–(ENEWSPF)–06 September 2013. Female red junglefowl, the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken, may be able to optimise the immunity of their offspring by selecting sperm after mating with different males. That’s the conclusion from a study led by Oxford University researchers published in this week’s PNAS. ‘In natural populations,[Read More…]
Utility Contracts Weed Eating Goats to Prevent Wildfires in Northern California
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. The utility for northern California, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), has enlisted the help of over 900 goats to clear dried brush on 100 acres of its property. The goats will be used to clear poison oak and brush that is considered a fire hazard. Goats[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Chicago Clean Water Project to Create More Than 300 Jobs
$1 Billion Illinois Clean Water Initiative Will Invest Additional $25 Million to Upgrade Chicago Water Pipelines and Mains CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today awarded a $25 million low-interest loan to the City of Chicago to be used to replace more than 18 additional miles of water pipes throughout[Read More…]
United States, China, and Leaders of G-20 Countries Announce Historic Progress Toward a Global Phase Down of Climate-damaging Hydrofluorocarbons
St. Petersburg, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Today, President Obama reached separate agreements with the G-20 and with China to combat global climate change by addressing the rapid growth in the use and release of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Two statements on HFCs were released today, one in the context of the G20[Read More…]
Logging Industry Loses Latest Attack on Threatened Seabird
Marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird, and their old-growth forest habitat will remain protected Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. A federal district court today maintained conservation protections for marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird in the Pacific Northwest. The court rejected the remaining claims in a timber industry lawsuit that sought[Read More…]
