(Source: fda.gov) Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 15, 2018 By: Tara Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the first blood test to evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as concussion, in adults. The FDA reviewed and authorized for marketing the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator[Read More…]
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CDC: Is the U.S. Export Economy at Risk from Global Infectious Outbreaks?
New CDC analysis examines potential threat to markets and jobs Atlanta, A—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2018 By: CDC Media Relations In addition to tragic loss of life, the next global infectious disease outbreak could harm the U.S. export economy and threaten U.S. jobs—even if the disease never reaches our shores. Two Centers[Read More…]
NIH Releases First Dataset from Unprecedented Study of Adolescent Brain Development
More than 7,500 children recruited for study to date; data available for first 4,500 Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2018 By: NIDA Press Office The National Institutes of Health Tuesday released to the scientific community an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. To date, more than 7,500 youth[Read More…]
Trump Administration Moves to Trample Taxpayers, Public Health, and Climate Via Methane Waste Rule Rollback
NEW MEXICO—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2018 By: Thomas Singer and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich Late yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management issued a proposed rule rolling back core public safeguards to reduce methane waste on public lands by the oil and gas industry. The proposed revision capitulates to the worst oil and gas[Read More…]
Moms From Across the Nation Propose a Better Way to Save Lives and Solve the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Moms United to End the War on Drugs Launches the “TRUE LOVE NOT TOUGH LOVE” Campaign on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2018 NATIONWIDE—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2018 By: Gretchen Burns Bergman On Valentine’s Day Moms United to End the War on Drugs is launching our “True Love, Not Tough Love” campaign. Moms[Read More…]
Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Trump’s EPA, Monsanto Over Crop-Damaging Pesticide
EPA Unlawfully Approved Monsanto’s XtendiMax Weed-Killer, Ignoring Warnings of Rampant Drift, Destroying Crops on Millions of Acres in Devastating 2017 Farm Season With More to Come Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2018 By: Paul Achitoff and George Kimbrell On Friday, public interest organizations representing farmers and conservationists made their legal case in[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Is Safe And Effective For Elderly Patients
Jerusalem, Israel—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Cannabis therapy is safe and effective among elderly patients diagnosed with chronic pain, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the European Journal of Internal Medicine. Researchers from Hebrew University and the Ben Gurion University of Negrev[Read More…]
NASA Seeks the Gold in Winter Olympics Snow (Video)
Greenbelt, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2018 By: Kasha Patel NASA engineer Manuel Vega can see one of the Olympic ski jump towers from the rooftop of the South Korean weather office where he is stationed. Vega is not watching skiers take flight, preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympic games. Instead,[Read More…]
Beginning Birding for All at Thorn Creek Nature Center on February 17
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2018 By: Judy Dolan Mendelson Come to Beginning Birding for All open house, Saturday, February 17 from 9 a.m. to noon for help with all things birds! For basic bird identifications – and tricky ones, too -, choosing binoculars, bird feeding and feeder tips, local bird[Read More…]
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Critically Endangered Right Whales
Federal government is legally required to take action Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2018 By: Erica Fuller and Josh Block Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and co-counsel Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force federal regulators to comply with their legal responsibility to[Read More…]
