EPA, CDC, FDA, National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention provide sun safety tips for ‘Don’t Fry Day’: May 24th WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), joined by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
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Swimming Season – How to Avoid Water Illnesses
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013. As pools and beaches begin to open for the Memorial Day weekend, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, state public health director, is reminding people how to avoid getting sick while swimming. May 20-26, 2013 is Recreational Water Illness and Injury (RWII) Prevention Week. This year’s theme is “How We[Read More…]
As Mosquito Season Approaches, Take Preventive Action Without Toxic Chemicals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently concluded that 2012 was the deadliest year for West Nile Virus (WNv) in the United States. “A total of 5,674 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 286 deaths, were reported to CDC from 48 states (excluding[Read More…]
VT Gov. Shumlin Signs Historic Assisted Death Bill
VERMONT–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Death with Dignity National Center, the nonprofit organization which advanced and defends the groundbreaking Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts, applauds Vermont lawmakers for making Vermont the third state in the US allowing for safeguarded assisted death. With Governor Peter Shumlin’s signature today, Vermont took a[Read More…]
Illinois Conservation Police Remind Boaters and Water Users to Practice Safety as Boating Season Gets Underway
National Safe Boating week runs through May 24th SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Illinois Conservation Police (CPOs) are gearing up to help ensure the public’s safety on Illinois waterways throughout the year as part of the observance of National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24. As in year’s past, CPOs are[Read More…]
Waste Not Want Not at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. By Laura Janota Nikki Schmidt used to assume that her uneaten food in the McCormick Dining Center of Roosevelt’s Wabash Building was headed for the trash. But the undergraduate history major was surprised to learn that the bits of pizza and salad she couldn’t finish are being ground[Read More…]
Honoring EMS Responders During National EMS Week
A statement from HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, M.D. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. This week, our nation honors emergency medical service (EMS) professionals for their dedication to public service. As the HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response, I know how important their role is in[Read More…]
Leading Explanations for Whooping Cough’s Resurgence Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence. Some say the vaccine wears off quicker than public health officials had previously believed. Others suggest that the vaccine[Read More…]
Energy Department Completes Salt Coolant Material Transfer to Czech Republic for Advanced Reactor Research
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade to complete the transfer of 75 kilograms of fluoride salt from the Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to the Czech Nuclear Research[Read More…]
Space Drives E-mobility
Simulation for safety EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2013. An ESA business incubation start-up company is helping major car manufacturers to develop electric vehicle concepts and improve safety systems by turning ideas quickly into virtual prototypes. Foreseeing products by modelling and simulations can provide big jump-starts for companies,” explains Johannes Gerl, founder and[Read More…]
