Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Today Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act and the Center for American Progress, the Clean Energy States Alliance, the Sierra Club, and the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaboration released a jointly commissioned Brattle Group report, which shows that[Read More…]
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About One in Five U.S. Adult Cigarette Smokers Have Tried an Electronic Cigarette
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. In 2011, about 21 percent of adults who smoke traditional cigarettes had used electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, up from about 10 percent in 2010, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, about six percent of all[Read More…]
Cancer Risks Low in Japan Following Fukushima Nuclear Incident – UN Report
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2013 – Health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan such as cancer are low, according to a United Nations report released today, which calls for continued health and environmental monitoring in the country, particularly in the area where the disaster occurred two[Read More…]
NIH Develops Improved Mouse Model of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Scientists may be better able to study how heavy drinking damages the liver using a new mouse model of alcohol drinking and disease developed by researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The model incorporates[Read More…]
Public Voting Opens to Determine HHSinnovates People’s Choice Award Winner
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the start of public voting for the People’s Choice Award in the HHSinnovates Program. The program recognizes inventive and original projects led by HHS employees, designed to help solve some of the nation’s most challenging health[Read More…]
Reproductive Rights Advocates Take Legal Action Against Anti-Choice Lawsuit to Restrict Insurance Coverage for Minnesota Women
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. National and local reproductive rights advocates took legal action today to fight a Minnesota lawsuit designed to restrict insurance coverage for low-income women’s reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights, along with Minnesota-based non-profit Gender Justice, filed a motion to intervene in Walker v. Jesson—a[Read More…]
Healthy Intervention Reduces Depression for Pregnant Latinas
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Latina women in a diabetes-prevention program show fewer signs of depression during pregnancy and in early postpartum, a University of Michigan study indicates. Untreated depression can negatively affect both mothers and children. Research indicates that sometimes minority women—when compared to their white counterparts—don’t seek help for[Read More…]
Speedy Black Hole Holds Galaxy’s History
Rapidly rotating black hole accreting matter EU–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2013. A rapidly rotating supermassive black hole has been found in the heart of a spiral galaxy by ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s NuSTAR space observatories, opening a new window into how galaxies grow. Supermassive black holes are thought to lurk in[Read More…]
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress, the Stimson Center, and the Center for Climate and Security convened a discussion with Thomas Friedman and Anne-Marie Slaughter on a newly released collection of essays titled “The Arab Spring and Climate Change.” While the Arab Spring was not caused[Read More…]
Norovirus Outbreaks – Stay Healthy, Wash Your Hands
“Stomach bug” circulating SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. No doubt you probably know of someone who has been sick with a “stomach bug” this year, typically caused by norovirus. Norovirus causes vomiting and diarrhea and is very contagious. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 80 percent[Read More…]
