A student campaign at the University of Delaware seeks to eliminate synthetic chemical pesticides from campus grounds. DELAWARE–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. As students, their parents and numerous alumni continue to express alarm at the unposted pesticide spraying program on campus, the University of Delaware appears to be bending, but not breaking[Read More…]
Science
Divorce Costs Thousands of Women Health Insurance Coverage Every Year
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. About 115,000 women lose their private health insurance every year in the wake of divorce, according to a University of Michigan study. And this loss is not temporary: women’s overall rates of health insurance coverage remain depressed for more than two years after divorce. “Given that[Read More…]
Gene Variations Linked to Lung Cancer Susceptibility in Asian Women
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may be associated with certain unique inherited genetic characteristics that[Read More…]
New Titan Supercomputer Named Fastest in the World
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu yesterday announced that Titan, a new supercomputer located at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been named the world’s most powerful according to the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Ten times more powerful[Read More…]
New Test Increases Diagnoses of Drug-Resistant TB and Shortens Time to Treatment Initiation
Underscores Urgency for More Widespread Treatment GENEVA/KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012—Results from the largest multi-country implementation of a new rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic test reveal a growing global crisis of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today. The data, presented at[Read More…]
Lights Out for Aphids
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. There’s a new tool in the fight against aphids. Research published in the journal Horticultural Science discovered that reducing the amount of ultra-violet (UV) light in an environment can shrink the population of an aphid infestation. This study is encouraging as it has the ability to[Read More…]
Controversial North Dakota Amendment Protects Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2012. During the recent elections, North Dakotans voted to accept a controversial amendment to the North Dakota Constitution that protects practices used in Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) that are harmful to human health and the environment. The North Dakota Farming and Ranching Amendment states, “No law[Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, November 9, 2012 – 2:30 PM EST
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2012 – 2:30 PM EST At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 438* States: 19* Deaths: 32* Laboratory Results * Updates occur Mon, Wed & Fri Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count November 9, 2012 2:30 PM EST Previous Case[Read More…]
NOAA Post-Sandy Operations Continuing, November 9, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2012. This NOAA GOES-13 satellite image, taken on Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hurricane Sandy centered off of Maryland and Virginia. NOAA continues to work in partnership with other federal, state, and local partners in response to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. NOAA’s efforts are focused on navigation[Read More…]
U.S. Temperature and Precipitation in October Were Near Average
Sandy breaks records in East while severe drought continues in West Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2012. The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during October was 53.9°F, 0.3°F below the long-term average, ending a 16-month streak of above-average temperatures for the lower 48 that began in June 2011. The October nationally[Read More…]
