Free, confidential testing available statewide CHICAGO–(ENEWSWPF)–October 15, 2012. In the United States, about 1 in 5 Latinos are HIV positive and do not know it because they haven’t been tested. On National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, observed every October 15, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging the[Read More…]
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Corporate Assault Targets California Voters in Attempt to Stop GE Labeling Proposition
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. California’s Proposition 37, which would require mandatory labeling on genetically engineered (GE) foods, is facing a strong challenge as tens of millions of conventional food industry dollars have poured into television advertisements before the November 6th election. Poll results released Thursday by the Pepperdine University School[Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 14, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2012 2:00 PM EDT At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 205 States: 14 Deaths: 15 Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count October 14, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Cases with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections [View Larger Map][Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 13, 2012 6:00 PM EDT
First case of meningitis reported in Illnois Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2012 — 6 PM EDT At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 198 States: 13 Deaths: 15 Multi-State Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count October 13, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Cases with Fungal Infections Linked[Read More…]
Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development on Public Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states. The Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development[Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 12, 2012 4:00 PM EDT
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Meningitis Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 185 States: 12 Deaths: 14 Multi-State Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count As of October 12, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Persons with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections, by State [View Larger Map][Read More…]
Scientists Find First Evidence of Dynamo Generation on an Asteroid
A meteorite found in Antarctica holds evidence of a once-active dynamo on Vesta. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012. About 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a tenuous disk of gas and dust. In the span of merely 10 million years, this soup evolved to form today’s[Read More…]
Using Cell Phone Data to Curb the Spread of Malaria
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. New research that combines cell phone data from 15 million people in Kenya with detailed information on the regional incidence of malaria has revealed, on the largest scale so far, how human travel patterns contribute to the disease’s spread. The findings from researchers at[Read More…]
Report: Clean Energy Projects Primed to Replace Indian Point’s Power
Provides Roadmap to Replace Nuclear Plant with Energy Efficiency, Wind and Solar Power While Maintaining Power Supply Reliability NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012 – In just the last year, New York State began developing at least 25 percent of the alternative electricity sources necessary to replace the Indian Point nuclear power[Read More…]
South America’s Sombrero Uplift
Sombrero uplift EU–(ENEWSPF)–12 October 2012 In the central Andes mountains, satellites have detected ground deformation under way above a major subterranean magma body. The Altiplano–Puna volcanic province is part of an active volcanic arc in South America’s central Andes. Extending through Peru, southwestern Bolivia, Chile and northwestern Argentina, it[Read More…]
