Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. On June 5, 2012 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on “Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program: Vulnerabilities in Vaccine Management.“. CDC’s VFC program provides free vaccines to eligible children through a national network that includes[Read More…]
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Meditators’ Acceptance of Emotions Key to Self-control
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. We know that people who meditate do better on tasks that require self-control. It turns out that meditators’ openness to their own emotions is the reason, according to new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough. “These results suggest that willpower or self-control may be sharpest[Read More…]
Salazar, Ashe Announce $25 Million in Wetlands Grants for Migratory Birds, $1.3 Million for Refuge Acquisitions
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe announced that the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved more than $1.3 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to protect an estimated 1,368 acres of waterfowl habitat on three[Read More…]
NASA’S Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned Furiously
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. The faint, lumpy glow from the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precision yet using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The objects could be wildly massive stars or voracious black holes. They are too far away to be seen individually, but[Read More…]
NASA Discovers Unprecedented Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in microscopic marine plants, essential to all sea life, than[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Childhood CT Scans Linked to Leukemia and Brain Cancer Later in Life
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT), a commonly used diagnostic tool, have a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors in the decade following their first scan. These findings are from a study of more than 175,000 children and young[Read More…]
HIV Superinfection in Uganda May be More Common Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests. Since researchers demonstrated more than a decade ago that a person infected with HIV[Read More…]
Politicians for Dirty and Toxic Water Skate Their Bill Through House Committee
House committee OKs another dirty water bill, threatening communities nationwide Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. Today the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a dirty water bill by Representatives John Mica (R-FL) and Nick Rahall (D-WV). The Mica-Rahall bill, H.R. 4965, aims to ban federal agencies from[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: Encouraging Reliable Supplies of Molybdenum-99 Produced without Highly Enriched Uranium
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012. Ahead of this week’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting and the July gathering of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States is announcing steps to ensure the reliable supply of medical isotopes while minimizing the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for civilian[Read More…]
EPA Announces $850,000 in Grants to Clean Up Contaminated Sites in Duluth; State to Receive a Total of $2,650,000 in Grants and Loans
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today joined Mayor Don Ness at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center to announce $850,000 in grants to redevelop contaminated properties, create jobs and protect public health in Duluth. The city and the Duluth Economic Development Authority will use these[Read More…]
