CAR T-cell therapy approved to treat certain children and young adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making the first gene therapy available in the United States, ushering in a new approach to the treatment[Read More…]
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FDA Approves New Antibacterial Drug
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vabomere for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including a type of kidney infection, pyelonephritis, caused by specific bacteria. Vabomere is a drug containing meropenem, an antibacterial, and vaborbactam, which inhibits certain types of resistance mechanisms[Read More…]
How To Help: Donate To Assist Harvey Victims Of Storm’s Catastrophic Damage
By Chaffin Mitchelle, Staff Writer for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic damage has left thousands displaced and in need throughout southeastern Texas. If you would like to help those affected by the storm, here’s what you should keep in mind. Monetary donation (Donations made through the AccuWeather.com page are[Read More…]
AccuWeather Predicts Hurricane Harvey To Be The Most Costly Natural Disaster In US History
By Chaffin Mitchelle, Staff Writer for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather predicts Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, to be the most costly natural disaster in United States history. Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder, president and chairman of AccuWeather, and sometimes called the “father of commercial meteorology” stated, “This will[Read More…]
Harvey To Unload Drenching Rain In Ohio Valley, Northeastern Us During Labor Day Weekend
By Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports after inundating Texas and Louisiana for days, Harvey will race across the Ohio Valley and northeastern United States with drenching rain during part of the Labor Day weekend. While Harvey is not expected to bring widespread flooding, or flooding anywhere close[Read More…]
Following Announcement of National Opioid Emergency, Bipartisan Senate Sponsors of Medicaid Care Act Press Trump to Heed own Commission’s Recommendations
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. U.S. Democratic Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Sherrod Brown (OH), Joe Manchin (WV), and Cory Booker (NJ), Independent Senator Angus King (ME), and Republican Senators Rob Portman (OH), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and Susan Collins (ME) today urged President Trump to lift the Medicaid Institutions for Mental[Read More…]
UChicago Startup Investment Program Makes First Investment
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The University of Chicago has made its first venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. ExplORer Surgical, which is based on technology developed at the University of Chicago Medical Center, provides an interactive surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the operating room. It will receive[Read More…]
Catastrophic Levee Failure May Occur In Texas Amid Harvey’s Relentless Rain
By Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports some of the worst flooding from Harvey may be yet to come even as rain diminishes in the next 24 to 48 hours over parts of Texas and Louisiana. There may be catastrophic levee failure if the rains continue. “This is[Read More…]
UN Aid Chief Allocates $45 Million to Tackle Neglected Emergencies in Four Countries
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–29 August 2017 – The United Nations aid chief released today $45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to four countries “struggling in crises away from the headlines” – Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan – where more than 21 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance.[Read More…]
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Infections Linked to Pet Turtles
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and multiple states are investigating a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet turtles. Thirty-seven people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agbeni have been reported from 13 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from[Read More…]
