Greenbelt, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Our sun’s adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding life as we know it. Some 4 billion years ago, the sun shone with only about three-quarters the brightness we see today, but its surface roiled with[Read More…]
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Senator Sanders to Senate Democrats: Do We Stand With Puerto Rico or Wall Street and the Tea Party?
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to oppose legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week that would establish a control board to oversee Puerto Rico’s financial crisis. “We have an important choice to make,” Sanders wrote in a letter[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez Calls On DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to Grant Temporary Protected Status To Ecuadorians
“I am asking the Secretary to take action as quickly as possible to lift the uncertainty facing Ecuadorians in the U.S.” A makeshift camp in Pedernales, Ecuador on April 26, 2016. Photo by Enes Duran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Chicago – (ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. On Monday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) called on[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Helps Introduce Medicaid CARE Act to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Last week Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) joined Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) to introduce the Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act. This bill would expand access to treatment for people struggling to receive needed addiction care by lifting a current Medicaid ban and enabling beneficiaries[Read More…]
Welding Open Houses Coming to South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. South Suburban College (SSC) is hosting Open Houses for their Welding Lab on Tuesday, June 7 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., and Thursday, June 9 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., both in Room L-275 on their Main Campus in South Holland. The[Read More…]
Are Mystery Mars Plumes Caused by Space Weather?
Mars mystery plume EU–(ENEWSPF)–23 May 2016. Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists. The extreme altitude poses something of a problem in explaining the features: it is far higher than where typical[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Helps Break Ground For Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel
Tunnel Will Have Capacity to Divert 2,300 Cubic Feet of Water Per Second, Preventing Types of Floods that Devastated Neighborhood Twice in Recent Years CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined today by Senator Dick Durbin, Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th Ward) and other partners in breaking ground for the[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel And Alderman O’Shea Launch Operation Help-A-Hero To Support Formerly Homeless Veterans Citywide
Aldermen and the Chicago Park District Join Forces to Collect Household Goods for City Veterans CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and 19th Ward Alderman Matthew O’Shea today announced the Operation Help-A-Hero citywide household item collection drive to assist formerly homeless Veterans moving to permanent housing. Throughout the month of[Read More…]
Local Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. A suspended physician pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to charges of health care fraud. CHARLES S. DEHANN, 61, of Belvidere, Ill., pleaded guilty before Judge Frederick J. Kapala to two counts of health care fraud in a scheme to defraud Medicare that included overbilling[Read More…]
Visual Impairment, Blindness Cases in U.S. Expected to Double by 2050
NIH-funded studies tease out trends by race, ethnicity and sex. The findings suggest that there is a need for increased screening and interventions to identify and address treatable causes of vision loss. A slit lamp, with its high magnification, allows the eye care professional to examine the front of the[Read More…]
