Syringe Access Proven to Reduce HIV and other infectious diseases Harm Reduction Goes Mainstream: Maryland joins Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Republican-Led Congress in Expanding Syringe Access DPA-(ENEWSPF)- Today, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed the Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Act, after it passed the Maryland General Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan[Read More…]
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Food Recall Of Sweet And Salty Trail Mix –Because Of Possible Health Risk, Due To Potential Presence Of Listeria Monocytogenes
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Rucker’s Wholesale and Service Co. of Bridgeport, IL is voluntarily recalling the specific code dates listed below of Uncle Bucks Sweet & Salty Trail Mix peg bag, due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,[Read More…]
NORPAC Foods, Inc. Recalls Natural Directions Organic Mixed Vegetables, And Natural Directions Organic Green Peas, Due To Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- NORPAC Foods, Inc. of Salem, Oregon is voluntarily recalling two (2) frozen private label vegetable items, Natural Directions Organic Mixed Vegetables and Natural Directions Organic Green Peas, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and[Read More…]
FDA Issues Rule For Data Collection Of Antimicrobial Sales And Distribution By Animal Species
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule today that revises its annual reporting requirements for drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in animals intended for human consumption or food-producing animals. Companies are now required to provide estimates of sales broken down by[Read More…]
Investigational Malaria Vaccine Protects Healthy U.S. Adults For More Than One Year
PfSPZ Vaccine is first to show durable, sterile protection in people with no prior infection. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- An experimental malaria vaccine protected a small number of healthy, malaria-naïve adults in the United States from infection for more than one year after immunization, according to results from a Phase 1 trial described[Read More…]
Jury Convicts North Suburban Lawyer of Immigration Fraud for Falsifying Clients’ Applications for U.S. Asylum
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States. ROBERT DEKELAITA accepted fees from foreign nationals in exchange for submitting the false documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and[Read More…]
Community Development, Economic Development Take Center For Park Forest Budget Hearing
Analysis, Commentary, Report By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village Board met in a budget session Monday night. On the docket, the Community Development Department. The meeting convened at 6 p.m. Currently, all board members are present. Trustee McCray was the last to arrive, showing up at 6:10 p.m.[Read More…]
HRC & Equality NC Respond to Gov. McCrory’s Reckless Lawsuit
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC issued the following statements in response to the news that Governor Pat McCrory has filed a lawsuit defending his deeply discriminatory HB2. “North Carolina’s HB2 law is blatantly unconstitutional and violates federal civil rights law,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “The Department of[Read More…]
Pat McCrory’s Hypocrisy: Forces Through HB2 in Hours, Now Asks DOJ For More Time
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- On May 8, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and Equality North Carolina, released the following statement on North Carolina after Gov. Pat McCrory said on Fox News Sunday that he requested more time from the Department of[Read More…]
HRC Hails Suspension of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore
Montgomery, AL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 7, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, hailed the Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama’s suspension of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, for his consistent defiance of pro-marriage equality federal rulings in the state. “Roy[Read More…]
