FTC Alleged Company Violated Order’s Information Security Requirements, Misled Consumers With Deceptive Advertising Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. LifeLock will pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission contempt charges that it violated the terms of a 2010 federal court order that requires the company to secure consumers’ personal information and[Read More…]
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Roosevelt University Adult Graduate Following in Footsteps of Her Children
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. New Roosevelt University graduate Jill Arkin is following in the footsteps of two of her children, who went to college to become teachers. The 48-year-old Arlington Heights resident, who graduated from Roosevelt earlier this month, received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and did her student teaching[Read More…]
Study: Bus Stations ‘Brimming’ with Traffic Over 2015 Christmas and New Year’s
A bus turns into Union Station in Chicago to unload passengers. Winter holiday bus travel is projected to increase 1-2 percent from last year, reaching 2.6 million passengers over a 12-day period for Christmas and New Year’s travel, according to data released by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at[Read More…]
FDA Approves Wearable Defibrillator for Children at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for the LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator. The LifeVest is approved for certain children who are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, but are not candidates for an implantable defibrillator due to certain medical conditions[Read More…]
FDA Approves Basaglar, the First ‘Follow-on’ Insulin Glargine Product to Treat Diabetes
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Basaglar (insulin glargine injection), a long-acting human insulin analog to improve glycemic control in adult and pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. According to the Centers for Disease[Read More…]
Poverty May Slightly Increase Childhood Risk of Neurological Impairment, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure circumstances, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. This neurological impairment appears to be distinct from the risk of cognitive and[Read More…]
Hubble Sees the Force Awakening in a Newborn Star
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Just in time for the release of the movie “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed what looks like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsaber. In the center of the image, partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn star shoots twin[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Hillary Clinton’s Offshore Drilling Comments
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has told South Carolinians that she is “very skeptical about the need or desire for us to pursue offshore drilling off the coast of South Carolina, and frankly off the coast of other southeast states.” In response, Sierra Club Political[Read More…]
Groundbreaking New Analysis Lays Out Roadmap for Political Parties Given Rapidly Shifting Demographics of U.S. Electorate
A voting booth in a community center, November 2004. Source: AP/Julia Cumes Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The Center for American Progress released today a groundbreaking new analysis showing the challenges that lie ahead for both political parties given the rapidly shifting demographics of the U.S. electorate. This new[Read More…]
