Legislation Encourages Early Care, Reduces Costs to Health Care System and Provides Individuals with Opportunity to Trade Dental Services for Community Service Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. Illinois Congresswoman Robin Kelly, alongside Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID), introduced H.R. 539, the ‘Action for Dental Health Act of 2015.’ This legislation will[Read More…]
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How One Man Helped 10,000 People With Serious Drug Problems
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. Drugs and the drug war touch most families. Millions of people have a loved one behind bars on drug charges. Many millions more have struggled with drugs themselves — or have a loved one who has dealt with addiction to illegal or legal drugs. By declaring[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Named Ranking Member of Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Transportation
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. This week, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) was named Democratic Ranking Member of the Transportation and Public Assets Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Transportation and Public Assets Subcommittee is a new subcommittee in the 114th Congress that has oversight jurisdiction over[Read More…]
Chicago Woman Pleads Guilty To Making Hoax Distress Call, Causing U.S. Coast Guard To Launch $13,000 Rescue Effort
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to a federal crime for making a false report two years ago that a person had fallen into Lake Michigan and was in distress, causing the United States Coast Guard and other first responders to launch a dangerous search and[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio Cosponsors Bill to Help Veterans
Bill increases veterans’ access to healthcare Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. In order to ensure better healthcare for our nation’s veterans, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015. This bill would improve upon recent reforms to the[Read More…]
HHS to Work with Non-profit Organizations and Tax Preparers to Help Consumers Understand the Intersection of Taxes and Health Care
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced yesterday that HHS is collaborating with a wide range of non-profit organizations and some of the nation’s largest tax preparers to ensure that the public understands how health care and their taxes intersect. These[Read More…]
FDA Expands Approved Use of Imbruvica for Rare Form of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare form of cancer that begins in the body’s immune system. The drug received a breakthrough therapy designation for this use. A type of[Read More…]
NIH-funded Study Uncovers Range of Molecular Alterations in Head and Neck Cancers, New Potential Drug Targets
TCGA tumor genome sequencing analyses offer new insights into the effects of HPV and smoking, and find genomic similarities with other cancers Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have discovered genomic differences — with potentially important clinical implications — in head and neck[Read More…]
Groups Sue to Stop Daily 100-Car Train Deliveries of Toxic Crude Oil to Bakersfield Terminal
Coalition sues over illegal permitting of major crude-by-rail project in Central Valley An oil train moves through California’s Central Valley. The newly opened Bakersfield Crude Terminal has the capacity to receive two 100-car unit trains a day. Elizabeth Forsyth / Earthjustice Kern County, CA —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Community and environmental[Read More…]
New Report Reveals Nearly 40 Percent of NHS Highways Fail to Pay for Themselves, Urges More Flexible Funding Model to Support a Multimodal Transportation System
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A new infrastructure report from the Center for American Progress examines the myth that highways pay for themselves while public transportation does not, and reveals that 40 percent of all National Highway System, or NHS, miles fail to generate sufficient user fee revenues to cover[Read More…]
