Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. President Obama spoke this afternoon with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to review the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the need for more robust commitments and rapid delivery of assistance by the international community. Citing the threat the epidemic poses, the President[Read More…]
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NASA Mission Finds Widespread Evidence of Young Lunar Volcanism
The feature called Maskelyne is one of many newly discovered young volcanic deposits on the Moon. Called irregular mare patches, these areas are thought to be remnants of small basaltic eruptions that occurred much later than the commonly accepted end of lunar volcanism, 1 to 1.5 billion years ago. Image[Read More…]
Digital Divide: Pediatricians Debate Whether Tots Should Have Access to Electronic Devices
SAN DIEGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. When the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published its policy statement in 1999 discouraging electronic media use by children under 2, the focus was on television programs, videos and DVDs. Over the past 15 years, the technology landscape has changed dramatically. Toddlers now have access[Read More…]
New Research Shows Incorrect Use of Car Seats Widespread Among Parents Taking Newborns Home from Hospital
SAN DIEGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. Nearly all parents unknowingly put their newborn infants at risk as soon as they drive away from the hospital due to mistakes made with car safety seats, according to research to be presented Monday, Oct. 13 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference &[Read More…]
Do No Harm: Plenary Speaker at American Academy of Pediatrics Conference Calls for Safely Cutting Back on Medical Tests, Treatments
SAN DIEGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. When parents take a sick or injured child to the doctor or emergency room, they often expect tests to be done and treatments given. So if the physician sends them on their way with the reassurance that their child will get better in a few days,[Read More…]
Prairie State College Sponsoring Community Reading Events with One Book, One Community
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) is sponsoring a series of lectures and workshops as part of its “One Book, One Community” event featuring the graphic novel, American Born Chinese, by author Gene Luen Yang. There are events scheduled throughout the month of October and into November. All[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Sue Federal Agency to Protect Wolverine
Climate change has led to loss of spring snowpack, endangering feisty predator After more than a century of trapping and habitat loss, wolverines in the lower 48 have been reduced to small, fragmented populations in Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming and northeast Oregon. AY Images / iStockphoto Missoula, MT—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014.[Read More…]
Citizens United Transformed State and Local Elections, Often Even More Than National, Report Finds
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2014. Big outside spenders are working “hand-in-glove” with state and local candidates for office, often with few restrictions, according to a new Brennan Center report. Unlike billionaires such as the Koch Brothers and Tom Steyer, who spend hundreds of millions on national races, wealthy donors can[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Petitions NRC to Include Alarming New Seismic Data in Considering Diablo Canyon License Renewal
Request follows dramatic findings that nuclear reactors are surrounded by stronger and inter-connected earthquake faults WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2014. Friends of the Earth has filed a petition to intervene in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceeding that would allow Pacific Gas & Electric’s controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors to run[Read More…]
Stemming Mass Wildlife Extinctions Must Drive International Biodiversity Treaty
As Global Leaders Gather in South Korea, World’s Wildlife Continues Steep Decline PYEONGCHANG, South Korea–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2014. As diplomats and citizens from all over the world continue gathering at the 12th Conference of the Parties for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity this week, they face the sobering reality that[Read More…]
