Syringe Ban Hampering Local Community Efforts to Address Heroin Use and Reduce Diseases Such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C; Hundreds of Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars Have Been Lost As a Result of Decades-Old Ban Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2014. Earlier today, more than 140 local, national and international[Read More…]
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Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, June 27, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. Obama Picks Carolyn W. Colvin to Lead Social Security Administration Late last week, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Carolyn W. Colvin to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA). A longtime government administrator, Ms. Colvin has been the agency’s acting commissioner since February 2013. There[Read More…]
HHS Announces Auto-enrollment Plans for Current Marketplace Consumers for 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2014. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expects to announce its plans for helping existing Marketplace consumers get auto-enrolled for next year. These plans would give existing consumers a simple way to remain in the same plan next year unless they want to[Read More…]
Observing National HIV Testing Day 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. A statement by Assistant Secretary for Health Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH: Today, as we recognize National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), it is important to note that nearly 1 in 6 Americans who have HIV do not know they are infected. If you are between the[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of First Wearable, Motorized Device That Helps People With Certain Spinal Cord Injuries to Walk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday allowed marketing of the first motorized device intended to act as an exoskeleton for people with lower body paralysis (paraplegia) due to a spinal cord injury. ReWalk is a motorized device worn over the legs and part of[Read More…]
Congressional Scorecard on Mass Surveillance: StandAgainstSpying.org Launches to Encourage NSA Reform
Diverse Coalition Reveals Lawmakers Who Aced, Failed and Were Missing in the Debate Over Mass Spying San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. A coalition of 22 organizations from across the political spectrum today launched StandAgainstSpying.org, an interactive website that grades members of Congress on what they have done, or often not[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence: Healthy Job Growth Offsets Dismal Wage Prospects, June 27, 2014
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. The small June gain in consumer confidence was not as meaningful as the fact that the Consumer Sentiment Index has remained largely unchanged at its current level for the past six months, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine to Study Effect of Yoga on Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Results could provide patients a non-medical way to treat tremors, balance and muscle stiffness CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. For Shameem Ahmed, it started with an irritating eye twitch. The next few years brought more serious aches and pains. Then her legs started to shake and when she tried to brush her[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: Our Patients and Staff Will Be Protected
Women’s Health Care Organization Pledges to Continue to Fight for Patient Safety in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling Blocking Mass. Buffer Zone Law WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2014. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts condemn today’s ruling by the Supreme Court in McCullen v. Coakley, a case challenging a[Read More…]
Beach Report: 10 Percent of America’s Beach Water Samples Fail Safety Test
NRDC’s Annual Report Reveals Nation’s 35 “Superstar” Beaches, but 17 “Repeat Offenders” Highlight Need for Clean Water Protections to Safeguard Swimmers WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014 – Ten percent of all water quality samples collected last year from nearly 3,500 coastal and Great Lakes beaches in the U.S. contained bacteria levels that[Read More…]
