Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. All bets are on as The Rich Township Senior Services invites you to come and enjoy a wonderful day at the beautiful Arlington Park Racetrack! Our trip includes: admission to the park, daily racing guides, two-hour buffet and three-hour soft drink package – all in[Read More…]
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Iowa Company and Top Executives Plead Guilty in Connection with Distribution of Adulterated Eggs
Company Also Pleads Guilty to Bribery of Public Official and Introduction of Misbranded Eggs Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Quality Egg LLC (Quality Egg), Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa, in connection with the distribution of adulterated eggs in interstate commerce. [Read More…]
HHS Announces the Availability of $300 Million in Affordable Care Act Funds to Expand Services at the Nation’s Community Health Centers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $300 million under the Affordable Care Act to help the nation’s community health centers expand service hours, hire more medical providers, and add oral health, behavioral health, pharmacy, and vision services.[Read More…]
Study Finds 11 Percent of Children Surveyed at 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Likely Developed PTSD
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Research has documented the psychosocial toll of terrorism on young people, but most of that work has focused on large-scale attacks like Sept. 11. A new study in the July 2014 Pediatrics, “Adjustment Among Area Youth After the Boston Marathon Bombing and Subsequent Manhunt,”[Read More…]
E-Cigarette Advertising to Young Adults Jumps 321 Percent
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. In the absence of the kind of federal regulations that apply to tobacco cigarettes, advertising for e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in the U.S. in the past several years, especially during programs most likely to be watched by adolescents and young adults, according to a[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Helps Parkinson’s Patients Fight Back
Support group turns to boxing to help caregivers, those fighting disease stay active CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Sometimes a left hook is just what the doctor ordered.Paula Weiner, for one, is looking forward to finding out. The Chicago resident was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago when she noticed a[Read More…]
Study Finds Coordinated Approach Improves Quality of Primary Care
Results Suggest Growing Support for Patient-Centered Care Management NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014 — Primary care doctors practicing in a model of coordinated, team-based care that leverages health information technology are more likely to give patients recommended preventive screening and appropriate tests than physicians working in other settings, according to research[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Trumka on Raising Seattle’s Minimum Wage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Today’s vote in Seattle will go down in history as a milestone in the struggle to raise wages and ensure fair pay for all workers. It is proof that when working people organize and make their voices heard, we all benefit. While Republicans in Congress fail[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Seattle Workers Show the Way by Winning $15/Hour Wage Floor
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. After the Seattle City Council voted to lift the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 per hour, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Like working Americans across the country, the 2.1 million members of SEIU are tremendously[Read More…]
EPA Rule on Treated Seeds Challenged, Activists Tell Lowe’s to Stop Selling Neonics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) challenged EPA’s position that seeds coated with pesticides, commonly neonicotinoid pesticides, are exempt from regulation under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA currently[Read More…]
