UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2011. A rare genetic variant that appears to be directly and causally linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified by Oxford University researchers. Importantly, the mutation in the CYP27B1 gene affects a key enzyme which leads people with the variant to have lower levels of vitamin[Read More…]
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We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Announces $2 Billion in Resources to Support Job-Creating Startups
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. Today, the White House announced administrative and private sector actions that will help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create jobs by increasing their access to capital and resources. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is moving forward with launching a $1 billion Early Stage Innovation Fund,[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Three Army Casualties, December 8, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Dec. 3, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion,[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago: City-Wide Day of Action Against Coal on Saturday, December 10
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The air we breathe is being destroyed by the corporate greed of Midwest Generation, owner and operator of the Fisk and Crawford coal fire power plants. We are tired of our health and environment being sold in the profit market. We are tired of 40+ premature deaths[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending December 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 381,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 393,250, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Panel Endorses Active Monitoring and Delay of Treatment for Low-risk Prostate Cancer
Urges further research to clarify management strategies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to be delayed until warranted by disease progression. However, monitoring strategies—such[Read More…]
Durbin, Harkin: GAO Report Rejects For-Profit College Industry’s Excuse for Poor Student Success Rates
Report Shows For-Profit College Students Fare Worse Overall than Nonprofit, Public College Students WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report debunks the for-profit college industry’s longtime excuse for poor student success rates at their schools: [Read More…]
Affordable Care Act Support for School-based Health Centers Will Create Jobs, Increase Access to Care for Thousands of Children
Health care law will help rebuild aging clinics WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than $14 million was awarded today to 45 school-based health centers across the country allowing the number of children served to increase by nearly 50 percent, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has[Read More…]
Statements by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper of Canada
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011 – 3:16 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. I am very pleased to welcome my friend and partner, Prime Minister Harper, back to the White House. Whenever we get together it’s a chance to reaffirm the enduring alliance between our nations, the[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Iran’s Blockage of Virtual Embassy Tehran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. We condemn the Iranian government’s efforts to deny their people the freedom to access America’s recently launched Virtual Embassy Tehran. Through this action, the Iranian government has once again demonstrated its commitment to build an electronic curtain of surveillance and censorship around its people. The Iranian[Read More…]
