SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Firefighters from across the state gathered in Springfield to remember nine firefighters who died in service and honor 50 other firefighters for their outstanding bravery and service to their communities during the 18th Annual Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Firefighting Medal of Honor Ceremony. The ceremony began[Read More…]
Latest News
Lt. Governor Simon Promotes Job Creation at Joliet Arsenal
WILMINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. An advocate for the reuse of Illinois military bases, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon voiced support today for a plan to add up to 100 jobs at a new maintenance center in a redeveloped portion of the former Joliet Arsenal and ammunition plant. A southwest suburban company plans[Read More…]
Durbin: EPA Decision is an Important Opportunity to Make Chicago River Accessible for Generations to Come
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said that a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require improved water quality standards for the Chicago River is an important opportunity to make this iconic waterway accessible to generations of boaters, kayakers and even swimmers. Durbin also[Read More…]
EPA: Upgraded Water Quality Standards Needed for Portions of Chicago Area Waterway System
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today notified the State of Illinois that water quality standards for portions of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers must be upgraded to protect the health and safety of people who recreate in these waterways. The changes are necessary because an increasing number[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Lautenberg, Harkin Call Tobacco CEO Comments: ‘Reckless and Scientifically Inaccurate’
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) today set the record straight on the addictive nature of cigarettes after hearing a statement by the CEO of Philip Morris International, Louis Camilleri, claiming that while smoking cigarettes is addictive, “it is not[Read More…]
CDC Finds Annual Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41 Billion
Illinois Among States with Highest Medical and Work Loss Costs Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
Healthy Vision Month, May 2011
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. During Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority. In focus groups conducted by NEI in 2005,[Read More…]
Treating HIV-Infected People with Antiretrovirals Significantly Reduces Transmission to Partners
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious[Read More…]
HHS Announces Action Plan to Prevent and Treat Viral Hepatitis
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched its action plan to prevent and treat viral hepatitis, a silent epidemic affecting 3.5 – 5.3 million Americans. Though viral hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death in the U.S., many people who have it[Read More…]
NATO Hits Command and Control Bunkers in Tripoli; Denies Attack on North Korean Embassy
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. Last night, NATO attacked a large C2 bunker complex in downtown Tripoli that was used to coordinate attacks against civilian populations and successfully hit the targets we were aiming at. These locations were known to be command and control facilities engaged in coordinating attacks against civilian populations[Read More…]
