Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– President Clinton provides an update on how donations to the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund are being used and what he has learned from his trips to Haiti. Thanks to donations from individuals and corporations, the Fund has allocated more than $3 in donations to organizations on the ground[Read More…]
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A Haiti Fit For Its Children and Young People
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – On the eve of an international donor’s conference for Haiti at the United Nations, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, Plan International, World Vision International, Oxfam and UNICEF have stressed the importance of ensuring children, young people and their families are at the centre[Read More…]
New Study Finds H1N1 Affected Emergency Department Workers More Than Any Other Hospital Employee
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. During the H1N1 pandemic almost half of the reported H1N1cases in hospital health care workers occurred in emergency medicine, pediatrics, ambulatory care and anesthesiology, with emergency medicine workers having the highest infection rate. This is according to new findings published today in the American Medical Association’s (AMA)[Read More…]
AARP Urges Senate to Extend Critical Health and Unemployment Supports
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement today, urging the Senate to assist the millions of Americans without health coverage and who remain unemployed by passing legislation that would extend essential benefits. The legislation would also avert a 21-percent cut to reimbursement for physicians[Read More…]
NEW MEMO: Unraveling Health Care Reform Would Leave Millions with Less Affordable Care
Human Costs Clearly Trump Unfounded Legal Concerns WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. With efforts to repeal the new health care law underway in many states, the Center for American Progress has published a new memo by Director of Health Policy Karen Davenport and Special Assistant for Health Policy Sonia Sekhar, using[Read More…]
Speaker Pelosi Statement on President Obama Signing Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon after President Barack Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act into law. “Health insurance reform represents remarkable progress for the American people. Today, with President Obama’s signature, health care becomes more affordable for the middle[Read More…]
Senator Harkin: With President’s Signature, Landmark Education Reform to Increase College Affordability Becomes Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law a landmark package of student lending reforms. “The last few weeks in Washington have been truly historic. Comprehensive health reform is[Read More…]
Sport Obermeyer Ltd. Voluntarily Recalls Girls’ Jackets with Drawstrings at the Waist Due to Entrapment Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Posey, Lily, Rose and Daisy Girls’ Ski Jackets Units: About 3,900[Read More…]
UN Seeks to Mobilize Haitians to Boost Food Security
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – Haiti’s human capital will play a crucial role in the country’s recovery following January’s catastrophic earthquake through food-for-work projects to stimulate the agricultural sector, as part of a new plan unveiled by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today. Working in concert with donors[Read More…]
Remarks by the President and Dr. Jill Biden at Signing of Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
Alexandria, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2010 -11:04 A.M. EDT DR. BIDEN: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here today. I’m Jill Biden and I am honored to be a community college instructor. (Applause.) I have been a teacher for almost three decades and a community college instructor for the past[Read More…]
