NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)3’s on the[Read More…]
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House Approves Bill to Protect Schoolchildren from Harmful Restraint and Seclusion
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. In response to a recent government investigation that found widespread allegations that children were being abused through misuses of restraint and seclusion in classrooms, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from inappropriate uses of these practices in schools. The Keeping[Read More…]
Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall to Repair Roman Shades by Ethan Allen
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Roman Shades Units: About 163,000 Wholesaler: Ethan Allen Global Inc.,[Read More…]
LELE & Company Recalls Children’s Hooded Sweatshirt Sets with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Children’s hooded sweatshirt sets with drawstrings Units: About 2,700 Manufacturer:[Read More…]
Baxter HomeChoice and HomeChoice PRO Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Systems: Class I Recall
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. FDA and Baxter notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of the HomeChoice and HomeChoice PRO Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Systems, which are prescription medical devices used to treat pediatric and adult patients with kidney failure. Reports of serious injuries and at least one death have[Read More…]
Rep. DeLuca Urges Fellow Lawmakers to Address Growing Budget/Fiscal Problems
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. State Representative Anthony DeLuca(D-Chicago Heights) called attention today to the need for Illinois to start owning up to its fiscal and budgetary problems and start making the tough choices that will help our state put its fiscal house in order. To combat these escalating problems,[Read More…]
Reser’s Fine Foods Inc. Recalls Certain Products Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination
Beaverton, OR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. of Beaverton, OR has been notified by a supplier that certain seasoning ingredients it supplied to Reser’s contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that may be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young[Read More…]
Homemade Gourmet Voluntarily Recalls “Tortilla Soup Mix” Because of Possible Health Risk
Canton, TX–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010. Homemade Gourmet of Canton, Texas is voluntarily recalling approximately 320 packages of 1.96 oz Tortilla Soup Mix, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others[Read More…]
Durbin: University of Illinois to Receive $22.5 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Expand Broadband Internet Access
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) has awarded $22,534,776 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to build 187 miles of fiber-optic broadband network in Urbana, Champaign,[Read More…]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Expanding Post-Operative Services in Response to Growing Need
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–03 March 2010. Seven weeks after the earthquake of January 12 left up to 300,000 people injured, medical needs remain immense in Haiti. “The immediate emergency phase may be over, but the long-term work is just beginning, and it’s no less an emergency,” said MSF Haiti Head of Mission Karline[Read More…]
