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FDA Issues Final Rule on Safety and Effectiveness of Antibacterial Soaps

Rule removes triclosan and triclocarban from over-the-counter antibacterial hand and body washes Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed. Companies will no longer be[Read More…]

Hillary Clinton Announces Aggressive New Plan to Respond to Unjustified Price Hikes for EpiPens and other Long-Available Treatments

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Today Hillary Clinton is announcing a new plan to protect Americans from unjustified price hikes of long-available prescription drugs with limited competition, like EpiPens and pyrimethamine, the drug for a disease related to AIDS that Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of by more than 5,000%.  After[Read More…]

Happy 50th Anniversary Star Trek (Video)

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016 In recognition of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary NASA wishes the entire Star Trek family a happy anniversary. Thanks for the inspiration, Live long and prosper. #StarTrek50 For more information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/startrek Source: http://nasa.gov      

Hermine Becomes a Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016.  Tropical Storm Hermine officially reached hurricane status on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at 1:55 p.m. EDT. NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured a visible image of the hurricane at 3:15 p.m. EDT (1915 UTC). The image shows a much more organized Hermine with bands of thunderstorms wrapping around its[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Blotter Reports September 1, 2016

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]

Florida National Guard Soldiers, Airmen Prepare for Hurricane Hermine

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By: Cheryl Pellerin As Category 1 Hurricane Hermine heads for Florida’s Gulf Coast, the state’s governor has activated about 100 National Guard soldiers and airmen as part of an initial preparatory package and is prepared to activate more if needed, a Defense Department spokesman said today. Navy[Read More…]

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