Month: August 2016

HHS Awards $5.1 Million to InBios to Advance Zika Diagnostic

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.  A blood test that may reduce from days to hours the time needed to diagnose patients with recent Zika virus infections will receive advanced development support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).[Read More…]

Tapping Crowd-Sourced Data Unearths a Trove of Depression Genes

Pay-to-play gene typing leveraged for statistical power – NIH-funded study. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.  Scientists have discovered 15 genome sites — the first ever — linked to depression in people of European ancestry. Many of these regions of depression-linked genetic variation turn out to be involved in regulating gene expression[Read More…]

Wisconsin Shipyard Faces Nearly $1.4M in OSHA Penalties for Exposing Workers to Lead, and Other Hazards While Retrofitting Vessel

OSHA finds workers exposed to lead at levels up to 20 times the permissible exposure limit SUPERIOR, Wis. –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.   Federal health inspectors found Fraser Shipyards Inc. overexposed workers to lead during the retrofitting of a ship’s engine room. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health[Read More…]

House GOP Health Care Plan Would Reverse Affordable Care Act Gains, Says New Center for American Progress Report

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 28. Source: AP/Cliff Owen Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.   In July, House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), released a white paper outlining their potential replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act, or[Read More…]

White House Fact Sheet: A Record of Serving Our Veterans

President Obama Highlights the Unbreakable Commitment to Our Nation’s Veterans and Work Done over the Past Seven and Half Years to Fulfill that Commitment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.  Over the past seven and a half years, the President has maintained a steadfast commitment to serve our nation’s veterans. In his[Read More…]

Updated: Additional Package Codes Of Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn, and Organic Peas Recalled

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.   ConAgra Foods is voluntarily recalling additional package codes of Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn (Yellow/Gold), and Organic Peas due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. These products were first recalled on May 5, 2016[Read More…]

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