Initiative designed to bolster national health care workforce Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Rush University Medical Center in Illinois is one of five hospitals selected to participate in a new initiative made possible by the health care law to train[Read More…]
Day: July 30, 2012
Syria: In Wake of Field Visit, Head of UN Observers Voices Concern Over Aleppo
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–30 July 2012. In the wake of his first field visit, during which he witnessed heavy shelling, the acting head of UN observers in Syria today met with Government officials and called for an end to the fighting that has wracked the Middle Eastern country, in addition to voicing concern[Read More…]
A Legacy Revealed: Glenstone Showcases its Organic Lawn for the Masses
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. The organic lawn makeover at Glenstone, a modern art museum in Potomac, Md., is showcased by Joe Lamp’l’s Growing a Greener World on PBS. Barely two years from the initial phone call for our consultative services, one of our primary clients — Glenstone — takes a bow[Read More…]
Audubon President David Yarnold: Shell Oil Puts Arctic Wildlife at Risk
Photo Credit: USFWS New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. “If Shell’s ships can’t meet pollution standards, if its rescue barges are substandard for Arctic conditions, if it can’t control a drilling rig in a calm harbor and if it can’t come clean about its ability to play by[Read More…]
NASA Television to Air Upcoming Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. NASA Television will broadcast the launch and for the first time, the same-day rendezvous and docking of a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Coverage begins at 3:15 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 1. ISS Progress 48 is scheduled to launch at 3:35 p.m. from[Read More…]
FTC Action Halts Dominican Mortgage Assistance Scam That Allegedly Defrauded Spanish-Speaking U.S. Homeowners of more than $2 Million
Court Issues Restraining Order against Telemarketers Who Falsely Claimed Affiliation with Federal Mortgage Assistance Programs Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted a nationwide scam operating from the Dominican Republic – but pretending to be in Chicago – that allegedly[Read More…]
New Research Says Current Warning Systems Designed to Detect Children Left in Vehicles Are Not Reliable
Public Education and Information Campaigns on Child Heatstroke in Vehicles Essential to Preventing Future Tragedies WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today released the results of a new study on aftermarket consumer products intended to[Read More…]
This Week Millions of Women Gain Access to Preventive Services
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Today, two days before key provisions of Obamacare go into effect, providing millions of women guaranteed access to preventive services, the Center for American Progress released a package of resources illustrating how women will be impacted by this significant implementation deadline. “This is a tremendous milestone[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Patients Get Their Day in Federal Court with the Obama Administration
D.C. Circuit to hear oral arguments this October in lawsuit challenging marijuana’s federal classification Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, a lawsuit challenging the federal[Read More…]
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron Moved into Position Ready for Athletics Competition
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–30 July 2012. The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was moved overnight on the 29th July into its resting place in the same position as the Opening Ceremony Bell in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium ready for the athletics competition to begin on 3 August. The Olympic Flame, which has been[Read More…]
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