“We’ve got to keep pushing. We’ve got to make access to health care more available and affordable for folks living with HIV.” — President Obama, June 13, 2013 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2013. In July 2010, President Obama released the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The HIV Care Continuum Initiative calls[Read More…]
Day: July 15, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder Addresses the Delta Sigma Theta National Convention Social Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Thank you, Secretary [Alexis] Herman, for those kind words – and thank you all for such a warm welcome. It’s a privilege to join you, President [Cynthia] Butler-McIntyre, National Social Action Co-Chair [Patricia] Watkins Lattimore, National First Vice President [Paulette] Walker, and every member of your[Read More…]
Up To $9.5 Million Available From EPA for 2013 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $9.5 million will be available during the[Read More…]
Advocates Appeal Marijuana’s Federal Status as a Dangerous Drug with No Medical Value to U.S. Supreme Court
Patient advocacy group argues that over 200 peer-reviewed studies are more than adequate to show medical efficacy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition for writ of certiorari today with the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a January Circuit Court[Read More…]
Felony Trial for Gary Wagaman Postponed Until September 16
Prosecution Failed to Review Key Evidence, Requested Continuance to Interview Police Officers Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. The bench trial for Mr. Gary Wagaman on four counts of felony aggravated battery against a Chicago police officer has been postponed until September 16 at 9am. Wagaman is alleged to have thrown a deadly[Read More…]
NIH Scientists Find That Proteins Involved in Immunity Potentially Cause Cancer
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. A set of proteins involved in the body’s natural defenses produces a large number of mutations in human DNA, according to a study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that these naturally produced mutations are just as powerful as known[Read More…]
Parents’ TV Viewing Habits Influence Kids’ Screen Time
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2013. The amount of time that children and teens spend watching television may have more to do with their parents’ TV habits than with family media rules or the location of TVs within the home, according to a study in the August 2013 issue of[Read More…]
Survey: North Carolinians Overwhelmingly Oppose Fracking, Want More Clean Energy
NRDC poll shows vast majority approve of state safeguards and standards to protect water, air and unique quality of life RALEIGH–(ENEWSPF–July 15, 2013 – North Carolinians overwhelmingly oppose fracking, want more clean energy and think state environmental standards should be strengthened or left alone, according to a poll by the[Read More…]
Farmworkers Come to Capitol Hill Seeking Safeguards from Exposure to Hazardous Pesticides
Farmworkers from across the nation to meet with Congress to demand basic protections from exposure to hazardous pesticides Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Today and tomorrow on Capitol Hill, a dozen farmworkers from across the nation are meeting with their members of Congress to call for the implementation of stronger protections[Read More…]
South Pacific Galileo Station Endures Freak Rains and Floods
13-m antenna at Galileo’s Nouméa ground station EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2013. Think your summer has been bad? Engineers manning Galileo’s South Pacific ground station on New Caledonia found themselves marooned by heavy rains and a flash flood – though the station carried on operating regardless. Torrential rains lashed this French-administered group[Read More…]