Suit Claims Religious Directives Put Women’s Health at Risk NEW YORK and DETROIT–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a pregnant woman who miscarried and was denied appropriate medical treatment because the only hospital in her county[Read More…]
Month: December 2013
Governor Quinn Launches Annual Holiday Card Drive for Wounded Troops
Encourages Illinois Residents to Support Our Veterans and Servicemembers at Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by local students to light the state of Illinois’ Christmas tree and launch the annual Illinois Heroes Holiday Card Drive. The Governor encouraged students from across the[Read More…]
CVS’ Caremark Will Pay $4.25 Million for Allegedly Denying Medicaid Claims for Reimbursement of Prescription Drug Costs
Washington, DC—(ENEWPSF)—December 2, 2013. Caremark LLC, a pharmacy benefit management company (PBM), will pay the government and five states a total of $4.25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs paid on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries, who also were eligible for drug[Read More…]
Health Care Clinic Owners Sentenced for Role in $8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2013. Two health care clinic owners were sentenced today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Shared Responsibility to Strengthen Results for an AIDS-Free Generation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Since taking office, President Obama and his Administration have taken enormous steps to address the HIV epidemic, both domestically and globally. This World AIDS Day, we remember those lost to this epidemic, and reflect on the progress of the past year to prevent HIV infections, improve[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on World AIDS Day 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013 – 1:20 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Well, thank you, Grant, for your outstanding leadership of the Office of National AIDS Policy. And thanks to all of you for being here. This is a pretty distinguished crowd, I[Read More…]
Uruguay On Verge of Becoming First Country In World to Legalize Marijuana
Uruguayan Senate to Vote Next Week on President Mujica’s Bill to Tax and Regulate Marijuana NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2013. Next week, the Uruguayan Senate will vote on a bill that would make their country the first in the world to legally regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for[Read More…]
Exclusive KDKA Video Shows Mike Tomlin Incident in Baltimore
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- News out of Pittsburgh from KDKA: exclusive video that shows Mike Tomlin’s two-step on the sideline during a kick return in Baltimore Thanksgiving night. Was Tomlin acting intentionally, or was he truly distracted from the field of play while watching the run on the jumbotron? The brief appearance[Read More…]
University of Oregon Researchers Shed New Light on Solar Water-splitting Process
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013 — With the help of a new method called “dual-electrode photoelectrochemistry,” University of Oregon scientists have provided new insight into how solar water-splitting cells work. An important and overlooked parameter, they report, is the ion-permeability of electrocatalysts used in water-splitting devices. Their discovery could help replace[Read More…]
NIH Deposits First Batch of Genomic Data for Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers gain rapid access to first set of raw human genome sequence Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Researchers can now freely access the first batch of genome sequence data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. The ADSP is one of the first[Read More…]