Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $300 million under the Affordable Care Act to help the nation’s community health centers expand service hours, hire more medical providers, and add oral health, behavioral health, pharmacy, and vision services.[Read More…]
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Study Finds 11 Percent of Children Surveyed at 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Likely Developed PTSD
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Research has documented the psychosocial toll of terrorism on young people, but most of that work has focused on large-scale attacks like Sept. 11. A new study in the July 2014 Pediatrics, “Adjustment Among Area Youth After the Boston Marathon Bombing and Subsequent Manhunt,”[Read More…]
E-Cigarette Advertising to Young Adults Jumps 321 Percent
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. In the absence of the kind of federal regulations that apply to tobacco cigarettes, advertising for e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in the U.S. in the past several years, especially during programs most likely to be watched by adolescents and young adults, according to a[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Helps Parkinson’s Patients Fight Back
Support group turns to boxing to help caregivers, those fighting disease stay active CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Sometimes a left hook is just what the doctor ordered.Paula Weiner, for one, is looking forward to finding out. The Chicago resident was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago when she noticed a[Read More…]
Study Finds Coordinated Approach Improves Quality of Primary Care
Results Suggest Growing Support for Patient-Centered Care Management NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014 — Primary care doctors practicing in a model of coordinated, team-based care that leverages health information technology are more likely to give patients recommended preventive screening and appropriate tests than physicians working in other settings, according to research[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Trumka on Raising Seattle’s Minimum Wage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Today’s vote in Seattle will go down in history as a milestone in the struggle to raise wages and ensure fair pay for all workers. It is proof that when working people organize and make their voices heard, we all benefit. While Republicans in Congress fail[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Seattle Workers Show the Way by Winning $15/Hour Wage Floor
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. After the Seattle City Council voted to lift the minimum wage in Seattle to $15 per hour, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Like working Americans across the country, the 2.1 million members of SEIU are tremendously[Read More…]
EPA Rule on Treated Seeds Challenged, Activists Tell Lowe’s to Stop Selling Neonics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) challenged EPA’s position that seeds coated with pesticides, commonly neonicotinoid pesticides, are exempt from regulation under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA currently[Read More…]
Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid Increasing Access through Small- Scale Energy Solutions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Today, the U.S. Government is formally launching an innovative framework under President Obama’s Power Africa initiative to increase energy access for underserved populations across sub-Saharan Africa. Over an initial five year period, Beyond the Grid will leverage partnerships with 27 investors and practitioners committing to invest[Read More…]
MyPocketNurse Wins Grand Prize at Chicago Health 2.0 Spring Conference and Make-a-thon
Winner Will Demonstrate Concept at Health DatapaloozaTM Today in Washington, D.C. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. It was a day brimming with innovation, excitement and interaction around creative solutions to everyday health care problems as Chicago Health 2.0 hosted its “Make-a-thon” competition at their 2014 Spring Conference. The event focused on innovation[Read More…]
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