Day: February 23, 2015

Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District To Rehab, Build 77 Playgrounds This Year Through Chicago Plays! Program

Additionally, Chicago Public Schools to Build 27 School Playgrounds in 2015 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Mary O’Connor, Alderman Joe Moore, Chicago Park District General Superintendent Michael P. Kelly and community members yesterday announced that, as part of Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago Plays! program, 77 playgrounds will be refurbished[Read More…]

Psychologist And Pschotheraphy Services Owner Sentenced To Over Seven Years, And Employee Sentenced To Over Five Years In $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud

Chicago −(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015.  Bryce Woods, 37, an employee of Take Action, Inc., and Inner Arts, Inc., which claimed to provide psychotherapy services to Medicare beneficiaries residing in skilled nursing homes in the Chicago area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall to 70 months in[Read More…]

Study Finds Peanut Consumption in Infancy Prevents Peanut Allergy

NIH-funded trial compares consumption and avoidance of peanut Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015.  Introduction of peanut products into the diets of infants at high risk of developing peanut allergy was safe and led to an 81 percent reduction in the subsequent development of the allergy, a clinical trial has found. The[Read More…]

Molecule Hijacks Enzyme to Boost Alcohol Metabolism

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015.  An experimental compound empowers an enzyme to help process acetaldehyde, a toxic metabolite of alcohol, according to new research supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The findings, now online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), might lead[Read More…]

Federal Job-protected Family and Medical Leave Rights Extended to Eligible Workers in Same-sex Marriages

US Labor Dept. updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of where they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care[Read More…]

Remarks by Defense Secretary Carter at a Troop Event at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2015

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter delivers remarks at a troop event on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2015. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett KUWAIT—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter; Lieutenant General James L. Terry, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve LT. GEN. TERRY: All right. Well,[Read More…]

Appeal Decision Blocks Shell Oil Train Project

Victory: County must first analyze environmental and public health risks of dangerous oil rail project Skagit River in Burlington, WA. Photo courtesy of Brent M. / Flickr Mount Vernon, WA —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. The Skagit County Hearing Examiner today halted Shell Oil Refinery’s planned crude-by-rail expansion until it undertakes a[Read More…]

Feds Will Expand Habitat Protections for Endangered Killer Whales on West Coast

Declining Salmon Populations, Pollution, Ocean Noise Threaten Iconic Species Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California Photo courtesy NOAA.  SEATTLE—(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015.  The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections along the West Coast for endangered “Southern Resident” killer whales. The finding, which says[Read More…]

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