Month: June 2015

‘Persistent and Grave’ Human Rights Violations in Eastern Ukraine – UN Report

A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 June 2015 – Serious human rights violations and abuses persist in eastern Ukraine, including shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions, torture, ill-treatment, human trafficking and the lack of[Read More…]

Prairie State College Dental Hygiene Program Promotes ‘Healthy Smiles’ During Annual Event

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 20215.  Prairie State College recently hosted the 2015 Healthy Smiles Day on campus. Healthy Smiles Day provides children from a local elementary school with free dental care. During the event, the PSC dental hygiene students and faculty saw 84 children, ranging from first through eighth grade, providing[Read More…]

NCI-MATCH Trial Will Link Targeted Cancer Drugs to Gene Abnormalities

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015.  Investigators for the nationwide trial, NCI-MATCH: Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, announced today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago that the precision medicine trial will open to patient enrollment in July. The trial seeks to determine whether targeted[Read More…]

New Center for American Progress Report Outlines Short-Term and Long-Term Strategies for Medicare Payment Reform

A doctor is shown examining a patient in June 2012. SOURCE: AP/Jeff Barnard Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015.   A new report published by the Center for American Progress evaluates the performance and effectiveness of alternative payment models for Medicare. CAP’s analysis argues that when it comes to Medicare payment reform,[Read More…]

New Report Highlights Strategies to Move Garden Industry in Bee-safe Direction

Growing number of companies taking steps to protect bees WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015.  Friends of the Earth and the Pesticide Research Institute released a new report today, Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plants: Profiles In Innovation, which provides examples of wholesale nurseries, retailers and institutions that are responding to consumer demand to[Read More…]

Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the USA FREEDOM Act, May 31, 2015

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2015 In January 2014—a year-and-a-half ago—the President called on Congress to reform elements of our electronic surveillance programs. The President and members of his team subsequently worked painstakingly with members of Congress from both parties to craft a sensible path forward. The result, the USA FREEDOM Act,[Read More…]

Chicago Soul Review

2015 Main Street Nights Summer Entertainment Series

Chicago Soul Review headlines Main Street Nights on June 10. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—The Village of Park Forest is sponsoring free entertainment in downtown Park Forest for seven weeks this summer. The family oriented Main Street Nights features local and regional entertainers on stage in the Village Green located[Read More…]

Winnebago Park

In and Around Park Forest Week of June 1, 2015

Winnebago Park. Take a stroll! (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. Park Forest staff are gearing up for another hot, busy summer at the Park Forest Aqua Center. Through Saturday, June 6, take advantage of early bird registration rates and save. Visit the Park Forest Aqua Center June[Read More…]

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