Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until today’s orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency. In healthy individuals, the Factor X[Read More…]
Day: October 20, 2015
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Announces Grant for Olive-Harvey College
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today announced that Olive-Harvey College has been awarded a $600,000 grant to implement an academic program that will assist low-income minority students earn STEM degrees that will lead to in-demand jobs. “I’m pleased that Olive-Harvey College is committed to encouraging people of[Read More…]
Women Worldwide Live Longer, Healthier Lives with Better Education, Say New UN Report
Women farmers plow their fields in preparation to plant corn in Gnoungouya Village, Guinea on June 15, 2015. Many farmers were highly affected by the Ebola outbreak and are slowly beginning to return to their fields to work. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2015 – The lives of women[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban Arrives in Israel, Beginning Two-day Visit in Region to ‘Help Defuse Tensions’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) jointly addresses journalists with Reuben Rivlin, President of Israel, in Jerusalem. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas ISRAEL–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2015 – In an effort to ease the current tensions between Israel and Palestine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to the region to meet with Israeli Prime Minister[Read More…]
New Canadian Prime Minster Plans to Legalize Marijuana
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Last night, Canada voted in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in a general election, which will have outstanding implications for drug policy reform in the country. The election puts an end to Conservative Party Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 9-year rule, which was marked by a repressive approach[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces New Buy-Back Program to Get Guns Off the Street
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Alderman Michael Scott, Jr., community leaders and ministers to announce a new $250,000 city fund to support local gun buy-back events across the city – an effort to get guns off the street and save lives in Chicago[Read More…]
Sept. 2015 Jobless Rates Down in 37 States, Up in 6; Payroll Jobs Down in 27 States, Up in 20
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in September. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from August, six states had increases, and seven states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-one states and the District[Read More…]
Program for Parents Helps Sustain Learning Gains in Kids from Head Start to Kindergarten
NIH-funded study shows involving parents sets the stage for later academic success Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. An instructional program for parents helps young children retain the literacy skills and positive learning behaviors acquired in Head Start and retain them through to the end of the kindergarten year, according to researchers[Read More…]
Team-based Treatment is Better for First Episode Psychosis
NIH-funded study shows early intervention has best outcomes. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also found that treatment is most effective for people who[Read More…]
Southern Forests at Risk: New Report Identifies Three Southern Forest Regions in Immediate Crosshairs of Wood Pellet Industry
First-of-its-kind maps expose millions of acres of vulnerable forests in the U.S. Southeast under threat from the rapidly-expanding wood pellet industry and rising biomass demand in Europe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 – A new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reveals the imminent threat from the[Read More…]
