Recommendations by state experts that the hospital industry reportedly tried to suppress show benefit of implementing safe patient handling programs and equipment MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Beth Piknick was 21 years into her nursing career when she helped another nurse move a patient into bed at Cape Cod Hospital. That movement[Read More…]
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Florida Officials Find No Evidence of Planned Parenthood Wrongdoing
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) found no wrongdoing in its preliminary inquiry of 16 Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida and announced it will not pursue further investigations. State officials have confirmed that the preliminary inquiry has cost the state $11,542.10,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Supports Civil Rights Investigation into Chicago Police Department
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s decision to investigate the Chicago Police in the wake of the Laquan McDonald Case: I applaud U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s decision to investigate the processes and procedures of the Chicago Police Department to[Read More…]
Oct. 2015 Jobless Rates Down Over the Year in 337 of 387 Metro Areas; Payroll Jobs Up in 300
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. Unemployment rates were lower in October than a year earlier in 337 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 38 areas, and unchanged in 12 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-four areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent, and three[Read More…]
New Campaign to Educate Teens About Sexual Health Before They have Sex
Know The Facts First, an STI awareness and education campaign, reaches teens where they are, online and off Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. During yesterday’s opening session of the National HIV Prevention Conference, Douglas M. Brooks, M.S.W., the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, announced the launch[Read More…]
Researchers Investigate How a Developing Brain is Assembled
NIH 3-D software tracks worm embryo’s brain development. Image A shows the twisted up worm embryo inside the egg with the fluorescently labeled cells. The second image shows how the computer program identifies each of the marked cells, and image C shows the untwisted worm. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. A[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Debt Collector for Pursuing Disputed and Unverified Cellphone Debts
EOS to Pay More than $2.5 Million in Refunds and Penalties WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a federal complaint against EOS CCA (EOS), a Massachusetts debt collection firm, for reporting and collecting on old cellphone debt that consumers disputed and EOS did[Read More…]
Robert Redford and Indigenous Leaders, Artists Speak Out on Climate
UNESCO and NRDC Host Afternoon of “Storytelling for Global Climate Action” Photo: Julien Hekimian/Getty PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 –Robert Redford and indigenous artists, activists and storytellers from across the globe took the stage today during the international climate talks in Paris at UNESCO to share captivating stories about precious places threatened[Read More…]
Sierra Club & RYOT Launch Virtual Reality Experience on China’s Largest Carbon Polluters
As World Leaders Gather in Paris to Take Climate Action, Legendary Singer Cher Narrates the 360 Video Calling out the Dangers of Coal in China WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Today, the Sierra Club and RYOT launched their second joint virtual reality video experience, viewable on the RYOT-VR mobile[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Urges Democrats to Block GOP Attempts to Weaken Dodd-Frank Act in Spending Bill Negotiations
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. In a new op-ed to be published in the New York Times today, Hillary Clinton is urging the White House and Congressional Democrats to hang tough in the closing days of negotiations around an omnibus spending bill, and resist the call from Republicans who are insisting[Read More…]
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