Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval allows manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, consistent with the levels of certain other enriched cereal grains.[Read More…]
Day: April 14, 2016
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Veterans Access to Medical Marijuana
Amendment Passes for Second Year Running, but Must Pass House before Becoming Law; Amendment Would Allow VA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Patients in Medical Marijuana States Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bipartisan amendment today, 20 to 10, allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to[Read More…]
No Decline in Overall Youth Tobacco Use Since 2011
4.7 million middle and high school students report using a tobacco product; almost half use at least two Tobacco use among middle and high school students – United States, 2011-2015 Text Version Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Overall tobacco use by middle and high school students has not changed since 2011,[Read More…]
Increased Use of Type of Diagnostic Test Poses Challenge to Tracking of Foodborne Illness
A pure culture of the bacteria that made someone sick. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Changes in the tests that diagnose foodborne illness are helping identify infections faster but could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease, according to a report published today in CDC’s[Read More…]
Business Leaders Ask IRS Employees to Give Up Coffee Buzz for Bees
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Businesses and advocates are calling on the IRS to go one day without coffee — which benefits from pollination — to create urgency about a future without pollinators. The EPA’s April 14 deadline for comment for its risk assessment on the neonicotinoid imidacloprid — a[Read More…]
ACLU Sues for Bureau of Prisons Documents on Approval of CIA Torture Site
The Senate Torture Report Details the Visit by Bureau of Prisons Personnel to the Detention Site COBALT in Afghanistan, Yet Bureau Denies Any Documentation Exists NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit today against the federal Bureau of Prisons for refusing to fulfill a Freedom[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, States Probe National Retailers’ Use of On-call Shifts
Attorneys General Call on National Retailers to Disclose Information on Use of Controversial “On-Call” Scheduling Practice for Workers Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with seven other states and the District of Columbia to send letters to 15 national retail companies over their use of “on-call”[Read More…]
Former Health Care Clinic Consultant and Biller Sentenced to 135 Months in Miami for Role in $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. A former health care clinic consultant and Medicare biller was sentenced to 135 months in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for her role in laundering money in connection with a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct Miami health provider. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Progress in the Fight Against ISIL, April 13, 2016
McLean, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016 – 6:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. As President and Commander-in-Chief, my top priority, above all else, is the security of the United States and the safety of the American people. And that means preventing terrorist attacks and, at the moment, it is focused[Read More…]
President Obama Hosts the Sixth and Final White House Science Fair of his Administration
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. This year’s White House Science Fair will highlight the ingenuity and entrepreneurship of the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and innovators. Students attending this year’s Science Fair are tackling some of our Nation’s greatest challenges – from combating climate change, to uncovering new ways to[Read More…]
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