This scene shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at a location called “Windjana,” where the rover found rocks containing manganese-oxide minerals, which require abundant water and strongly oxidizing conditions to form. In front of the rover are two holes from the rover’s sample-collection drill and several dark-toned features that have been[Read More…]
Day: June 27, 2016
Roosevelt University Pharmacy Professor Elected as Nigerian Academy of Science Fellow
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Moji Adeyeye, professor of pharmaceutics and chair of the Biopharmaceutical Sciences Department at Roosevelt University, has received one of her native Nigeria’s highest honors, being inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS). Recognized for her many career achievements in the field of pharmacy,[Read More…]
HHS Calls on Center for Innovation to Accelerate Zika Vaccine Development
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. To accelerate development of a Zika vaccine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will begin developing a vaccine using its Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) in Baltimore, Maryland. With funding[Read More…]
Some Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome May Have Adrenal Disorder, NIH Researchers Suggest
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. A subgroup of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a leading cause of infertility, may produce excess adrenal hormones, according to an early study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. PCOS is a group of symptoms related to high levels of[Read More…]
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez’s Statement on Supreme Court Denying Challenge to Minimum Wage, Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a challenge to the department’s Home Care Final Rule: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Home Care Final Rule is vital to the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on U.S. Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health Decision
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. In an important victory for women and their families across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas’ anti-choice laws targeting abortion providers are unconstitutional. The Court ruled 5-3 that the provisions of Texas’ anti-choice law[Read More…]
ACLU: Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades. The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion restrictions: the mandate that abortion providers have admitting privileges at local hospitals and the requirement that[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With EU High Representative Federica Mogherini
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 MODERATOR: Apologies to have kept you waiting. High Representative Federica Mogherini together with President Juncker just met with U.S. Secretary of State. The high rep and John Kerry are here now to make short statements to debrief you on the outcome of the meeting. High Representative, you[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Today, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down some of the country’s most restrictive anti-abortion measures, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a victory for women across America.[Read More…]
National Organization for Women: ‘A Victory for Women’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill on the Supreme Court Decision Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Deep in the heart of Texas, the sneak attack on abortion care has been rebuked by the Supreme Court today. This decision puts the focus back on the constitutional rights[Read More…]