Abner Mikva, JD’51, speaks during the Benton Medalist Lecture in 2014. Photo by: Andrew Nelles CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Abner Mikva, one of the few Americans to serve in senior positions in all three branches of the federal government, passed away on July 4. He was 90. Mikva, JD’51, taught at[Read More…]
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee Abner J. Mikva Dies (Video)
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPSF)–July 5, 2016. Abner J. Mikva, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2014, died on July 4 in Chicago at age ninety. Long known in Chicago and Washington political and legal circles as a liberal reform leader and a man of unassailable integrity, Abner J. Mikva[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first fully absorbable stent to treat coronary artery disease. The Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS), which releases the drug everolimus to limit the growth of scar tissue, is gradually absorbed by the body in[Read More…]
Civil Rights Groups Seek to Expose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Activists and Others
Civil rights groups mark 50th Anniversary of Freedom of Information Act by filing requests to expose government surveillance of activists of color New York – (ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. ColorOfChange (COC) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) jointly filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and[Read More…]
FBI Forensic Anthropology (Video)
Lisa Bailey, a forensic artist at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, creates facial approximations of unidentified individuals using models of their skulls and anthropologist reports Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Fifteen years ago, hikers in a suburban Minnesota park discovered the skeletal, unclothed remains of a woman, 35 to 45[Read More…]
FBI Recommends No Charges Following Clinton E-Mail Investigation
Director Comey addresses reporters during a July 5, 2016 press briefing at FBI Headquarters on the investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail system. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. FBI Director James B. Comey said today that the Bureau has recommended to the Department of Justice that no[Read More…]
Mister Cookie Face LLC Announces a Voluntary Recall of Sundae Shoppe Ice Cream Dipped Variety Cones for the Possible Presence of Undeclared Peanuts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Mister Cookie Face LLC, a subsidiary of Fieldbrook Foods Corporation, has issued a voluntary recall of Sundae Shop Novelty Ice Cream Dipped “Variety” Cones due to the possibility of peanuts on the product that are not declared on the allergen statement. Individuals who have an[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans: Retirees Strongly Endorse Hillary Clinton for President
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Citing her commitment to expand Social Security, strengthen Medicare and rein in prescription drug prices, the members of the executive board of the Alliance for Retired Americans voted to endorse Hillary Clinton for United States President on June 29, 2016. “Hillary Clinton has been[Read More…]
NIH Funds Zika Virus Study Involving U.S. Olympic Team
Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health will monitor potential Zika virus exposure among a subset of athletes, coaches and other U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) staff attending the 2016 Summer Olympics and[Read More…]
PREVAIL Treatment Trial for Men with Persistent Ebola Viral RNA in Semen Opens in Liberia
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016. The Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia (PREVAIL), a U.S.-Liberia joint Clinical Research Partnership, today announced the opening of PREVAIL IV, a treatment trial for men who have survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) but continue to have evidence of Ebola virus genetic material, RNA,[Read More…]
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