Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first focused ultrasound device to treat essential tremor in patients who have not responded to medication. ExAblate Neuro uses magnetic resonance (MR) images taken during the procedure to deliver focused ultrasound to destroy brain tissue in[Read More…]
Day: July 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton Statement on Progressive Action PAC Endorsement
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. After receiving the endorsement of the Progressive Action PAC, the political action committee of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Progressive Action PAC. “For 25 years, the CPC has[Read More…]
Reps. Kelly and Gutiérrez Appeal to Loretta Lynch for Help on Violence, Police Issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. After a week of national tragedy including citizens killed by police and police killed by citizens, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Rep. Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) released a letter they wrote Friday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking her to help lead an[Read More…]
Electronics Smuggler Sentenced for Illegal Exports to Russia New Jersey to Moscow Map
Sensitive Equipment Illegally Exported to Russia Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. For more than six years, a New Jersey man who owned four microelectronics export companies skirted U.S. export laws enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). These laws are in place to help protect U.S. national security and[Read More…]
Building History: Architecture in National Parks
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. For most people, national parks bring to mind gorgeous landscapes of mountains, coastlines, deserts and forests teeming with wildlife. Yet many of the 412 locations in the National Park System include historic buildings that tell stories of the people who built them and how they were[Read More…]
Poll: More Than Four in Ten Working Adults Think Their Work Impacts Their Health
Most say their workplace is supportive of actions to improve their health Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that more than four in ten working adults (44%) say their current job has an impact on their[Read More…]
Warner Bros. Settles FTC Charges It Failed to Adequately Disclose It Paid Online Influencers to Post Gameplay Videos
Influencers Were Paid Thousands of Dollars to Promote ‘Shadow of Mordor’ Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers during a marketing campaign for the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, by failing to adequately disclose that it[Read More…]
Democrats Call for ‘Pathway’ to Marijuana Legalization
Orlando, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. The Democratic Party endorsed a “reasoned pathway to future legalization” of marijuana and called for the drug to be downgraded in the Controlled Substances Act, in a tense and unexpected victory for supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Going into the platform committee meeting, Sanders’s campaign had no new[Read More…]
AFL-CIO: Passage of Strong Trade Amendment Marks Major Milestone
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2016. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Democratic Platform Committee’s Passage of Strong Trade Amendment During Orlando Meeting: Today marks a major milestone for everyone who believes in the high standard that trade should raise wages and create good jobs in America. The Democratic Party’s[Read More…]
‘Frankenstein’ Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
At left, in optical light, UGC 1382 appears to be a simple elliptical galaxy. But spiral arms emerged when astronomers incorporated ultraviolet and deep optical data (middle). Combining that with a view of low-density hydrogen gas (shown in green at right), scientists discovered that UGC 1382 is gigantic. Credits: NASA/JPL/Caltech/SDSS/NRAO/L.[Read More…]
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