HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Hurricane Lester continues to march to the west and NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite saw the storm as it was crossing from the Eastern Pacific to the Central Pacific Ocean and triggered new hurricane watches for Hawaii. On Aug. 31 at 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 UTC) the VIIRS[Read More…]
Month: September 2016
NASA’s GPM Sees Increasingly Organized Tropical Storm Hermine — Formerly Tropical Depression 09 Atlantic Ocean (Video)
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission known as GPM found intense storms in Tropical Storm Hermine as it continued to strengthen and organize in the Gulf of Mexico. On Sept. 1 there are many warnings and watches posted along the Florida coast as Hermine is forecast to track[Read More…]
NOAA Grants to Aid Marine Mammal Rescue and Stranding Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. Through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, NOAA awarded 32 grants to nonprofit organizations,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Unprecedented TV Filming Underway And More Than $1 Billion Generated By Surge In Film Production Over Last Five Years
With a record 8 shows filming this fall season and $1.3 billion generated by film and commercial production since 2011, Chicago’s status as a preferred destination for filming continues to bolster neighborhoods and local economy CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined yesterday by award-winning producer Dick Wolf, NBCUniversal[Read More…]
Owner of Homewood Telemarketing Company Convicted of Taking Illegal Kickbacks for Referring Patients to Home Health Agencies
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. A federal jury has convicted the head of a Homewood telemarketing company of pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies. As the owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., which did business as Serenity Living, SUNDAE WILLIAMS used unsolicited phone calls[Read More…]
New Study Points to Chicago’s West Side as the Region’s Epicenter for Heroin Hospitalizations and Arrests
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. While widespread heroin use in Chicago’s suburbs has been well documented, people are more likely to suffer negative health and criminal justice impacts due to heroin on Chicago’s West Side than in any other part of the city or the Chicagoland region. Long considered to be a[Read More…]
HHS Announces New Standards to Further Strengthen the Quality of Head Start Programs (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new standards today to further improve and strengthen the Head Start program. The Head Start program promotes the school readiness of children (from birth to age five) from low-income families through early learning, health and family[Read More…]
FDA Requires Strong warnings for Opioid Analgesics, Prescription Opioid Cough Products, and Benzodiazepine Labeling Related to Serious Risks and Death from Combined Use
Action to better inform prescribers and protect patients as part of Agency’s Opioids Action Plan Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. After an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to[Read More…]
NIH Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective for Treatment of Common Pain Conditions
U.S. study reviews trial results on complementary health approaches for pain relief; aims to assist with pain management Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches — such as yoga,[Read More…]
Former Imperial Wizard of the KKK and White Supremacists Line Up to Praise Trump’s Speech
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Barbara Morrill Donald Trump’s immigration speech on Wednesday night was described here as “fascism in it’s purest, most vile form, slathered in an unbroken stream of lies,” while most in the media tip-toed around, trying to explain it all away. So, who was praising the speech? There[Read More…]
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