Month: March 2017

FDA Alerts Consumers of Nationwide Voluntary Recall of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers to Meridian Medical Technologies’ voluntary recall of 13 lots of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine injection) Auto-Injector products used for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions. This recall is due to the potential that these[Read More…]

Report by Roosevelt University Professor on Chicago Schools Links CPS Financial Crisis to Charter Schools

Photo Source: roosevelt.edu CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2017. The proliferation of charter schools, particularly in areas of declining enrollment and in proximity to schools that have closed, is adding financial stress to Chicago’s financially strapped public school system, a new report co-authored by a Roosevelt University professor shows. Released by Roosevelt Associate[Read More…]

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Clerk Orr: Record-setting First Week Of Early Voting Leads To Consolidated Election Record

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Twelve days into Early Voting for Tuesday’s election, suburban Cook County voters set an opening-week record and cast more ballots during this Early Voting period than in any previous Consolidated Election, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Friday. As of this writing, a total of 564 people voted early at Park[Read More…]

UN Secretary General Guterres Voices ‘Disappointment and Alarm’ After Latest Israeli Settlement Announcement

Construction workers in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Such Israeli settlements have expanded in recent years. Photo: Annie Slemrod/IRIN (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, voicing concern about the latest decision to[Read More…]

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Planned Parenthood: Group of Male Politicians, Led By Mike Pence, Vote to Claw Back Critical Health Care Protections for 4 Million Title X Patients

This comes less than a week after GOP retreat on the ACA Repeal Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2017.  Less than a week after Republican Congressional Leadership faced a stunning rebuke on their bill to repeal the ACA and block access to care at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide, anti-women’s health[Read More…]

New Center for American Progress Report Sheds Light on Investment in College Accrediting Agencies

Students walk between classes on a campus in New York on February 1, 2017. AP/Bebeto Matthews Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2017.  A new first-of-its-kind analysis from the Center for American Progress finds that the nation’s 12 major college accrediting agencies—gatekeepers to billions of dollars in federal student aid—do not have[Read More…]

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