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30-May-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Doctors and Patient Groups Launch Unmask My City Initiative to Clean Up Sofia’s Air
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

A coalition of nine doctor and health organisations has today joined the global Unmask My City initiative, calling for greater urgency in achieving clean air in Sofia. The Bulgarian capital is one of the most polluted cities in the whole European Union (EU).

Released: 30-May-2018 2:55 PM EDT
EU Commission Refers 6 Countries to EU Court for Failure to Keep EU Air Quality Standards
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

European Commissioner Vella has referred 6 out of 9 countries to the European Court of Justice for failure to keep EU air quality standards.

   
Released: 24-May-2018 3:40 PM EDT
GDPR: More Consumer Control and Creative Digital Marketing
Texas A&M University

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will require more consumer control and creative digital marketing. To clear up some of the confusion, Venky Shankar, Professor & Coleman Chair in Marketing and Director of Research at the Center for Retailing Studies, answers some questions about it.

Released: 2-Jan-2018 9:00 AM EST
High-Risk Medical Devices Granted European Licensure Based on Low-Quality Evidence
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced today the publication of a research report concluding that the quality of scientific evidence used in the health technology assessment of high-risk medical devices in countries in the European Union is low and needs improvement.

Released: 18-Dec-2017 5:05 PM EST
Ringing Atomic Bell Probes Electrons
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Measured strong coupling of vibrations and electrons could lead to controlled magnetism and electronic properties.

Released: 18-Dec-2017 8:05 AM EST
Reducing Air Pollution From Coal Power Plants in the Western Balkans Would Save Thousands of Lives Annually
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

Tomorrow, ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo will adopt new rules for emission limits for coal power plants in the Western Balkans (as part of the transposition of the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive into national law).

Released: 28-Nov-2017 11:05 AM EST
Queen’s Academics Find That the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Is at Risk Due to Brexit
Queen's University Belfast

Academic experts from Queen’s University Belfast are presenting a report in Brussels today (Tuesday 28 November) which has found that Brexit poses deep risks for the 1998 Agreement that is the foundation of the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Released: 10-Nov-2017 5:05 AM EST
New Research Finds That Brexit Is Already Having an Effect on Local Communities
Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast and the Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) have today (Friday 10 November) published a new report which has found that Brexit is already having an effect on local communities in the Central Border Region of Ireland/Northern Ireland.

8-Nov-2017 8:55 AM EST
Closing the Rural Health Gap: Media Update from RWJF and Partners on Rural Health Disparities
Newswise

Rural counties continue to rank lowest among counties across the U.S., in terms of health outcomes. A group of national organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National 4-H Council are leading the way to close the rural health gap.

       
Released: 23-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
U.S. Dollar Lures Investors at the Expense of the Euro
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

A worldwide shift in the appetite for currency since the 2008 global financial crisis appears to have hurt the Eurozone and helped the United States, according to new research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Released: 18-Oct-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Tracing Communism’s Reach, 100 Years After the Russian Revolution
New York University

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, NYU's Joshua Tucker talks about communism’s legacy and how the Soviet Union changed the world.

Released: 4-Oct-2017 1:05 PM EDT
EU Vote to Reject Flawed EDC Criteria Creates Opportunity to Protect Public Health
Endocrine Society

The Endocrine Society, the world’s largest organization of endocrinologists, welcomed the European Parliament vote Wednesday to object to proposed criteria that would have failed to identify endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) currently causing harm to public health.



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