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Released: 2-Aug-2017 9:05 AM EDT
World Governments Make Citizens Pay Billions to Destroy Their Own Health
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched the report Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health providing the first-ever comparison of fossil fuel subsidies and the costs to health associated with air pollution from fossil fuels.

     
Released: 1-Aug-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Giant Weedkiller Bottle Torn Down as Europe Debates Future of Glyphosate
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

Citizens toppled a giant glyphosate bottle at the Schuman roundabout outside the European Commission to symbolise the demand of over 1.3 million people across Europe calling for a ban of the controversial weedkiller.

Released: 30-Jun-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Cal Poly Pomona Declares Commitment to Paris Climate Pact Protocols
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

University President Soraya M. Coley signed on to We Are Still In, a nationwide grass-roots initiative that aims to abide by the Paris climate agreement despite the withdrawal by the United States from the pact.

Released: 22-Jun-2017 2:00 PM EDT
Wolters Kluwer and European Hematology Association Launch Hemasphere
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, and the European Hematology Association (EHA) are pleased to announce the launch a new open access journal, HemaSphere. Part of the Lippincott portfolio, the journal was launched today at the 22nd Annual Congress of the European Hematology Association in Madrid.

Released: 21-Jun-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Still Taking Paris Seriously
Michigan Technological University

Several social scientists explain why, despite the US exit from the Paris climate agreement, policy analysis reveals states and agencies continue to take climate change seriously.

Released: 21-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Climate Change Label Leads to Climate Science Acceptance
Cornell University

In the heels of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, a new Cornell University study finds that labels matter when it comes to acceptance of climate science.

Released: 25-May-2017 1:05 PM EDT
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, Top Democrat on House Intelligence Committee, to Discuss Russian Threat to Democracy
University of California, Irvine

UCI’s School of Law hosts U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, who will address Russia’s threat to liberal democracies around the world. Afterward, Erwin Chemerinsky, UCI law school’s founding dean, hosts a discussion with Rep. Schiff.

Released: 17-May-2017 8:05 AM EDT
The Academy for Eating Disorders Applauds France’s New Law to Protect the Health and Safety of Fashion Models, Address Eating Disorders
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

The Academy for Eating Disorders applauds the stance taken by France to rein in fashion industry pressures on professional models to be extremely thin as a condition of employment.

20-Apr-2017 5:05 AM EDT
Ambulances Respond More Slowly in Summer and Winter - Study
University of Birmingham

Ambulance response times in London worsen when air temperatures rise or fall beyond certain limits in summer and winter, according to a new study.

Released: 28-Mar-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Recent Evolution of German Politics Is Window Into Fringe Parties' Gains
University of Kansas

A University of Kansas professor examines conditions in German politics dating back to 2013 to find a window into the recent gains of fringe parties in Europe and the United States, which includes the Trump election and the Brexit vote.

13-Mar-2017 7:05 AM EDT
The Elephant in the Sale Room: New Report Calls for Significant Change to UK Regulations on the Sale of Ivory
University of Portsmouth

A new report out today (14 March) calls for a significant change to laws governing the sale of ivory in the UK.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 3:35 PM EST
Wheat in the EU28
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

This infographic presents the latest numbers of wheat production, yield, cultivated area, value and consumption in the European Union.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 3:05 AM EST
Race Still a Problem in UK Sport Coaching
Leeds Beckett University

Even after the success of our diverse Team GB at the Olympics in Rio, sport organisations in the UK are ignoring issues of racial inequality in sport coaching.

Released: 20-Feb-2017 9:00 AM EST
Brexit Chaos Has Brought on Politicized Judiciary in Britain, Historian Says
University of Kansas

Jonathan Clark, University of Kansas distinguished professor of history, discusses the historical context of constitutional issues surrounding the Brexit and the politicization of Britain's Supreme Court.

Released: 8-Feb-2017 5:05 AM EST
European Citizens Launch Initiative to Ban Glyphosate
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

A European Citizens’ Initiative to ban glyphosate (Roundup weedkiller)has been launched in four cities today. One million signatures are needed to prompt a response from the European Commission.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
A 'Minor Apocalypse'
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Little is known about the history of Warsaw, Poland during World War I. Public memory of Warsaw’s role in the Great War has been obscured by the terror, violence, genocide and physical destruction during World War II. West Virginia University historian Robert Blobaum seeks to address these issues in his new book, “A Minor Apocalypse: Warsaw during the First World War.”

Released: 23-Jan-2017 1:05 PM EST
Questioning Post-Soviet in a New Era of Russian-American Relations
Cal Poly Humboldt

Allegations and investigations into interference in the U.S. Presidential election have brought Russian-American relations into the national spotlight in a way unseen since the fall of the Soviet Union 25 years ago.

Released: 5-Jan-2017 9:05 AM EST
EU Agrees Dental Amalgam Ban in Children, Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

European civil society has endorsed this week’s provisional agreement by the three EU institutions (European Parliament, European Commission and the Council of the European Union) to ban dental amalgam fillings for children under 15 and for pregnant and breastfeeding women as of 1 July 2018.

Released: 3-Jan-2017 10:05 AM EST
New Study Estimates Frequency of Flight-Disrupting Volcanic Eruptions
University of Leeds

Holidaymakers concerned about fresh volcanic eruptions causing flight-disrupting ash clouds across Northern Europe might be reassured by a study setting out the first reliable estimates of their frequency

Released: 21-Dec-2016 1:05 PM EST
S&T Historian’s Latest Book Focuses on Jewish Post-Holocaust Reconstruction in France
Missouri University of Science and Technology

After World War II, French Holocaust survivors returned to their homes to find them stripped of personal belongings and occupied by new inhabitants. Attempts to reclaim those belongings were key in efforts to rebuild Jewish political and social inclusion after the war, says historian Shannon Fogg.

Released: 30-Nov-2016 1:05 PM EST
Treatment Combination to Improve Survival in HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

The study, “A Real-World Multicentre Retrospective Observational Study of Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab and Maintenance Therapy as First-Line Treatment for HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer,” was recently published in the Journal of Cell Physiology.



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