On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put out a news release entitled "EPA Releases Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities" which summarizes the results … Continue reading U.S. EPA Releases Hydraulic Fracturing Study Draft Assessment 2015
Immunotherapy is a relatively new form of treatment for cancer that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer cells. It's also referred to as biological therapy or biotherapy. Immunotherapy drugs work in different … Continue reading Immunotherapy and Cancer
Jun 2, 2015: By a vote of 67-32, the U.S. Senate passed H.R.2048 - USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 and President Obama signed the bill. The bill states that over the next six months the … Continue reading U.S. National Security Agency Bulk Phone Data Collection
May 20, 2015: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that five global banks will pay over $5 billion in penalties for working together to manipulate international interest and foreign currency exchange rates. The banks, which … Continue reading Five Global Banks Will Pay Over $5 Billion in Penalties
May 17, 2016: In California, a grand jury indicted Plains All American Pipeline on 46 criminal charges, including four felony counts. The company and one employee, environmental and regulatory compliance specialist James Buchanan, was also … Continue reading Santa Barbara California | Plains All American Pipeline Oil Spill
May 17, 2016: In Washington, D.C., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a hearing to review the results of the NTSB's investigation into the May 12. 2015 Amtrak train derailment. The conclusions of the … Continue reading Amtrak Train from Washington D.C. to New York Derails in Philadelphia
May 10, 2015: Yesterday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new regulations for the nail salon industry. The mayor will create an Enforcement Task Force responsible for investigating all nail salons in the state … Continue reading New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Announces Regulation of Nail Salon Industry
On March 30 through April 1, 2015, PBS aired a three-part documentary film by Ken Burns entitled "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies". The film is based on a book by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee entitled … Continue reading Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Film by Ken Burns
May 5, 2015: On February 3, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug called Ibrance for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. FDA approves Ibrance for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer … Continue reading U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Ibrance | New Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer
May 2, 2015: Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman for the Federal Election Commission (FEC), is very pessimistic about the ability of the FEC to effectively regulate campaign contributions in the upcoming 2016 U.S. election. F.E.C. … Continue reading U.S. Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Raises Doubts about Regulation of Campaign Contributions