Posts Tagged ‘public policy’
Society & Culture - Oct 31, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments
To map votes, atlas digs below polls
STANFORD (US) — A new interactive atlas that looks at the 2008 US presidential election precinct by precinct reveals how deep-rooted geographic trends still affect party affiliation. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 29, 2012 13:38 - 1 Comment
US population shifts to hot, dry climate
MCGILL (CAN) — As Jason Samson sees it, climate is as important in shaping the distribution and movement of humans as it is in other animals. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 29, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments
Tax dodge: When companies don’t disclose
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Multinational corporations that choose not to disclose geographic earnings are more likely to engage in income-shifting activities, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 23, 2012 10:49 - 2 Comments
Cartoons depict 100 years of health care debate
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A new history of health care reform looks at 100 years of partisan wrangling over medical insurance via more than 200 of the century’s best political cartoons. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 18, 2012 12:12 - 4 Comments
Report: US voting moves past ‘hanging chads’
CALTECH (US) — Better technology has led to improvements in the US voting process, but problems still remain, according to a new report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2012 15:53 - 1 Comment
With obesity, a hefty price tag for a long life
MONASH (AUS) — Increased spending on medical care may partly explain why obesity appears to have little adverse effect on life expectancy, a study finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 12, 2012 8:37 - 2 Comments
Tons of carbon emitted as palm oil demand grows
STANFORD / YALE (US) — The growth of oil palm plantations in Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions, experts warn. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2012 9:37 - 2 Comments
Ticking time bombs: Where are public health’s heroes?
U. LEEDS (US) — Public health “superheroes” are needed to help tackle the growing challenges posed by obesity, alcohol, smoking, and other threats, according to a new analysis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 26, 2012 8:47 - 1 Comment
Follow the food: Safety laws shape global trade
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Nations should carefully consider how establishing or changing their food safety laws could influence global trade, experts caution. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2012 10:26 - 4 Comments
Subpar olive oil sneaks by chemical tests
UC DAVIS (US) — A new study of olive oil sold to the food industry recommends some samples be reclassified as inedible “lamp oil,” and reports that 10 percent are adulterated with a cheaper oil, like canola. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2012 14:19 - 0 Comments
Easy policies let more kids go vaccine-free
EMORY (US) — From 2005 to 2011, non-medical exemptions from school-based vaccines increased at a heightened rate, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2012 10:31 - 0 Comments
Food stamps buy $2B in sugary drinks a year
YALE (US) — The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pays at least $2 billion a year for sugar-sweetened drinks bought in grocery stores alone, a new study says. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2012 11:37 - 2 Comments
Will Affordable Care Act cripple ‘safety-net’ hospitals?
PENN STATE (US) — Many public safety-net hospitals are likely to face increasing financial and competitive pressures, stemming in part from the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2012 18:12 - 0 Comments
Study: State agencies fumble ‘hybrid’ disease
NYU (US) — The “siloed” structure of US health agencies gets in the way of fighting animal-to-human diseases like West Nile Virus, according to a new organizational analysis. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 17, 2012 13:53 - 0 Comments
After welfare reform, are ‘deeply poor’ worse off?
U. CHICAGO / U. MICHIGAN (US) — Although the US federal government’s 1996 reform of welfare brought some improvements for the nation’s poor, extremely poor Americans may be experiencing even more hardship, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 14, 2012 12:44 - 1 Comment
In US, immigrants’ kids are head of the class
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Children of immigrants outperform children whose family trees have deeper roots in the US, learning more in school and making smoother transitions into adulthood, sociologists say. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 12, 2012 12:17 - 1 Comment
Next 10 years: Food crisis fueled by Asia’s droughts
U. LEEDS (UK) — Large parts of Asia face a higher risk of more severe droughts within the next 10 years, experts warn in a new report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2012 15:27 - 1 Comment
Dialysis costs challenge Medicare budget
BROWN (US) — Medicare’s latest attempt to manage the cost and quality of end-stage renal disease care could become a broader model for the program if it succeeds, researchers say. (more…)
