“The new website, www.BeTobaccoFree.gov, brings together the best information HHS has on the health effects of tobacco, quitting smoking, and more.” The site includes resources in the following topic areas About Tobacco: Tobacco Facts and Figures;; Tobacco and Nicotine; Smoked Tobacco Products; Smokeless Tobacco Products; Electronic Cigarettes; News; Law/Policies; Research; Campaigns; Videos. Continue Reading
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ClinicalTrials.gov – U.S. National Institutes of Health
“ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world. Learn more About Clinical Studies and About This Site, including relevant History, Policies, and Laws.” Continue Reading
Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues
CRS – Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues, Robert Jay Dilger, Senior Specialist in American National Government. December 6, 2012 “Small business size standards are of congressional interest because the standards determine eligibility for receiving Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance as well as federal contracting and tax preferences. Although there is… Continue Reading
HHS publishes proposed rules on the Essential Health Benefit standards
National Conference of State Legislatures: “The principal intent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was to enable low and moderate income individuals, and small employers to obtain affordable health coverage through state based exchanges. In 2014, individuals and small business will be able to purchase private health insurance through state-based exchanges. This… Continue Reading
Pew – States Begin Giving Drivers Licenses to Young Immigrants
Daniel C. Vock – Licenses for young immigrants: “Only three states let illegal immigrants drive, but the Obama administrations decision to stop deporting some undocumented students, veterans, and recent high-school and college graduates will give them driving privileges in more than a dozen additional states. Most of the states did nothing on their own to… Continue Reading
Europe PubMed Central – unique, free, information resource for biomedical and health researchers
“Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) offers free access to biomedical literature resources including: PubMed abstracts (about 22 million) Europe PMC full text articles (about 2.2 million, of which over 400,000 are Open Access) Patent abstracts (over 4 million European, US, and International) National Health Service (NHS) clinical guidelines Agricola records (500,000) Supplemented with Chinese Biological… Continue Reading
DOE and EPA Release Annual Fuel Economy Guide with 2013 Models
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) [released] the 2013 Fuel Economy Guide, giving consumers clear and easy-to-read information to help them choose the most fuel efficient and low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles that meet their needs. The 2013 models include efficient and low-emission vehicles in a variety… Continue Reading
Kaiser – New Brief Reviews State Efforts to Pick a Benchmark Plan
“With states facing a Dec. 26 deadline for recommending an insurance plan that will define the essential health benefits (EHBs) insurers must offer starting in 2014, a new brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights EHB benchmark plan selections from the 26 states plus the District of Columbia that have already beat the submission deadline.… Continue Reading
EIA projections for carbon dioxide emissions reflect changes in key drivers
“Projections for U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have generally been lowered in recent editions of the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), the long-term projections of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The lowered projections reflect both market and policy developments that have reduced recent and projected growth in energy demand and its expected carbon intensity. The… Continue Reading
Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth
“The new report entitled Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth [International Labour Organization] looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations. Key findings: Wage growth slows globally despite increases… Continue Reading
The Employment Situation, November 2012
The Employment Situation – November 2012 [released December 7, 2012] along with Supplemental Table of Contents includes Household Data Establishment Data “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business… Continue Reading
Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States
Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States, December 2012 “This report contains an analysis of the impact of exports of LNG on the U.S. economy under a wide range of different assumptions about levels of exports, global market conditions, and the cost of producing natural gas in the U.S. These assumptions were combined… Continue Reading
