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News release: “The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today launched a new Web site that, when fully developed, will provide a mechanism for the reporting of pre- and post-market safety data to the federal government. Currently the Web site can be used to report safety problems related to foods, including …
The American Public Health Association (APHA) – The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, May 2010 “Transportation investments and the systems that are developed from them shape lives and communities. The transportation system is a complex web of highways, sidewalks, bike paths, trains and bus services that connect people to each other as well as to …
Senate Passes Sweeping Financial Reform Bill, May 2010: “On May 20, 2010, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to restructure the financial services regulatory system by a vote of 59 to 39. As discussed in this briefing paper, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S 3217, the Senate version of H.R. 4173) would institute …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Executive Order — National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling From the Weekly Address by President Obama, May 22, 2010: “The bipartisan National Commission is tasked with providing recommendations on how we can prevent and mitigate the impact …
How We’re Doing as Debt Fears Rise Financial Crisis, Karen Dynan, Vice President and Co-Director, Economic Studies and Ted Gayer, Co-Director, Economic Studies – The Brookings Institution and The Washington Post “With the worst of the credit crunch of 2008-09 behind us, U.S. economic activity has been improving since last summer. Greeces recent fiscal problems, …
The Foreclosure Crisis: Did Wall Street Practice Predatory Lending or Did Households Overreach?, April 2010. “A new study by researchers in the Department of Finance at the University of Arkansas finds that household overreaching drove the foreclosure crisis. The authors find that most households in foreclosure were relatively affluent and highly educated people living in …
News release: “As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council today issued three reports emphasizing why the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. The reports are part of a congressionally …
Quarterly Banking Profile – May 20, 2010. First quarter 2010 comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions.
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a significant milestone toward the completion of the agencys dioxin reassessment with the public release of its draft scientific report, EPAs Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments. The draft dioxin report is EPAs response to key comments and …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The materials supplement OSHA-required training workers must receive before they can be hired to engage in the cleanup. In addition to English, the safety guides and fact sheets initially will be printed in Spanish and Vietnamese in recognition of the diverse population …
News release: “To address the global shortfall of 4.3 million health care workers needed to end preventable maternal and child deaths, countries must invest in women who are front-line health care workers, Save the Children says in its new State of the World’s Mothers 2010 report…Annually, 8.8 million children die before their fifth birthday and …
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, May 14, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. SS4. Surveillance for Violent Deaths National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2007 “An estimated 50,000 persons in the United State die each year from violence-related injuries. Surveillance of such deaths is necessary to better understand and prevent the …
