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The Internet’s Impact on Public Health Planning: “Susannah Fox provides data on the current internet population, with a particular focus on health communication, wireless adoption, social media, and implications for public health planning.”
News release: “A new joint report from the National Research Council and the National Academy of Public Administration, Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future, offers U.S. leaders ways to address the nation’s fiscal problems and confront its rapidly growing debt — a burden that if unchecked will inevitably limit the nation’s future wealth and risk a …
“Technological innovations are key causal agents of surprise and disruption. In the recent past, the United States military has encountered unexpected challenges in the battlefield due in part to the adversary’s incorporation of technologies not traditionally associated with weaponry. Recognizing the need to broaden the scope of current technology forecasting efforts, the Office of the …
Global Risks 2010 – A Global Risk Network Report. A World Economic Forum Report in collaboration with Citi, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Swiss Re, Wharton School Risk Center, Zurich Financial Services. January 2010. “This years report explores a set of risks that share a potential for wider systemic impact and are strongly linked to …
Downcast Unemployment ForecastTargeted Job Creation Policies Necessary to Offset Grim Projections, By Kai Filion, January 14, 2010, Economic Policy Institute Issue Brief #270 “The nations 10% unemployment rate does not capture the severity of the crisis for minority workers in many regions of the country. This Issue brief provides a breakdown of the unemployment projections …
“Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new legislation that would impose stricter air-quality standards for ground-level ozone concentrations. If implemented, counties and states would have up to 20 years to comply with the new regulations, which would work in tandem with other regulations, such as those on vehicle fuel economy, to reduce health …
World Health Organization: “Strong coordination of health services and supplies is needed to effectively treat thousands of people injured in the 12 January earthquake. WHO is sending medicines and supplies to treat 165 000 people for one month, plus drugs and equipment to treat 1000 people with trauma injuries. Water pumps, containers and water quality …
2010 Earthquake in Haiti – Includes links to:
OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009 “As in most OECD countries, the global financial crisis pushed the Swiss economy into recession. However, despite the weight of financial intermediation in economic activity and significant losses of the large internationally active Swiss banks in the US subprime mortgage market, Switzerland has so far performed better than most …
Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children – A Targeted Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF]. This article was first published in Pediatrics in January 2010 (Pediatrics 2010;125:e396-e418. “Over the past several years, research into weight management in obese children and adolescents has improved in quality and quantity. Despite important gaps, …
CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April December 12, 2009 “CDC estimates that between 39 million and 80 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and December 12, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 55 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. CDC estimates …
Follow up to previous posting, FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787, see Federal Aviation Administration, Special Conditions: Boeing Model 7478/8F Airplanes, Systems and Data Networks SecurityProtection of Airplane Systems and Data Networks From Unauthorized External Access – Federal Register: January 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 10)][Rules and Regulations][Page 2433-2434]: “These special …
