Policy/Biz Stories
- A new study highlights the benefits that may come from a minimum price for alcohol, suggesting that it may be an effective method in reducing the number of alcohol-related injuries and death.
- Infections with C. difficile, which can cause deadly diarrhea, nearly doubled in U.S. hospitals between the years 2001 and 2010.
- Organ demands may have a solution, and it doesn't involve selling your kidney to the black market.
- California has become the first state to clearly define affirmative sexual consent, while also adopting requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sexual assault reports.
- Big Tobacco has started issuing warning labels for their electronic cigarette products, which has critics wondering what their motives could be.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends an IUD or subdermal implant such as Implanon and Nexplanon as the first-line choice for teens who choose not to be abstinent.
- Campaigns from both medical marijuana supporters and opponents may boost voter turnout in this year's midterm election, with implications for its outcome.
- Mike Dunafon enlisted the help of Wyclef Jean for his campaign video to express his stance on marijuana in a rap song.
- The EEOC filed its first two transgender discrimination lawsuits after two transgender women were fired from their jobs due to their gender transition.
- President Barack Obama’s plan to extend health coverage to millions of poor Americans remains highly contentious, yet it is gaining momentum among several initially reluctant states.
- The NIH and VA have teamed up to find a non-medicinal solution for soldiers and veterans suffering from chronic pain.
- The United Nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) named fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham a goodwill ambassador.