A look at today’s science and health policy news:
United Way to Target Health, Education and Income
Washington Post- The United Way is announcing that it will direct its resources toward 10-year goals that would cut the high school dropout rate in half.
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Quaid testifies of peril to newborn twins
AP- Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress that taking away theright to sue pharmaceutical companies would turn consumers into “uninformed and uncompensated lab rats.”
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Death Gap Widens Between Educated and Those Not
Washington Post- A new study says that the socioeconomic inequality in the rate of early mortality is increasing.
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Climate change may threaten water supply
United Press International- Nobel-prize winning climatologist, Jonathan Overpeck testified before the House Science and Tech Committee saying that climate change will have major effect on water supply.
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Polar Bear Is Made a Protected Species
NY Times- The polar bear is named an endangered species, but the Interior Secretary says that the ruling should not be used as a way to fight global warming.
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US House passes subsidy-heavy farm bill
Lanka Business Online- The House passed a $290 billion farm bill with a veto-proof majority with 318 votes. The bill includes subsidies for farmers and an $8 billion expansion of the food stamp program.
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O’Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer’s aid
AP- Former Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging yesterday urging Congress to speed research for Alzheimer’s.
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Legislation would allow Roan development
The Rocky Mountain News- Sen. Ken Salazar and Reps. Mark UdallJohn Salazar on their legislation to lease public land for energy development in Colorado.
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Bartlett’s bill would expand energy tax credits
Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett introduced two bills that would continue renewable energy tax credits set to expire this December.
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