Via ThinkProgress, the National Academy of Sciences reports on the very real cost to America that a lack of universal access to health care has created. Along with smoking and obesity, being uninsured lowers life expectancy and is killing Americans.
Over the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in...
At the behest of Congress, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering just completed a series of comprehensive reports on Climate Change. The science is compelling. The warnings are ominous. The need for action is urgent. The Los Angeles Times explains:
In a...
Filed under: Environment, Climate Change
Filed under: Environment, Climate Change
