In a recent article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Corporations and Health Watch contributing writer Lainie Rutkow and her colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health conclude that schools of public health face a curricular gap, with relatively few offerings courses that teach …
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Last week, the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa– met in Durban, South Africa, to create a new set of financial institutions designed to better meet their needs than the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. They took steps to create their own credit rating agency …
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A recent report in the New York Times found that the share of American households with guns has declined sharply over the last forty years. In the 1970s, an average of 50 percent of American households owned guns; by 2012 the proportion had fallen to 34 percent. The …
Read more >In Beijing last month, the level of pollution for the fine particles known as PM 2.5 was 755, more than double the US EPA definition of hazardous, 300 micrograms per cubic meter . PM 2.5 pollution is associated with higher death rates from lung cancer and heart disease as well …
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As President Obama lays out plans for executive and legislative action to reduce injuries and deaths from firearms and New York State approves a sweeping package of gun control measures, health advocates have new opportunities to inform the public debate. A few recent reports will assist in this task. …
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Corporations and Health Watch readers often ask for suggestions for new materials for teaching or speaking in public about the impact of corporations on health. To meet this request, I suggest a few selections that have been posted in the last year. Dr. Marcia Angell, senior lecturer of …
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Need one more late holiday gift for a fellow investigator of corporations and health? Looking for something to read yourself on those long dark January nights? Need some sobering books to relieve too much holiday good cheer and rampant consumerism? This year brought a spate of new books examining the …
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