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By SABRINA TAVERNISEFEB. 25, 2014 Continue reading the main story Federal health authorities on Tuesday reported a 43 percent drop in theobesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade, the first broad decline in an epidemic that often leads to lifelong struggles with weight and higher risks for cancer, [...]
From Healthcare.gov • Most people who currently have health insurance can keep it. • Young adults can stay on their parents plan until 26. • If you don’t have coverage, you can use the new Health Insurance Marketplace to buy a private insurance plan. • Open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace [...]
Source: National Journal CONGRESS This Is What Congressional Gridlock Looks Like in 1 Chart By Brian Resnick, Brian McGill and Ella Krivitchenko November 13, 2013 SHARE Email If you're looking for a quick fact to explain congressional gridlock, it's this: In the 113th Congress, only 59 members have voted with the majority [...]
You might wonder what an article about twin pandas has to do with politics? It's here because there are two of them just like there are two parties in our political system - the Republicans and the Democrats. I think it's a great analogy that is more than a little [...]
How to Explain the Government Shutdown to Kids BY Georgette Gilmore | WEDNESDAY, OCT 02, 2013 2:00PM | COMMENTS (24) With many adults not truly understanding the government shutdown (and the Affordable Care Act), it is difficult to explain it to our children. Our friends over at Here There Everywhere: News for Kids have a [...]
What Does the U.S. Ambassador at the United Nations Do?June 20, 2005 --By NICHOLAS SCHIFRIN The U.S. mission to the United Nations was formally established on April 28, 1947. The United States has its own representative with the title of ambassador. An ambassador is a diplomatic official accredited to a [...]
Obesity The Teens Are Alright (Healthwise, at Least) By Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlinSept. 16, 2013Add a Comment U.S. teens are getting healthier, and, it seems, are doing what they’re told when it comes to eating right and exercising more. Between 2001 and ’09, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows, teens became [...]
To Reduce Prejudice, Try Sharing Passions And Cultures by NANCY SHUTE August 23, 2013 2:35 PM Enlarge image Sharing passions can help erase ethnic prejudice. No word if that includes a passion for NCAA basketball. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP People can become less prejudiced, but it's not entirely clear how we make the [...]
Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, most states still don't require four basic safety plans to protect children in school and child care from disasters, aid group Save the Children said in a report released Wednesday. The group faulted 28 states and the District of Columbia for failing to require [...]
Green activists hope to replace your steak with ... edible algae AFP/Getty Images The latest innovation in urban farming: fresh spirulina paste being placed into jars in Bangkok. On a hotel rooftop in Bangkok, dozens of barrels of green liquid bubble under the sun - the latest innovation in [...]