Topic: Social Policy

The 9/11 health bill will get another shot in the House in two weeks in an up-or-down simple-majority vote, Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold...

Health official says smoking report is 'tragic'

One top federal health official calls it a "tragic" finding.. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that smoking rates are holding ...

POCATELLO CHARTER SCHOOLS START FOUNDATION

Idaho superintendent Tom Luna and members of the Pocatello community turned out to witness the turning of a historic page for local charter...
Immigration authorities have rescued more than three dozen immigrants who were locked inside a sweltering boarded-up bedroom in a Southern ...

Association To Study How Kansas Schools Are Funded

_ School board leaders in Kansas are studying how the state doles out education money amid growing talk of changing the existing finance formula ...
Tests have found rabies in a coyote that was shot by a policeman after a rash of attacks on humans in a New York City suburb. . . The Westchester ...
"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio rang alarm bells about child obesity on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday, saying it is now a "national health...
Malaria remains a serious global health problem, killing more than one million people per year. Treatment of the mosquito-borne illness relies on...
Former OMB director Peter Orszag's inaugural New York Times column, in which he expressed reluctant support for extending the Bush tax cuts for two...
The DCist's Rachel Brown interviewed Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee this week and the news isn't pretty for WaPo. When asked about her...