Each FOIA office of HHS has a FOIA Requester Service Center that processes relevant FOIA requestss. AoA - Administration on Aging ACF - Administration for Children and Families AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality CDC - Centers for Disease Control and … [Read more...] about FOIA Requester Service Centers
Archives for April 2008
BIG PHARMA — 2008 1st Quarter Results
Eli Lilly and Merck reported their first-quarter results on April 21st At Eli Lilly, earnings are expected to be up 14% year over year, to 95¢ per share, thanks to the success of Zyprexa, its antipsychotic drug, and Cymbalta, its depression treatment. Analysts are less … [Read more...] about BIG PHARMA — 2008 1st Quarter Results
Researchers Examine Effect of Sex Education on Risk of Pregnancy, STIs Among Teens
Summary of "Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy," Kohler et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2008. Pamela Kohler and Lisa Manhart of the University of Washington's Center for AIDS and STD and William … [Read more...] about Researchers Examine Effect of Sex Education on Risk of Pregnancy, STIs Among Teens
A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions
Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen? It’s a question many families are asking after reports last week that a chemical used to make baby bottles, water bottles and food containers is facing increasing scrutiny by health officials in Canada and the United … [Read more...] about A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions
Rethinking Healthcare… Completely
from the about-time dept of The Techdirt Insight Community A few months back, after meeting UCLA professor David Levine at the Cato Institute conference on copyrights, I read his book, Against Intellectual Monopoly (actually a large part of it I read on the flight home from … [Read more...] about Rethinking Healthcare… Completely