New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Flying Cars and Drones Pose Policy Challenges for Managing and Regulating Low-Altitude Airspace, CRS Insight, July 23, 2018
“Duck Boat” Accident Highlights Gap in Regulation, CRS Insight, July 20, 2018
Emergency Department Boarding of Behavioral Health Patients, CRS In Focus, July 19, 2018
Transnational Crime Issues: Human Trafficking, CRS In Focus, July 19, 2018
The U.S. Trade Deficit: An Overview, CRS In Focus, July 18, 2018
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues, CRS In Focus, July 20, 2018
U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Ties: Magnitude and Scope, CRS In Focus, July 20, 2018
Mexico: Evolution of the Mérida Initiative, 2007-2019, CRS In Focus, July 23, 2018
Iran Nuclear Agreement and U.S. Exit, updated July 20, 2018
Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.
Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.
The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.