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US public records law: How business interests shaped FOIA
Source: JournalistsResource.orgThe Freedom of Information Act — FOIA — lets anyone request records from federal agencies. Federal agencies have to provide requested records, with exemptions.
These 6 studies can make you smarter about the G-20 summit
Source: JournalistsResource.orgHigh-level finance ministers and officials from some of the most economically powerful countries in the world will convene when the G-20 meets June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan.
Child and adolescent deaths decreased by half worldwide since 1990
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Child and adolescent deaths have decreased 51.7% worldwide from 1990 to 2017. But inequality between poor and rich countries has increased, with wealthier nations accounting for an increasingly smaller proportion of deaths overall, according to new research in JAMA Pediatrics.
Prince Harry in Afghanistan: Miguel Head recalls a historic media blackout
Source: JournalistsResource.orgNew economic shock model estimates reverberations from Trump tariffs
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Houses are built to stay upright. We eat in them, sleep in them, we produce trash that goes out, and we purchase goods that come in. But when there’s an earthquake, houses that are less structurally sound may collapse. If the house is destroyed, the normal equilibrium of things going in and out changes. New products and services are brought in to rebuild the house. Old products and services become less essential for a time.
The old balance gives way to a new normal.
The current and projected health risks of climate change
Source: JournalistsResource.orgDue to food shortages related to climate change, the Earth may experience a net increase of 529,000 adult deaths by 2050, according to a new review article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Heat makes workers less productive, impacts health - Journalist's Resource
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Employees who work in hot conditions are not as productive and can suffer from kidney injury, dehydration and other health problems, according to a new review of 111 studies published in the Lancet Planetary Health. The included studies involved 447 million workers in over 40 different occupations, including outdoor and indoor jobs.
Homicide in Brazil: What Journalists Should Know
Source: JournalistsResource.orgHow heat waves affect the elderly
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Heat waves are expected to occur with increasing frequency, and older people are particularly imperiled by extreme summer temperatures.