Lifestyle Choices Affect U.S. Impact on the Environment
At 300 million, a milestone reached in October, Americans are consuming natural resources at an unprecedented pace. Between 1950 and 2005, America’s population nearly doubled.
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A New Way to Address Poverty Alleviation
(2006) Over the past decade, a growing number of small population-environment field projects, funded principally by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and the U.S.
Quick Facts: America at 300 Million
(2006) The United States is set to reach a milestone in October. Joining China and India, it will become the third country to be home to at least 300 million people.
The United States at 300 Million
HOW WE HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE UNITED STATES WAS A NATION OF 200 MILLION (September 2006) The United States is set to reach a milestone in October.
Improving Data Collection Efforts to Estimate HIV/AIDS
(September 2006) Not so long ago, many wondered if the population of Africa would be “wiped out” by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As serious as the situation was and is, those doomsday projections were unwarranted.
Designing Health and Population Programs to Reach the Poor
(September 2006) Nearly everywhere in the developing world, health services benefit the well-off more than the poor.
How Much Land Should Be Protected for Biodiversity?
(June 2006) Biodiversity—the diversity of genes, species, and ecosystems—has long been recognized by scientists and many policymakers as an important global public good.
Overcoming Obstacles to Vaccines for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Cervical Cancer
(June 2006) The development of vaccines for some of the world’s most deadly diseases—such as AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and cervical cancer—are hampered by the complex natures of the diseases as well as the costly and lengthy process of vaccine development.
The Risk of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income Families
(2006) The child poverty rate has become one of the most widely used indicators of child well-being in the United States.
In the News: The Philippines Mudslide
By asoares
(2006) On February 17, a devastating landslide killed an estimated 1,800 Filipinos in Guinsaugon on the southern part of Leyte Island in eastern Philippines.