HIV in Washington, D.C. compared to African nations
If Washington, D.C. were a nation in Africa, it would rank 23rd out of 54 countries in percentage of people with HIV.
As the U.S. continues to debate soda tax and other taxable “sins” to keep Americans healthy, Europe is already on it.
(Graphic by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Best and worst countries to be a mother, according to a new report by Save the Children.
(U.S. is 25th)
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Update: More on that report, right over here
An unusually high number of dead dolphins - including stillborn and infant calves - have washed up along the Gulf of Mexico shores in the two years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded into flames, unleashing tens of thousands of barrels of oil into the ocean.
In a normal year before the spill, about 74 strandings would be reported in the area. That number has increased eightfold in the past two years. Since February 2010, more than 600 have been found on the shores between the Louisiana-Texas border and the western coast of Florida.
Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.2% as 120,000 New Jobs Are Added in March
But add up all the qualifications and asterisks to Friday’s data, and the official unemployment rate didn’t really drop and is still stratospheric for a recovery.
“Hispanic” vs. “Latino”?
A majority (51%) say they most often identify themselves by their family’s country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.
“There’s a very fine line between informed and anxious. And I think most of us have crossed it. And when we cross it, we start to make decisions that end up hurting us.”
- Carl Richards, author of “The Behavior Gap,” on how anxiety leads to trading, which leads to poor returns.
