Climate Scientists Warn Of Increased Mosquitoes, Disease

A Yale scientist is now claiming climate change could lead to a greater population of the world’s most annoying pest: the mosquito.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

Global warming could mean more than rising ocean levels and severe weather. A Yale scientist is now claiming climate change could lead to a greater population of the world’s most annoying pest: the mosquito. Along with the increased population, mosquito-borne illnesses are expected to rise. According to Maria Diuk-Wasser of the Yale School of

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Private Prisons: Florida Signs On Company Despite Record Of Abuses

The state laid off nearly two thousand public employees in favor of the private corporation Corizon.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

More than 1,700 public health workers were handed pink slips last week after a legal decision found that Florida could begin privatizing health care for most of its 100,000 prisoners, the third-largest inmate population in the U.S. The $230 million contract with Corizon could become the largest privatization of prison services in U.S. history, an

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Doctor Who? Surgeon General’s Resignation Reminds Americans That The Position Exists

It may be time to reconsider the role of the surgeon general.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In an email to her staff Wednesday, Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin, the 18th surgeon general of the United States, announced her resignation from the post she held for 4 years. "My goal was to create a grassroots movement, to change our health care system from one focused on sickness and disease to a system focused on wellness and prevention. With

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