The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released their September 2014 report on the current state of obesity in the United States. TheHill. As defined in the report, obesity is “an excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean […]

In 2012, Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (“WHO”), suggested that we are entering a “post-antibiotic era,” meaning that “[t]hings as common as strep throat or a child’s scratched knee could once again kill.” (Forbes)  The evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria has led to the deaths of at […]

The debate over euthanasia usually revolves around terminally ill adults.  Adults are presumed to be able to make rational, informed decisions about their quality of life and the possibility of ending it.  But in Belgium, this assumption of rationality is being considered in children. The Belgian Senate approved a bill […]

A California law (Section 113961 of the California Retail Food Code) that went into effect on January 1, 2014 prevents restaurant workers in the state from handling ready-to-eat food. (NBC Los Angeles, Inside Scoop SF)  The law was previously only a suggestion in the food safety code, and has now […]