Drug Safety System Needs Overhaul, Experts Say

Report calls for overhaul of US food safety system.

MERS differs from SARS, say experts.

Benchmarks for "scheduled" cases unwise, experts say.

Canada suicide prevention efforts lagging, experts say.

international spotlight on suicide, Canada still doesn’t have a national strategy for suicide prevention. More than one million people around the world die by suicide each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Suicide is also one of the top 10 leading causes of death in Canada, accounting for some 4000 deaths annually. Canadian experts were among the first to call attention to...

The U.s. Productivity Slowdown: What the Experts Say

U.S. productivity growth has slowed significantly since 1973; moreover, U.S. productivity continues to grow at a slower rate than that of our major trading partners. What caused these things to happen? The answer to this question is still unsettled, although a number of potential explanations are being debated in the economics literature. These include energy prices, labor quality, measurement ...