A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked:
Margot Sanger-Katz at the New York Times’ The Upshot: Yes, Soda Taxes Seem to Cut Soda Drinking
Mary McKenna at Germination: MRSA In Sports: Long-Standing, Simple to Prevent, Still Happening
Joe Fassler at The Atlantic: How Doctors Take Women's Pain Less Seriously
Sarah Kliff at Vox: This study is forcing economists to rethink high-deductible health insurance
Lydia DePillis at the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: ‘Everything is a workaround': Life in Obama’s agencies as Congress does nothing
Celeste wrote about this last week, but in case you missed it: Propublica’s Michael Grabell and NPR’s Howard Berkes on Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
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Yesterday some Big News hit the internet: Diet Sodas Linked With Health Risks (this link courtesy of Reuters Health).
The other day, and I kid you not, I saw someone say to someone else "would you like a soda" and the person stared back and said "why would I want a soda" and a third party repeated the question, only saying "would you like a pop" and the person said "yes, very much, thank you."
We continue discussions with the elder Free-Ride offspring about potential projects for the spring science fair.
Elder offspring: Maybe I could do an experiment with Mentos and soda.
The elder Free-Ride offspring is lobbying to try an experiment this weekend. The working title of the protocol is "homemade soda*" but I suspect it may be described differently in the final report.