By IN reporter Ryne Ziemba Local Environmental Group to Host World Water Day Event at Hopjacks According to the website www.worldwaterday.org, 1.1 billion people in the world rely on unsafe drinking-water sources….
Tag: Health
Best and worst nursing homes
The Federal government has a new rating system for nursing homes. According to the system, the best ones (Five stars overall ) in Pensacola are Bayside Manor, Haven of Our Lady of…
FSU requires student health insurance
Florida State University is now requiring all students to have health insurance. If they can’t get covered under their parents’ policy, then FSU will sell it to them. From Orlando Sentinel: If…
Infant mortality close to Miss. levels
Sunday edition of the NY Times had an article on infant mortality Mississippi among blacks. In 2005, 17 out of every 1,000 children born to black parents died, up from 14.2 per…
Talking Points
From my WUWF TV show – IN Your Face TV. Topics: Access Escambia, Benny Washington, City Sanitation, Private Landfills and Operation Brownsville Click here to view
Illinois Covered – statewide healthcare insurance
The Democratic governor of Illinois is proposing a $2.1 billion plan to help pay for healthcare. The plan doesn’t stop with the uninsured, but also has rebates for those having difficulty paying…
We are Fattest People on the Planet
It’s official – just in case you might have thought the crowd you saw at WalMart was only an optical illusion – Americans are the most overweight persons in the world, according…
10 Bad Things that are good for you
Thank God for Live Science. Please feel free to email to your doctor. Beer quells heart disease and chocolate staves off cancer? Though often tagged with a disclaimer, studies that tell us…