http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/ukhs3-supp/UKHS2009.pdf
Covers general health, health-related behavior, preventive health care, pregnancy and childbirth, mortality and life expectancy, and international comparisons. From the Office for National Statistics.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/014340.html
Press release with links to data tables which announces the release of three year data for communities with populations as small as 20,000. From the Census Bureau.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB61/EIB61.pdf
Traces trends in the declining percent of spending by households on food and a corresponding increase in food insecurity in low-income and even middle-income households. From the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st267/stat267.pdf
Reports that the number of non-elderly individuals with private group (employer provided) health insurance rose from 135 million to 146 million but that the number of non-elderly individuals with private non-group health insurance fell from 9 million to 6.6 million between 1996 and 2007. . From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb81.pdf
Reports that the number of uninsured hospital stays during the ten year period of study increased by 31%, while the overall number of hospital stays increased only 13%. Also provides information about the cost and reasons for uninsured stays. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.bls.gov/osmr/pdf/ec090090.pdf
Provides a retrospective look at the effects of two 2002 technical enhancements to the Consumer Price Index and offers conclusions and recommendations for further research. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/ArcticReportCard_full_report.pdf
Provides latest information on the effects of global warming on the air, land, sea, and biology of the Arctic region. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.ostp.gov/galleries/press_release_files/HSF_Cmte_FinalReport.pdf
Reports that the human spaceflight program is not sustainable, because it is pursuing goals that go far beyond available resources. Proposes five alternatives to the current U.S. space program. From the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.