Archive by date | October 2011

Universal HPV vaccination for boys recommended

Universal HPV vaccination for boys recommended

Today, on a vote of 13 in favor with one abstention, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said that 11- and 12-year-old boys, like their female counterparts, should receive the series of three immunizations against the virus, which infects some 20 million Americans and causes cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus as well as genital warts

Legal highs research ‘needs more support’

Legal highs research ‘needs more support’

Britain’s scientific advisors on illegal drugs have called for a multi-pronged attack on the growing ‘legal highs’ problem, including funding for improved research and forensics developments, just days after American authorities clamped down on them.

Marking a joyous occasion, California finalizes climate regulations

Marking a joyous occasion, California finalizes climate regulations

Maybe the trick is to get away from pollution and power plants and instead make global warming policy appear youthful and fun and exciting (right). Whatever the reason, at a time when the drive for climate regulation has not only stalled but is running in reverse in Washington, the state of California appears content to plow forward and blaze yet another new regulatory trail.  Read more

Can psychology overcome a climate of resistance?

Can psychology overcome a climate of resistance?

In Miami today, at the annual meeting of the Society for Environmental Journalists , a panel of three social scientists tackled the question of how to get people to change behavior. Never mind whether they care or not. How can the culture be tweaked? How can policies be set to influence human behaviors to emit less greenhouse gas?