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The article presents information on the U.S. industrial mobilization plan Controlled Materials Plan II (CMP II), to be implemented from July 1951. It reports that CMP lists the civilian products industries which would get allocations from the U.S. War Production Board (WPB), as 'B' list, including communications, farming and food production, and public health projects. The B list industries would get first claim on raw materials left after fulfilling military needs.

The article examines the financial health of the U.S. as though it were a business. By looking at the country as a company with shareholders, the author attests that the nation would not be highly favorable among investors. The paper urges that the U.S. has not invested enough in productive capital, technology, or education and that the debt extended to it will lead to large rates of interest repayment. Also examined are the national budget, the deficit, and how socialized health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are negatively impacting the financial health of the country.

The article presents information on former Vermont's Governor Howard Dean, who is a frontrunner in the 2004 Democratic presidential nominations. On his political campaign, Dean regards himself as a budget cutter. After the death of Vermont Governor Richard Snelling, he kept Snelling's budget and spending-reduction plan in place, but also extended his predecessor's temporary tax hikes. He made spending in the expansion of state health-care programs. Now, he is going to campaign on his legacy in health care. His another campaign issue would be civil unions for gays.

The author reflects on the legacy of his administration in reforming the health care system of the U.S. He offers a brief history of the government's effort to create a universal health care dating back to 1912. He relates the speech he gave before Congress explaining the reform plan which boosted public support for the health-care bill. He mentions the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Act by the Senate.

The article discusses U.S. government propaganda expenditures in 1950. The author focuses on the expenses of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Representative Paul W. Shafer, who attempted to call attention to the problem, and the difference between keeping citizens informed and propaganda. Also mentioned is propaganda on the topics of socialized medicine, expanding power resources, and the Brannan Plan.

The article focuses on high-level panel discussion of "Occupational Health & Wellbeing" and Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) on how to resolve the profession's workforce shortages. Topics discussed include undergraduate level there seems to be less exposure to occupational health, role of Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to deliver occupational health and occupational psychology essential to focus at the organisational level.

The author comments on political news stories as of August 27, 2018. Topics covered include projected costs of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders plan to nationalize the health-care system, allegations that U.S. President Donald Trump was told about his son, Donald Trump, Jr., meeting with Russian officials prior to the 2016 election, and the suspension of efforts to impeach U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

The article reports on the call by the Institute of Directors (IoD) on the British government to address mental health in the workplace, especially in small and medium-sized business enterprises.

The article offers news briefs related to medical care as of February 1, 2014 on topics including plan of revalidating the nurses by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, healthcare issues in Great Britain and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme.

The author highlights the need for the government's review of workplace health to address how the Great Britain's growing army of self-employed workers and contractors can be better supported when health issues strike. Topics discussed include number of self-employed workers in Great Britain; and regulations related to self-employment and workplace health.

The article reports on the efforts being done by U.S. Federal Security Agency and U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) officials to address issues related to absenteeism in various industries in 1941. Results of a National Health Survey that was conducted by PHS revealed that approximately 2.6 million workers in the U.S. would take a sick leave per day. The article also presents information on how such issue is being handled in Great Britain.

The article offers information about swine flu and the lessons attributable to it. A scientific paper concludes that avian H1N1's non-virulent forms may combine with human strains producing highly pathogenic viruses. The spread of the virus is attributed to climate change and that new avian flu strains were created due to the change of weather leading to insect population explosions. The scientists worry that the virus will return stronger than before. The Trust for America's Health notes that health-care delivery system was overpowered and that there was incoordination in communications between the public health system and providers.

The article focuses on role of wellbeing technology in encouraging or sustaining health behaviors of people. Topics discussed include creation of environments and cultures to enable health promotion activities, using of psychological theory to develop health promotion interventions, and views of Cary Cooper, professor of organizational psychology and health at Manchester Business School, on availability of technology.

The article discusses the proposals by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to create a Public Health (PH) Service, which would tackle local concerns on PH, and to use a health premium to target resources towards the communities with the poorest health in Great Britain.

Malaysia Streamlines Research Processes with National Medical Research Register [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information regarding the political and social development taking place in the U.S. Analysis of the events leading to the death of social reformer Martin Luther King; Conclusion made by the U.S. Public Health Service that positive thinkers are happier than negative, young people happier than old, healthy happier than unhealthy, and rich happier than poor; Estimation made by the Tax Foundation that in this year the total federal, state and local taxes paid by each family in the U.S. will reach $3,550.

The article focuses on the estimated costs of a new national health scheme in Canada that worth 250,000,000 dollars of which 150,000,000 dollars will come from individuals while the remainder from the Dominion treasury.

An interview with Lucy Maryogo-Robinson, global health director at the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is presented. She explained that APHL provided technical aid to promote national laboratory systems. She stated that APHL activities like problem solving and knowledge transfer helped developing countries to advance their laboratory systems. She believed that the biggest challenge is to work within the guidelines of the U.S. Ministry of Health.

The article offers information on the 2017 Personnel Today Award for Health and Wellbeing along with the winner Hannover Re life insurance company in Hannover, Germany. It further mentions that the Arbuthnot Latham & Co, BNP Paribas' Corporate & Institutional Banking division and Department for Work and Pensions of Great Britain shortlisted for the award. Also mentions about the structural change and redundancies in Hannover Re with impressive impact on the psychological health of the people.

The article offers inforamtion on an editorial in the "British Medical Journal" according to which occupational health provision should be changed due to the increasingly flexible working environment. The editorial has been written by physician Ian Torrance and Richard Heron, president of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.

The article discusses U. S. Senator Edward Kennedy's assertion of national health care as a human right. U. S. President Jimmy Carter's initiative to push for the nationalization of health care is also presented. It is stated that the right to life connotes the right to anything that helps in the preservation of life, or making it more comfortable.