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The twenty-first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future

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Author: Udall, Bradley; Overpeck, Jonathan Description: Between 2000 and 2014, annual Colorado River flows averaged 19% below the 1906-1999 average, the worst 15-year drought on record. At least one-sixth to one-half (average at one-third) of this loss is due to unprecedented temperatures (0.9°C above the 1906-1999 average), confirming model-based analysis that continued warming will likely further reduce flows. Whereas it is virtually certain that warming will continue with additional emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, there has been no observed trend toward greater precipitation in the Colorado Basin, nor…

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Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US

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Author: Faust, Jeremy Samuel; Chen, Ji; Bhat, Shriya; Otugo, Onyekachi; Yaver, Miranda; Renton, Benjamin; Chen, Alexander Junxiang; Lin, Zhenqiu; Krumholz, Harlan M. Description: IMPORTANCE: Firearms are the leading cause of death in US children and adolescents, but little is known about whether the overall legal landscape was associated with excess mortality after a landmark US Supreme Court decision in 2010. OBJECTIVE: To measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:…

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Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage

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Author: Buchmueller, T.C.; Levinson, Z.M.; Levy, H.G.; Wolfe, B.L. Description: OBJECTIVES: To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. METHODS: We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes in the percentage of nonelderly adults who were uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by private health insurance. In addition to presenting overall trends by race/ethnicity, we stratified the analysis by income group and state Medicaid expansion status. RESULTS: In 2013,…

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