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...understand its key problems. Haiti seems to be at a pivotal point in its history: it can continue as before or make the needed changes in government, education and infrastructure. It is time Haiti's previous occupiers redeem themselves and help rebuild Haiti as its own country. Miriam Allsop San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...Talkoff, SAN FRANCISCO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Finally, remember that environment helps lead people to act the way they do. When a hospital administrator in San Francisco wanted to reduce the number of mistakes nurses make in administering medication, she realized the main culprit wasn't carelessness but constant interruption. The solution: a bright-orange medication vest that told everyone, including doctors, to leave nurses alone so they could focus. At first, nurses hated the tacky vest--until medication errors dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Your Way | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Nearly 4 billion prescriptions are filled at 54,000 pharmacies across the U.S. each year. But getting medications from their makers into the hands of their takers is largely the job of a wholesaling oligopoly. Cardinal and its principal rivals--San Francisco--based McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen, based in Valley Forge, Pa.--control 90% of the market, acting as middlemen to pool purchasing power and to guarantee 24/7 access to millions of medications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prescription for a Turnaround | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...trap was designed to give consumers a cheap way to determine if they have - or, in many cases, still have - a bedbug problem that requires a proper extermination. Bedbugs have made a serious comeback in North America over the past few years, especially in big cities like Toronto and San Francisco. And they are notoriously hard to get rid of. As evidence, amid the enthusiastic talk on Bedbugger.com about the Rutgers invention, one commenter noted, "Dude, I am so going to try this once a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

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