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Social Media and Young Adults

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that while the overall Internet population expanded continuously over the past decade, Millennials continue to be the most likely age group to go online (93% now use the Internet). However, their use of blogs, Twitter and social networking sites has changed in recent years.

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Pew Applauds Creation of Canada’s Newest National Park

The Pew Environment Group commends Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for creating the Mealy Mountains National Park, which will help preserve the Canadian boreal forest, the world’s largest, most intact old-growth forest.

Shelley A. Hearne

Shelley A. Hearne is the managing director of the Pew Health Group at The Pew Charitable Trusts and a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Shelley A. Hearne
Managing Director
Pew Health Group

Help Wanted: A Policy Maker’s Guide to New Dental Providers

A policy brief and report explain the options and give states the tools they need as they consider new and creative ways to deliver quality dental services to people who need them.More