Life in the pandemic is not easy for anyone. What is the proper behavior? What is out of bounds? We know that assholes going out to lunch at a crowded Colorado restaurant to own the libs is very bad. But what about the park? For...
Public health
It's time to remember two true things about Jimmy Carter. First, he was a bad president who undermined his own administration through his obsession with inflation, his governance well to.
Disasters, however "natural," are a wonderful (well, horrible really) entry point into exposing to the public to deep fissures on inequality in a society. That's true whether they are earthquakes,.
With all the intensive fear-mongering coverage of Ebola in the weeks before the 2014 midterm elections, you'd think that the World Health Organization declaring Sierra Leone Ebola-free would be big news in the United States. Why, it's almost like coverage of Ebola in the United...
It's not just vaccinations that are outraging Republicans. It's also government requirements for restaurant sanitation. Senator Thom Tills (R-Art Pope): On Monday, the freshman senator ended his talk at the.
First Chris Christie, then the Only Progressive Choice in 2016, and now Rep. Sean Duffy: Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) became the latest Republican on Tuesday to speak out against vaccine.
Because Barack Obama is pro-vaccination, I guess Chris Christie feels the need to say vaccinations should be parents' choice and used his expertise in public health to say “not every vaccine is created equal, and not every disease type is as great a public health...
Paul Voosen has an interesting article at National Geographic that wonders why there has not been more known cancer clusters develop given the nation's long history of toxicity. There's no.
Can we get in the Wayback Machine for a minute? All the way to a month ago. In early November, in the days before the midterm election, Ebola was the.
This Halloween, let me give you as your treat this 1918 U.S. government pamphlet about venereal disease given to soldiers returning from World War I. Trick or treat indeed.
Hiltzik has another good piece, this time featuring maps of preventable diseases to show the impact of the anti-vaccination foolishness. The general outlines we know here since we have slammed.
It's amazing how many stupid lies about children's health parents believe these days. Get your kids vaccinated for christ's sake.