Public Health
N.C. Teacher Fired for Having Students Share Needles for Science Lab
She thinks the school is overreacting
Human Progress: Not Inevitable, Uneven, and Indisputable
We haven't achieved utopia, but a new website documents the enormous progress humanity has made, especially over the last two centuries
Churchgoers May Have Been Exposed to Hep. A Via Communion
Bishop in North Dakota unknowingly contracted it while in Italy
Thousands of Salads Recalled Due to Listeria Fears
Yesterday it was meat. Perhaps we should just stop eating to be safe.
Las Vegas Clinic Owner Gets Life in Prison over Hep. C Outbreak
Believed to be one of the largest of its kind in the US
22,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled over Listeria Fears
Meat sold in states across the country
Yellow-Fever-Carrying Mosquitos Found in California
Warnings in central part of state
Malaria Vaccine Protects Children for More Than a Year
GlaxoSmithKline to develop vaccine commercially
Scientists Find Gene Mutation Connected to Eating Disorders
Bulimia and Anorexia may have biological markers
New Salmonella Outbreak Shows Resistance to Antibiotics
Linked to chicken from California
Doctors Still Overprescribing Antibiotics, Researchers Say
Even with the risk of helping create resistant bugs
House Passes Spending Bills For Some Programs, District of Columbia
Democrats not fans of "piecemeal" strategy
Stigma Against HIV Hampering Treatment Efforts in Somalia
Infection is associated with promiscuity
Antifungal Cream Discovered to Eradicate HIV
Could be important breakthrough, as it's already approved for use on humans
Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Louisiana Water Supply
Officials still say water is safe to drink
Tulsa Dentist Charged with Hep. C Outbreak
First outbreak associated with dental care
Attorney Sues Scientists Because Their Paper Made It Harder To Win Suits
For the "First Amendment? What's that?" files.
Stephen Hawking Declares Support for Assisted Suicide
"We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?"
WHO Consultant Slams Guam Medical Marijuana Legalization Efforts, Suggests Tobacco and Marijuana Should Both Be Illegal
Also would like to see the import of processed foods restricted, for health
The White House's Latest Food Police Efforts Appear All Wet
Science doesn't back up overconsumption of water
Living Tissue Reverted Back to Embryonic State
We'll live forever! Except it causes tumors.
Nevada Pushes Back on California's Claims of Mental Patient Dumping
State officials say evidence is lacking
NH Hospital Patients Exposed to Deadly Brain Disease
Risk is extremely low, though
Pat Robertson Claims Gays Deliberately Spread HIV with Rings
A security guard once told him so
Researchers Think Broccoli May Help Fight Arthritis
Crap, we are going to be forced to buy it, aren't we?