On Drugs, Circumcision, and John McCain
Antiretroviral drugs taken prophylactically protecting against HIV, some doubt about the effects of circumcision, and a blast from the past with John McCainPosted on February 5, 2008 7:20 AM • 16 Comments •
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Science: Addressing Poverty Both Directly and Indirectly
The Council of Science Editors launches its Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human DevelopmentPosted on October 22, 2007 5:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Bush Vetoes Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion
It's time for a few key Republicans to grow a heart and/or some balls and override this veto.Posted on October 3, 2007 2:13 PM • 5 Comments •
House Passes SCHIP Expansion
but not with a veto-proof majority.Posted on September 26, 2007 7:58 AM • 0 Comments •
House and Senate to Vote on Children's Health Insurance Expansion Despite Veto Threat
Congress appears to be on track for another major standoff with President Bush. The Washington Post reports today that the House and Senate have reconciled their differing versions of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP) expansion and...Posted on September 22, 2007 12:23 PM • 1 Comments •
HIV Denialism in South Africa: a Lesson in Complexity
A primer on the HIV denialism of Thabo Mbeki and his government.Posted on September 13, 2007 8:39 AM • 35 Comments •
Bush Administration Bravely Fights the New Communist Threat of Children's Health Insurance
...by placing unreasonable new restrictions on SCHIP.Posted on August 21, 2007 7:50 AM • 3 Comments •
Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion
This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.Posted on August 3, 2007 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •
House Passes CHIP Expansion
despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.Posted on August 2, 2007 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •
Scientific Activism in the News
Drug safety advocate Dr. Steven E. NissenPosted on July 22, 2007 7:44 AM • 0 Comments •
Take Action on CHIP!
Let's get this bill rolling....Posted on July 18, 2007 4:16 PM • 5 Comments •
More on the Bush Administration's Antagonism Toward CHIP
And this administration's amazingly consistent ability to one-up itself.Posted on July 16, 2007 7:35 PM • 1 Comments •
Bush Plans to Veto CHIP Expansion
Tobacco trumps children's health care.Posted on July 15, 2007 12:27 PM • 2 Comments •
And the Saga Continues....
It's YOUR fault that you were being politically suppressed, Mr. Surgeon General!Posted on July 11, 2007 5:37 PM • 2 Comments •
Bush Administration Muzzled Surgeon General
Add one more to the list.Posted on July 11, 2007 9:27 AM • 38 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: A Sun Ray a Day....
Although extended unprotected exposure to the sun damages your skin and eyes, a small daily dose is important for maintaining general health and wellbeingPosted on June 19, 2007 1:41 PM • 10 Comments •
HPV Vaccination in the New England Journal of Medicine
It's a virtual smorgasbord!Posted on May 11, 2007 5:18 PM • 14 Comments •
Texas Mandatory HPV Vaccination Update
The bill overturning mandatory vaccination has passed in both the Texas House and Senate, and it is now awaiting the action of Governor Rick Perry.Posted on April 28, 2007 9:40 AM • 21 Comments •
SCOTUS: Who's Your Daddy?
Paternalism is the word of the day as the Supreme Court slices away at reproductive freedoms.Posted on April 20, 2007 11:55 AM • 2 Comments •
Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy (Revisited)
Based on a report in The Lancet, drug classification schemes need to change. Now.Posted on March 23, 2007 8:38 AM • 7 Comments •
McCain on Condoms for HIV Prevention: ???
Not that HIV/AIDS is an important issue or anything... but it appears that Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hasn't been thinking much--or at all--about HIV prevention. The New York Times blog The Caucus reports that when asked about the subject...Posted on March 17, 2007 10:54 AM • 2 Comments •
Texas House Votes to Overturn Mandatory HPV Vaccination
The Texas House voted today 119-21 to overturn governor Rick Perry's executive order requiring mandatory vaccination against HPV (human papilloma virus) for girls entering the sixth grade. The bill, HB1098, still requires final approval in the House before moving along...Posted on March 13, 2007 4:28 PM • 4 Comments •
Mandatory HPV Vaccination Under Attack in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday
With debate on HB1098 beginning on Tuesday, the Texas House is on the verge of shooting down quite possibly the first progressive thing Rick Perry has done as governor of Texas.Posted on March 11, 2007 8:08 PM • 17 Comments •
Like Governor, Like Health Care Plan
What is big and flashy, capable of generating plenty of press, and claims to be the solution to all (or at least a sizeable chunk) of California's problems?Posted on January 11, 2007 7:43 AM • 1 Comments •
The NHS Improves Still Further by Decreasing Waiting Lists to Record Low
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is a matter of British pride, despite some minor shortcomings. Strong on preventative and routine medical care, the NHS has on the other hand been criticized for its long waiting lists required for more...Posted on January 5, 2007 8:12 PM • 1 Comments •
A Band-Aid for a Broken Health Care System?
When you live in the wealthiest nation in the world but can still claim over 40 million people without health insurance--despite spending more than twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation--you might have a problem....Posted on October 26, 2006 7:08 PM • 4 Comments •
The Power of Coal Is as Evident as Ever in Jeff Goodell's Big Coal
In Big Coal, Jeff Goodell offers an insightful and chilling exposé of the coal industry that leaves the reader shocked by our continued reliance on coal but at a loss for what to do about it.Posted on September 14, 2006 7:45 AM • 3 Comments •
Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy--Drug Reclassification Should Follow
A recent UK government study indicates that the class of a drug has little to do with its actual danger. Another report blasts the government for allowing politics to usurp science in formulating drug policy. Is the UK's drug policy fundamentally flawed, or does it just need a bit of scientific tweaking?Posted on August 1, 2006 11:08 AM • 16 Comments •
No More Aspirin, Please
If Massachusetts were a physician, I'd have mixed feelings about visiting him or her. Sure, Dr. Massachusetts would be persistent and would try to make me feel better, but probably wouldn't do much to treat the underlying causes. Massachusetts would probably be an adept surgeon, but maybe not a great family doctor.Posted on July 25, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Universal Health Care, Duh!
I had a great hassle-free trip to the doctor the other day, and it wasn't because I live in some fantasy world. I live in England.Posted on July 24, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty as a Science Policy Success
One success of science influencing policy in a good way that might not be so obvious was the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which was largely influenced by the work of one scientist, Linus Pauling.Posted on July 4, 2006 9:33 PM • 5 Comments •
