Health and Disease

Virginity or Death! Virginity or Death!

Is the threat of cervical cancer at age 60 really keeping teenage girls virgins?

May 12, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Dr. Hager’s Family Values Dr. Hager’s Family Values

Should Dr. David Hager be advising President Bush on women's health?

May 12, 2005 / Feature / Ayelish McGarvey

Backward Christian Soldiers Backward Christian Soldiers

Maybe, just maybe, the religious right and its Republican friends have finally gone too far with the Terri Schiavo case.

Mar 31, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Death, Depression and Prozac Death, Depression and Prozac

Jeff Weise, teen slayer of ten, including himself, at the Red Lake Indian reservation in northern Minnesota, was on Prozac, prescribed by some doc.

Mar 31, 2005 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon… Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon…

Who Made a Neurological Diagnosis of Terri Schiavo After Watching a Video of Her, Reports on a Physical Examination He's Done of Jeb Bush, His Potential Rival for the 2008 Rep...

Mar 31, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Schiavo Hypocrites The Schiavo Hypocrites

With their handling of the heart-wrenching Terri Schiavo case, George W. Bush and his Republican allies in tragedy exploitation were awash in the currency of Washington: hypocris...

Mar 24, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors

Dirty Politics, Foul Air Dirty Politics, Foul Air

At Pittsburgh's Jefferson Elementary School, which overlooks the dark gray plumes from two electric power plants, there are so many children with asthma the school nurse alphabet...

Feb 24, 2005 / Editorial / Rebecca Clarren

Cancer, Chemicals and History Cancer, Chemicals and History

Companies try to discredit the experts.

Jan 20, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Falluja’s Health Damage Falluja’s Health Damage

Afif Sarhan, an Iraqi physician and journalist, contributed reporting for this article.

Nov 24, 2004 / Editorial / Miles Schuman

Vaccine Poker Vaccine Poker

With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won't be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination,...

Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel

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