How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits
Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are increasingly being wrongly diagnosed by the military, which prevents them from collecting benefits.
Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors
Who’s Afraid of Gardasil? Who’s Afraid of Gardasil?
A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.
Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Dying for a Home Dying for a Home
The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.
Feb 14, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Spake
A Burnt-Out Case A Burnt-Out Case
A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Neal Pollack
The False Bird Flu Scare The False Bird Flu Scare
The United States has fueled a worldwide overreaction to the threat of a bird flu pandemic, putting AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other crucial global health programs at risk.
May 18, 2006 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Don’t Blame Environmentalists for Malaria Don’t Blame Environmentalists for Malaria
Tina Rosenberg is wrong to argue in the New York Times that environmentalists who fought to limit the use of DDT have contributed to the worldwide spread of malaria.
Mar 31, 2006 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Avian Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Avian Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Large factory farms, not migratory birds, are now seen as breeding grounds for the avian flu virus. Donald Rumsfeld is getting rich off his investment in Tamiflu. Can this pandemic...
Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Government’s the Problem Government’s the Problem
Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.
Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Eating Ourselves to Death Eating Ourselves to Death
The toxic food industry is fueling a preventable epidemic of diabetes. Most vulnerable are poor children, barraged with ads urging them to eat the sugar and grease-laden food that ...
Jan 23, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman