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Teddy Kennedy, RIP
crossposted from BNN There is a lot of nonsense being written by all sorts about the late Senator Teddy Kennedy, but as a Senator, he was a hard worker for his constituents. Yes, I know. Kennedy didn’t do such things pe… -
Government health care rationing "as she is practiced"
I might have posted this earlier. again it is from BNN. but it is a companion article to the one I just posted below, and shows the contrast on how the Indian Health service actually limits care while protecting the rig… -
Maternal Health in Africa
the New York Times had an article about maternal deaths in Kenya, and the multiple problems faced to stop these unnecessary deaths. I was not shocked, because I had worked with all these problem when I worked in Africa.… -
Lead in Washington DC water covered up
crossposted from BNN There’s a very serious scandal going on in Washington D.C., concerning the cover-up of the problem of lead in that city’s water. Apparently, someone decided to get rid of Chlorine to disinfect the w… -
Mercury in Junk Food?
cross posted from BNN There is a breaking story about small amounts of Mercury being found in high fructose corn syrup, which is used as a sweetener in a lot of junk food. The frustrating part of the story is that there… -
Al Qaeda, the Plague, and Killer Prairie Dogs
cross posted BNN. There are scattered reports that the dreaded Bubonic plague has killed 40 Al Qaeda members hiding in rural Algeria. The new epidemic began in the cave hideouts of AQLIM in Tizi Ouzou province, 150km ea… -
Hold the honey, Honey, and don't use that plastic spoon
this is another on the melamine/tainted products from China series, crossposted from BNN. The United States is considering banning imported honey from China because it is contaminated with the antibiotic Chloramphenicol… -
Ebola in Philippine pigs?
again this is crossposted from BNN. Since I wrote it, the UN and US have been investigating, but no follow up stories in the press, and no rumors of deaths in people (and the outbreak is in our area of the Philippines, s… -
Cholera in Zimbabwe
here are two articles I wrote for BNN in December about cholera in Zimbabwe. We had small outbreaks when I worked there, usually from bad water in villages or small towns. This "disaster" is because the water system hasn… -
The Melamine trail leads to chocolate, and fish
cross posted from BNN: The list of food contaminated by melamine that originated from China keeps getting longer. The New England Journal of Medicine calls the presence of melamine in food a major public health produc…
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Fort Hood Shooting
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