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Maia Szalavitz
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May 1, 2015
The Drug That’s Infecting Indiana
Leigh Cowart
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Needle Exchanges Don’t Send The Wrong Message About Drugs — They Send Exactly The Right One
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Mar 5, 2015
How is Polio Still a Thing?
We’re so close to eradicating it, but here’s the block: Superstition…
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Leigh Cowart
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Feb 26, 2015
And You Thought Measles Was Bad
Meet whooping cough: highly contagious, especially fatal to infants……
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Leigh Cowart
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Feb 19, 2015
Is Scurvy The New Diabetes?
It’s horrible, deadly — and insanely easy to fix. But America’s food…
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Naomi
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Feb 11, 2015
There’s No Morality in Exercise: I’m a Fat Person and Made a Successful Fitness App
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Leigh Cowart
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Feb 11, 2015
Measles Is Just The Beginning
We treat it like a pest, but it’s one of humanity’s oldest, nastiest…
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Elizabeth Weil
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Feb 2, 2015
What Really Happened to Baby Johan?
Everyone tells a different story about the death of…
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Virginia Hughes
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Jan 26, 2015
Wake No More
What if you could sleep 50 hours yet never feel awake? Welcome to the bizarre…
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Luke Malone
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Aug 10, 2014
You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?
There’s no helpline…
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Matter
Jan 13, 2014
Could This Man Hold the Secret to Human Regeneration?
Michael Levin wants to help people regrow lost…
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