Public Health

“Ticks Creep Into Canada, Bringing Lyme Disease (and Confusion) With Them”

“This all makes for a muddy diagnostic regimen even in regions with a long history of Lyme, but with Canada’s exposure still comparatively new, many doctors may not even suspect Lyme in an ailing…

“Cheese Powder and Other Hobgoblins: A Double Standard in Risk Reporting”

“Moreover, when the story provides a link to the “study,” you are taken not to the research itself but to a summary written by an advocacy group, the Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging…

“There is no such thing as “free” vaccines: Why we rejected Pfizer’s donation offer of pneumonia vaccines.”

“Free is not always better. Donations often involve numerous conditions and strings attached, including restrictions on which patient populations…

“OxyContin goes global — “We’re only just getting started””

“In this global drive, the companies, known as Mundipharma, are using some of the same controversial marketing practices that made OxyContin a pharmaceutical blockbuster in the U.S.

In Brazil, China…

“New smartphone app would track spread of Ebola”

“The app, called Node, monitors location patterns (e.g. where people are and where they go), habits (e.g. walking, sleeping), and resource needs (e.g. hand sanitizers or gloves) to help people find care, improve the monitoring of disease, and…