An awful lot of people I know, including day care center operators and anxious parents have small plunger-bottles of anti-bacterial soap on prominent display — in bathrooms, guest bathrooms, on … [Keep reading >>]

A new UCS [Union of Concerned Scientists] report reveals that global warming threatens public health and increases health care costs by exacerbating ground-level ozone—the primary component of smog. Climate Change and Your … [Keep reading >>]

After a scary long period in Europe, and the loss of millions of dollars worth of fresh vegetables, it looks pretty certain that the e-coli deaths came from sprouts at … [Keep reading >>]

Krugman on the shameless name games of the Republican Party.

 
…the G.O.P. plan simply reforms Medicare rather than ending it. I’ll just quote the blogger Duncan Black, who summarizes this … [Keep reading >>]

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies cell phones as a possible carcinogen in the same category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

A team of 31 scientists … [Keep reading >>]

From the NY Times series on Doctors:  As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do their Politics — Gardiner Harris.
With Republicans in complete control of Maine’s state government for the first time … [Keep reading >>]

Whew!  Is the great beast awakening?  The silly kids have been poking it with the stick of radical inequality for a year or more, now.

 
In central Florida, a Congressional town … [Keep reading >>]

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From California Watch this explanation of what is going wrong with decision making in the country…
 
Researchers at the University of Southern California found that short-term exposure to traffic pollution causes … [Keep reading >>]

Update: This event is now sold out. If you have a ticket, please arrive early. Doors open at 6:15.

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Like most of you, I presume, I take to the internet when some unseasonal ache attacks me. What is this? Who knew there was a muscle there? … [Keep reading >>]

…beyond reducing smoking further, the single best strategy for extending American lives would appear to be extending universal health-insurance coverage below the age of 65.

From the National Academy of Sciences, and … [Keep reading >>]