On March 11, American Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians. Amidst the media buzz, reporters, psychiatrists, and even Bales’s lawyer, wonder
Year: 2012
This week, the American Public Health Association (APHA) observes National Public Health Week (NPHW). Since 1995, communities around the country have celebrated NPHW each April
Zimbabwe’s water and wastewater infrastructure is in a serious form of disrepair, requiring immediate maintenance if outbreaks of waterborne illnesses such as cholera and
Egypt, a country that has seen significant change and upheaval in the past year, is now experiencing a severe outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
In his essay, “We, the Web Kids,” Polish poet and pundit Piotr Czerski writes: “We don’t use the Internet…we live on the Internet and along
We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since
Every year on March 24, the Stop TB Partnership encourages us to observe World TB Day, a day designed to raise awareness and knowledge of
A bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Senate and awaiting approval in the House would take steps at bringing HIV testing policy in Massachusetts into
A new type of rabies was discovered this week by scientists at the University of Glasgow and the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).
I wager that last week, your twitter feed was dominated by tweets tagged #StopKony or #Kony2012. If you don’t use twitter, perhaps Kony bombarded you