Witch Doctor Shunichi Yamashita to Head Fukushima Health Study

Update: Shunichi Yamashita below. There is much covered in this thirty minute report from Democracy Now, too much in fact for me to start pi...

Preventing disasters and emergencies at home

Whether you live in a sprawling mansion or a one-room studio, Dorothy said it best, “there’s no place like home.” Homes are places of securi...

Influenza update

The June 3 MMWR summarized influenza activity in the US for the 2010-11 season. The report also included FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biolog...

Hackgate: Powerful Forces at Work

This report from the register leads with Kate Middleton, blah blah, but what piqued my interest was this little gem concerning our new war c...

Worried about E. coli and other foodborne illness?

US CDC’s Vital Signs for June focuses on foodborne illness. Each year, roughly 1 in 6 people in the US gets sick from eating contaminated...

Health tips for pregnant women dealing with diabetes

We all know that the condition of pregnancy can be difficult for any women but it can be more challenging if the woman has Diabetes. So if a...

God Bless The Louisiana Department of Corrections

US inmates' 40 years in solitary must end: Amnesty LONDON — Two US prisoners who have been held in solitary confinement for nearly 40 ye...

Texas Governor Rick Perry - Only in America

I was tempted to make the header, ''Only in Texas'' but I have featured such a story before, only that particular piece of n...

US To Remain In Iraq by Proxy (Or Otherwise)

That's the trouble when you're stuck between a clusterfuck and a hard place. One hardly needs a crystal ball to foresee the whole co...