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Monthly Archives: October 2001
Do Drug Patents Present a Major Obstacle to AIDS Treatment in Africa?
For the past several years AIDS activists have charged that patents on HIV antivirals has significantly harmed the ability of African nations to respond to the AIDS crisis. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, … Continue reading
How Many People Will Die from Mad Cow Disease?
Aalthough initial predictions suggested that tens of thousands of people would die from variant Cretuzfeldt-Jakob disease (Mad Cow Disease), so far the number of new cases and deaths have been extremely small. Now, a new study suggests that in the … Continue reading
If John Edward is Psychic, Why Didn’t He See This Coming?
I’m not sure why, but John Edward, the psychic featured on the SciFi channel’s “Crossing Over with John Edward” is someone who I can’t watch without experiencing intense feelings of disgust. So I was not surprised at all when his … Continue reading
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Was Rotavirus Vaccine Prematurely Recalled?
In 1998 Wyeth Laboratories introduced Rotashield, a vaccine against the common rotavirus, whose main symptoms are severe, sometimes fatal diarrhea. An estimated 600,000 to 800,000 infants around the world die annually from rotavirus-related complications. A rotavirus vaccine would be an … Continue reading
Are UFOs Afraid of Foot and Mouth Disease?
There was a brief item on the BBC web site at the end of August which deserves mention before I forget about it. As some of you may be aware, for the last year Great Britain has been reeling from … Continue reading
Landfill Study Was Pure Garbage
When the British Medical Journal published as study claiming to find a linnk between birth defects and living near landfills, the BBC quoted anti-landfill activist Natalie Medlicott as saying, “It shows taht we were right all along.” In reality the … Continue reading
NBC’s Dishonest Coverage of Glacier National Park
In early September, NBC ran an intriguingGlobal Warming story. According to the story, the temperature in Glacier National Park had risen over the last century to the point where the famous glaciers were melting. Thanks to humanity’s impact on climate, … Continue reading
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