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Medicine
October 6, 2015
Jia-Chen Fu
The Secret Maoist Chinese Operation That Conquered Malaria—and Won a Nobel
August 13, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
The Most Common Childbirth Practice in America Is Unnecessary and Dangerous
Why do doctors and patients insist on using electronic fetal monitoring?
July 30, 2015
The New Republic
The Long March Toward Medicare
July 23, 2015
Jen Gunter
The Many Manipulations of the Planned Parenthood Attack Videos
An OB/GYN explains how medically incorrect language is used to distort the facts
July 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Christian Case for Vaccinating Children
May 28, 2015
Dr. Sushrut Jangi
The Nutrition Gap
In America, where the pharmaceutical industry is king, many doctors dismiss nutritional therapies as quack medicine. But many patients disagree, and they're taking matters into their own hands—sometimes to the detriment of their health.
April 29, 2015
David B. Waisel, Paul Litton
Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
April 20, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
The World's Medical Supply Chain Is Riddled With Counterfeit Drugs
March 24, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
South Koreans Are Obsessed With Plastic Surgery, But Are Americans Any Better?
March 2, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
Faith-Healer Parents Who Let Their Child Die Should Go to Jail
February 7, 2015
Peter Manseau
The Puritans Were America's First Anti-Vaxxers
February 6, 2015
Tony Yang
Mississippi Hasn’t Had Measles in Over Two Decades
February 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
If Anti-Vaxxers Want a Revolution, They Just Might Get One
February 3, 2015
Cristian Farias
Yes, the Government Can Make You Vaccinate Your Child
The courts agree: It's not a violation of your constitutional rights
January 28, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Don't Blame Anti-Vaxxers for the Measles Outbreak. Blame American Culture.
January 21, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
A Little Girl Died Because Canada Chose Cultural Sensitivity Over Western Medicine
November 17, 2014
Elaine Teng
Poll: Americans Think Ebola Is a Bigger Health Problem Than Cancer and Obesity
November 16, 2014
Elaine Teng
The U.S. Government Should Stop Discriminating Against Gay Blood Donors—and Start Imitating Mexico
October 30, 2014
Alice Robb
Study: Genes, Not Just Medical Care, Affect Ebola Outcomes
October 30, 2014
Armand Sprecher
The Media's Overreaction to Ebola Is Sending a Chill Through My Coworkers at Doctors Without Borders

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