Health and Disease

Isolated Cases of Reason at Fox Are Unlikely to Become Epidemic

Isolated Cases of Reason at Fox Are Unlikely to Become Epidemic Isolated Cases of Reason at Fox Are Unlikely to Become Epidemic

Still, you should probably quarantine yourself to other news networks.

Oct 22, 2014 / Leslie Savan

The Ebola Crisis Has Revealed Just How Unequal Our Healthcare System Is

The Ebola Crisis Has Revealed Just How Unequal Our Healthcare System Is The Ebola Crisis Has Revealed Just How Unequal Our Healthcare System Is

The first Ebola patient to die in America was a victim of a biased healthcare system.

Oct 21, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Brain Cancer Cases Shot Up in This Florida Town—Is a Defense Contractor to Blame?

Brain Cancer Cases Shot Up in This Florida Town—Is a Defense Contractor to Blame? Brain Cancer Cases Shot Up in This Florida Town—Is a Defense Contractor to Blame?

For years, radioactive waste has seeped into swampland, canals—even drinking water. Now a few families are fighting to hold the polluters accountable.

Oct 14, 2014 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.

How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse. How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.

This is not a time to panic. It is a time to get things right.

Oct 13, 2014 / John Nichols

If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying

If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying

Some airport workers have not been trained on handling exposures which could put them at risk of Ebola, hepatitis B and HIV infection.

Oct 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t

Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t

How the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild.

Oct 10, 2014 / Annie Sparrow

Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid?

Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid? Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid?

A Republican Senator criticized Obama’s plan because it “focuses on Africa.”

Oct 9, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

How the World Let the Ebola Epidemic Spiral Out of Control

How the World Let the Ebola Epidemic Spiral Out of Control How the World Let the Ebola Epidemic Spiral Out of Control

A swift international response could have contained the outbreak.

Oct 8, 2014 / The Editors

What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease

What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease

While the Obama administration used cancer metaphors to sell a war, it ignored the spread of a real disease.

Oct 8, 2014 / Column / Richard Kim

Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis?

Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis? Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis?

Few would oppose a robust US response to Ebola, but the Obama administration's deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia comes amid a broader US-led militarization in West Africa.

Sep 25, 2014 / Joeva Rock and Foreign Policy In Focus

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