Health and Disease

Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon… Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon…

Who Made a Neurological Diagnosis of Terri Schiavo After Watching a Video of Her, Reports on a Physical Examination He's Done of Jeb Bush, His Potential Rival for the 2008 Rep...

Mar 31, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Schiavo Hypocrites The Schiavo Hypocrites

With their handling of the heart-wrenching Terri Schiavo case, George W. Bush and his Republican allies in tragedy exploitation were awash in the currency of Washington: hypocris...

Mar 24, 2005 / The Editors

Dirty Politics, Foul Air Dirty Politics, Foul Air

At Pittsburgh's Jefferson Elementary School, which overlooks the dark gray plumes from two electric power plants, there are so many children with asthma the school nurse alphabet...

Feb 24, 2005 / Rebecca Clarren

Cancer, Chemicals and History Cancer, Chemicals and History

Companies try to discredit the experts.

Jan 20, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Falluja’s Health Damage Falluja’s Health Damage

Afif Sarhan, an Iraqi physician and journalist, contributed reporting for this article.

Nov 24, 2004 / Miles Schuman

Vaccine Poker Vaccine Poker

With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won't be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination,...

Oct 14, 2004 / Dr. Marc Siegel

Dealing the Drug Cards Dealing the Drug Cards

This article represents Trudy Lieberman's personal views, not those of Consumers Union.

Jun 3, 2004 / Trudy Lieberman

Bhopal’s Legacy Bhopal’s Legacy

Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was...

May 6, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard

Educating Senator Frist Educating Senator Frist

George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.

Apr 15, 2004 / Paul Brodeur

Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma

When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.

Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors

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