Health and Disease

Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked! Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked!

Six years after Kip Kinkel, dosed up with Prozac, killed his parents and two students at Thurston High, in Oregon; five years after Eric Harris, dosed with Luvox, embarked on his...

Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception

Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Coverage for No One Coverage for No One

My patient John Elias, with a fixed income from Social Security and a small pension, is a perfect candidate for prescription drug coverage.

Dec 24, 2003 / Dr. Marc Siegel

Trouble in Prozac Nation Trouble in Prozac Nation

Correction: Editorial tightening created the impression that two drug studies, by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, were one study by Pfizer. We regret the error.

Dec 18, 2003 / Richard DeGrandpre

The AIDS Challenge The AIDS Challenge

This World AIDS Day we were greeted by new, more accurate data from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming the astonishing scope of the global epidemic: Some 40 million a...

Dec 4, 2003 / The Editors

Killing Medicare Killing Medicare

The Medicare "reform" legislation just passed by Congress sends the program on a path to destruction.

Nov 26, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman

The MTA, Bus Depots and Race The MTA, Bus Depots and Race

Bus depots are one of many environmental culprits that contribute to health problems in poor communities of color.

Oct 17, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Dying for AIDS Drugs Dying for AIDS Drugs

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Oct 16, 2003 / Esther Kaplan

Bush’s AIDS Test Bush’s AIDS Test

Click here to read more by Naomi Klein.

Oct 9, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein

Privatizing Medicare Privatizing Medicare

The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program o...

Jun 19, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman

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