Health and Disease

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

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

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