Viewpoint: Horror story—what happens if RFK, Jr. prevails and most people stop vaccinating?

Viewpoint: Horror story—what happens if RFK, Jr. prevails and most people stop vaccinating?

Before vaccines, death and disability stalked children. Then shots turned once-common infections into something doctors only read about in textbooks ...
Vaccine rejectionist activists got Idaho to ban shot mandates. They’re now targeting the rest of the country

Vaccine rejectionist activists got Idaho to ban shot mandates. They’re now targeting the rest of the country

Audrey Dutton | ProPublica |
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie ...
Deforestation can drive outbreaks as dangerous viruses spread from wildlife to people. Here's how to minimize the threat of spillovers

Deforestation can drive outbreaks as dangerous viruses spread from wildlife to people. Here’s how to minimize the threat of spillovers

Caroline Chen | ProPublica |
Researchers have shown that deforestation can drive outbreaks by bringing people closer to wildlife, which can shed dangerous viruses. Scientists ...
As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.

An ‘unregulated Wild West’: Can regulators get the prenatal testing industry under control?

As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and ...
Syphilis is surging in the US. Here’s why — and why it’s preventable

Syphilis is surging in the US. Here’s why — and why it’s preventable

Caroline Chen | ProPublica |
In the United States, more than 129,800 syphilis cases were recorded in 2019, double the case count of five years ...
How the Chinese government suppressed the real story of the country’s coronavirus catastrophe

How the Chinese government suppressed the real story of the country’s coronavirus catastrophe

The news was spreading quickly that Li Wenliang, a doctor who had warned about a strange new viral outbreak only to be ...
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Video: Here’s how quickly the coronavirus could overwhelm US hospitals

How bad will the coronavirus be for US hospitals? Some experts suggest that 20-60 percent of adults may contract the ...
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Probabalistic genotyping: Controversial new frontier in DNA crime investigations

Lauren Kirchner | ProPublica |
Cybergenetics [is] a private company that makes TrueAllele, a “probabilistic genotyping” software program[, which developers say can] remove human bias from ...

Woman diagnoses own rare muscle disease, links mutation to Olympic medalist

David Epstein | ProPublica |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, I ...