posted 10/19/2012
If it's attention Chicago Sun-Times execs wanted by hiring the celebrity Jenny McCarthy as a columnist and blogger, they certainly got it. Perhaps not the kind they wanted.
posted 10/16/2012
A new study of mosquitoes' end-run around malaria nets should challenge our assumptions about other worthy public health interventions.
posted 10/11/2012
It's great to get a national reporting internship. It's even better when you land an important lead poisoning story on the front page of USA Today - after only a month on the job.
posted 10/04/2012
Missed last night's Presidential debate? Here's a round-up of analysis of what the candidates said about health - and what they didn't say.
posted 10/02/2012
A public relations industry award highlights a Coca Cola campaign that some critics call "sugarwashing."
posted 09/27/2012
If black kids are seeing more alcohol ads than their counterparts, is it any wonder that alcohol is their drug of choice?
posted 09/26/2012
A New York City teen pregnancy prevention program that offered the morning-after birth control pill to high school students didn't seem all that controversial — at least until the New York Post got hold of the story.
posted 09/11/2012
A just-about-ready-for-prime-time interactive atlas from the CDC can be a great resource for your work.
posted 09/04/2012
So, organic food isn't really more nutritious than food grown with pesticides, according to a new study. Wait, what?...
posted 08/28/2012
Why is the indoor tanning industry demonizing physicians and others who warn of tanning's dangers?
Hi, Carolyn, thanks again for the great post! Here's the link to the image, which I found on...