Seattle’s laid-back vibe has been challenged by a murder rate that already equals that of all of 2011. With schools on …
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Ohio School Shooting: Why NIMBY No Longer Applies
In the past week, there have been student shootings at a U.S. high school and an elementary school. Are guns on campus part of the new academic reality?
The Healthland Podcast: Cervical Cancer, Blood-Donation Rules, and Testosterone
This week we discuss cervical cancer, IUDs and the politicized debate over HPV vaccination. We also talk about whether gay men should be allowed to donate blood and why fathering a child depletes testosterone. Listen to this …
A Florida Judge Says It’s O.K. for Pediatricians to Ask About Guns
Gunshot wounds account for one in 25 admissions to pediatric trauma centers in the U.S., which is why Florida pediatricians recoiled when a precedent-setting law went into effect in June, making the state the first in the country …