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Category Archives: Health

‘HIV Cure’, not

Recently a sensationalized story involving a potential “cure” for the HIV virus has been making the rounds in the news. As I’ve usually found with science reporting in the mainstream media, the truth is somewhat less groundbreaking than was reported.
The case cited in the article is that of an American man in Berlin, Germany. [...]

Posted 01 December 2008 § Skepticism ‡ Comments ° Tagged: , ,

Rotavirus Vaccination Success

Another blow against the anti-vaccination crowd. A post on MedPage today, reviewed by Robert Jasmer MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, quotes:
The vaccine has markedly reduced hospital and emergency room visits, medical costs, and the number of cases of disease caused by rotavirus…
…There’s also evidence that the [...]

Posted 27 October 2008 § Skepticism ‡ Comments ° Tagged: , ,

More Anti-Vaccination Insanity

A recent article in the Daily Record posts some alarming figures:
In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported measles cases had spiked; 131 cases were reported nationwide for the first seven months of the year, compared with an average of 63 cases per year since 2000.
Of the infected, 91 percent were unvaccinated, most [...]

Posted 23 October 2008 § Skepticism ‡ Comments ° Tagged: ,