the whole child

U.S. children are not well

A new report released by UNICEF ranks the U.S. 20th out of 21 industrialized countries in what they term "children's well-being." Only the U.K. lagged behind.

The Vaccine Dilemma

Raggedy Ann, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the ethics of vaccine policy. What's the connection?

Follow-up on NYT Supplement Article: "oops"

Interesting correction published in today's NYT Science section - turns out the statistics used to highlight adverse reactions to supplements were misinterpreted. For my original post on this issue, click here.