“At the behest of CIA officials, Afridi reportedly launched a fake polio vaccination campaign in Abbottabad last year, using it as a front to gather DNA samples from people thought to be relatives of the elusive Osama Bin Laden. This elaborate scheme would later contribute to the frenetic manhunt for and subsequent assassination of theContinueContinue reading “You’re not helping: seriously, CIA, we have enough problems convincing people to get vaccines, polio and otherwise”
Category Archives: Global health
Fake drugs for all!
“Most Americans don’t question the integrity of the drugs they rely on. They view drug counterfeiting, if they are aware of it at all, as a problem for developing countries. But the latest incident, which follows the appearance of other fake drugs in the U.S.—including counterfeits of the weight-loss treatment Alli and the influenza treatmentContinueContinue reading “Fake drugs for all!”
If it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stronger (I)
Gonorrhea increasingly drug-resistant (use drugs right; be careful) Further comment, offering caution about freaking out. Dr. Weil on household disinfectants (use less)
World Cancer Day: PP & SGK
This seems like as good a day as any to write about the PP/Komen controversy (Komtroversy?). And it seems like a reasonable place to start is agenda-setting theory, riffing on Michael Reich’s riff on Kingdon’s agenda-setting streams. My basic understanding is this as follows. Kingdon identifies three agenda-setting streams: problems, policy, and politics. The political streamContinueContinue reading “World Cancer Day: PP & SGK”
Heather E. Lanthorn 