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Does the Flu Vaccination Policy at Children’s Hospital Violate Employees' Rights?new

Gillian Kirkpatrick thinks the hospital’s new flu vaccination policy goes too far. The policy requires that all staff either get a shot for H1N1 and seasonal flu or don the badge and mask. It violates her privacy, she says. And parents have been giving her uneasy looks.

San Diego CityBeat | Peter Holslin | 01-13-2010 | Science

Tags: H1N1, Nicole Kennedy, Rady Children's Hospital, vaccines

New Report from Human-Rights Group Yields Another Reason to Stop Smokingnew

The Plan International report interviewed 44 Malawian teens about their experiences working full-time on tobacco farms. The kids described work that's too difficult for people their size, 12-hour days (at the least) with few breaks and average pay of 18 cents a day. They also reported being hit, tormented and raped by supervisors.

San Diego CityBeat | Editorial | 08-26-2009 | Science

Tags: Malawi, Plan International, business, human rights, tobacco

A San Diego Man Casts a Growing Problem in a Whole New Lightnew

Ken Weisler, one of 30 million men in the U.S. who have experienced erectile dysfunction, started Save a Stiffy to raise money for researching non-pharmaceutical cures.

San Diego CityBeat | AnnaMaria Stephens | 04-01-2009 | Science

Tags: erectile dysfunction, Ken Weisler, Save a Stiffy

How a Major Dig Went Off Before the Border Fence Destroyed Everythingnew

During the past year, archaeologists have been digging like mad to preserve one of the last remaining ancient Indian village sites in coastal Southern California.

San Diego CityBeat | Gayle Early | 03-18-2009 | Science

Tags: Southern California, border fence, archaeology, Laguna Indians, Therese Muranaka

Is There a Cancer Cluster at UC San Diego?new

An elevator in literature building is cited as a potential cause; faculty wants more action from administration.

San Diego CityBeat | Amanda Ripley | 02-20-2009 | Science

Tags: cancer, health, cancer cluster, University of California-San Diego

Medicare: One Doc's Opinionnew

Ted Mazer, an ear-nose-and-throat guy who has been involved in the Medicare fight for seven years, takes on a national problem.

San Diego CityBeat | David Rollan | 07-02-2008 | Science

Tags: Congress, health care, Medicare, Health & Science, Ted Mazer

24-hour Party Crashersnew

Inside a San Diego State institute's landmark study of college-drinking bashes.

San Diego CityBeat | David Silva | 02-20-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

San Diego Needle Exchange Tries to Stay Low-Keynew

Though the program has the support of the mayor and a majority of City Council members, and though it's causing the police no grief, and though the state Department of Pubic Health's Office of AIDS recently allocated funding for the city to expand its program, some vocal opponents remain imposing forces.

San Diego CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 01-02-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

A New Generation Copes With Breast Cancernew

Among women ages 15 to 54, breast cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and it's estimated that one in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in her life. If those were your chances of winning the lottery, your heart would be racing with excitement.

San Diego CityBeat | AnnaMaria Stephens | 10-31-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Hopeful News for Schizophrenicsnew

An experimental drug from Eli Lilly so far has shown that it can ease symptoms of schizophrenia without the serious side effects associated with Thorazine and Zyprexa.

San Diego CityBeat | Staff | 09-05-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science