AltWeeklies Wire
Bed Bugs & Beyondnew
An outbreak of paranoia (and lint) sweeps New York City.
The Village Voice |
Mara Altman |
12-14-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Death by Dustnew
There is a frightening link between the 9/11 toxic cloud and cancer.
The Village Voice |
Kristen Lombardi |
11-30-2006 |
Science
The HIV Watchersnew
Aspects of a bill proposed by New York's Department of Health meet stiff resistance.
The Village Voice |
Aina Hunter |
04-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Mercury in Fish? Baloney!new
Lobbyist Rick Berman tells pregnant women to eat more tuna.
The Village Voice |
Aina Hunter |
01-19-2006 |
Science
Design for Livingnew
Theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind weighs in on a hot-button topic.
The Village Voice |
Geeta Dayal |
01-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: design, intelligent
Portrait of a Cutternew
Inside Bedford Hills prison, women swallow pins and slice their arms, relying on self-mutilation to release their anxiety.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
10-05-2005 |
Science
FDA Hot on Implants, Cold on Contraceptionnew
Even as Bush's FDA moves forward on giving women a choice of breast implant types, the agency stalls on allowing the purchase of the morning-after pill without a prescription.
The Village Voice |
Emily Weinstein |
08-16-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Advocates of Curative Cannabis Don't Back Downnew
Monday's Supreme Court ruling against medical marijuana left proponents looking for other ways to promote their cause.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
06-10-2005 |
Science
Doing a First Breast and Pelvic Examnew
A second-year medical student learns how to do a breast and pelvic exam from the professionally trained woman he's examining.
The Village Voice |
Jules Lipoff |
04-20-2005 |
Science
Terri Schiavo: Judicial Murdernew
For all the world to see, a 41-year-old woman who has committed no crime, will die of dehydration and starvation in the longest public execution in American history.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-29-2005 |
Science
Medical Marijuana Keeps On Rollingnew
Pot for patients may run into trouble with the Supreme Court, but the issue is gaining in popularity in New York State.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
12-08-2004 |
Science
Technology, Powered by Passion, Makes the Resistance So Coolnew
A loose network of tech-savvy activists has been working a long time to construct intriguingly bizarre electronic contraptions for creative resistance on the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
The Village Voice |
Geeta Dayal |
08-30-2004 |
Science
Young and Broke with No Insurancenew
A college education was supposed to rescue young people from the tribulations of the underclass, yet they find themselves lined up in emergency rooms, seeking health care. Of the 43.6 million uninsured adults in the U.S., 41 percent are young.
The Village Voice |
Solana Pyne |
07-20-2004 |
Science
