AltWeeklies Wire
No Fix for a Sick Systemnew
Schwarzenegger vetoes a bill that would have created single-payer health insurance throughout California.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Perry Crowe |
09-08-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Expensive Carenew
How do you run up a $17,000 hospital tab without actually being sick?
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
08-30-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Mission of Mercynew
Marcella Ruch and an army of volunteers throw a rope to the uninsured.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kathryn Eastburn |
08-29-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Last Gaspnew
Ground Zero volunteers suffer in silence as the clock ticks on their health.
New York Press |
Sushil Cheema |
08-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
More Than Meets the Eyenew
We speak with the creators of iBraille.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
08-23-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The White Coat Clubnew
Women complain that doctors get away with pretty much anything.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-22-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Out of Focusnew
A shift in AIDS funding from services to drugs threatens poor patients.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-22-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Poison Kidsnew
Sherwin-Williams knew for decades that its paint was toxic -- Cleveland kids now pay the price.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
08-21-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Merging onto the Hydrogen Highwaynew
Bush and Schwarzenegger are behind this emerging new energy source, but is it the fuel of the future?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jonathan Frochtzwajg |
08-18-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Indiana: 'The Middle East of Biofuels'new
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has announced a strategic energy plan that aims to replace imported energy sources with homegrown fuels.
Tags: Health & Science
Club Pot Mednew
Washington state's vague medical marijuana law has pushed supply underground, gotten patients busted, and confused the heck out of area lawmen.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
08-16-2006 |
Science
Alone in Autismnew
While researchers struggle to find out why as many as one out of 166 children develop autism, parents and their kids struggle to cope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
08-10-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Kindest Cutnew
Richard Berger used his engineering background to develop an ingenious improvement in joint replacement.
Chicago Reader |
Burt Michaels |
08-07-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Pot Shotsnew
The DEA and county officials close medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego, and say the raids are a "warning."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
08-04-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
So Far to Gonew
July marked the 25th anniversary of the first newspaper reports on AIDS -- what have we learned?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lewis Whittington |
08-01-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
