Harpocrates Speaks

Earlier this month, commuters in the San Francisco area were warned that they may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease measles...

In the United States, every school maintains records on the immunization status of its students. Which students are fully vaccinated? Which ...

Imagine, for a moment, that a device existed that could recreate just about any experience a person could have. Not like a television, video...

In the United States, every state has some manner of requirements for immunizations before children are allowed to attend schools or day car...

Anti-vaccine activists have a love-hate relationship with medical providers, be they nurses, doctors, pharmacists, whatever. They love to ha...

An unusually warm winter evening. Mid-January, no snow on the ground and the sky overcast, with the light nearly gone and nigh setting in. O...

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Over the past couple of years, and especially this year, there has been an incre...

Back on December 4, award-winning journalist Katie Couric aired a mindnumbingly bad episode of her show Katie . Throwing her credibility and...

Last week, Katie Couric, award wining reporter and host of her own talk show, Katie , threw journalistic ethics to the wind . She hosted a s...

The blogosphere, Twitter, even mainstream news outlets have been abuzz about a recent episode of Katie Couric's show Katie . The episod...