Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio
"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...
"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...
Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Parents born after 1970 don't know about these diseases first hand. They have the luxury of protection and ignorance: they grew up with vaccines and without pandemics.
Causecast | Erica Liepmann | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact
Featuring the New York Philharmonic and world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Concert to End Polio in New York City aims to eradicate polio globally.
Matt Bivens | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics
$300 million could eradicate smallpox, history's greatest killer of humans -- yet the same sum wouldn't cover the bonus pool for the executives of the insurance company AIG after its great meltdown.
Sam Leff | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
The fact that the medical industrial complex suppressed the cure for stomach ulcers for nearly 15 years raises crucial questions about trusting a system which demonstrably favors corporate profits over patient health.
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
Taliban militants in Pakistan's northern Swat Valley region are preventing UN officials from administering the Polio vaccine to hundreds of thousands ...
Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living
If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
By Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin There has been a lot of commentary--mostly negative--about the speech Sarah Palin gave Friday, October 24, in P...
Pam Atherton | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home
Watching the debate, I had the sudden understanding of what people have been saying about McCain. He's 72. The oldest man to run for president. There are some things we need to talk about.
Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York