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Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 5:25 PM UTC

No soda for food stamps?

Influential food writer Mark Bittman thinks SNAP beneficiaries should be cut off from sugary drinks

Alex Halperin 64 Topics: Consumerism, Food, Mark Bittman, Obesity, Health, public health, Poverty

Monday, Dec 3, 2012 6:44 PM UTC

“Condom ambulance” coming to a campus near you

A college sophomore's condom delivery start-up wants to make safe sex cool -- and convenient

Katie Mcdonough Topics: Sex, safe sex, public health, reproductive health, stds, Sex Education, Abstinence

Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 11:00 AM UTC

“Fever Season”: Revelations of a plague year

A history of Memphis's yellow fever epidemic shows that heroes (and cowards) are where we least expect them

Laura Miller Topics: public health, Disease, Editor's Picks, History, What to Read, American History, Yellow fever

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 10:34 PM UTC

“The Waiting Room”: Welcome to Romneycare 2.0

A saga of desperation, tragedy and unexpected heroism, this riveting documentary spends 24 hours in a public E.R.

Andrew O'Hehir Topics: Health Care, healthcare, Our Picks: Movies, Our Picks, Documentaries, Health, Movies, public health

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 6:47 AM UTC

NYC big-soda crackdown plan goes to vote Thursday

The city's Board of Health will vote on Bloomberg's controversial proposal [UPDATED]

David B. Caruso, Associated Press Topics: From the Wires, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York, public health

Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 5:26 PM UTC

Rick Scott’s true TB blunder

The Florida governor's rejection of Medicaid funds could prove more dangerous than his closure of a TB hospital

Kent Sepkowitz 30 Topics: Rick Scott, Florida, public health, Medicaid

Friday, Jul 6, 2012 6:55 PM UTC

Cambodia’s mystery disease

Sixty-four Cambodian children are dead as WHO and government authorities scramble to determine the cause

Faine Greenwood, GlobalPost Topics: Health, Asia, Disease, public health, Children

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