Aetiology

Aetiology has been nominated for a Koufax Award for Best new blog. First, if you're stopping by via that link, welcome, and thanks for...

Well, it looks like it's official, so I might as well spill the beans. Seed Magazine has launched a new feature, Science blogs , and A...

Okay, one more quick post. I've talked quite a bit on here (and over on Panda's Thumb) about the importance of surveillance, and how...

Had a sick kid yesterday and am swamped today, so if you're jonesing for some good science reads, head over to Clinical Cases and Images...

I've been meaning to write something up about this for awhile, but keep forgetting. Anyhoo, because my own dog is currently ill and it...

South Africa has been a hotbed of AIDS denial, ever since President Thabo Mbeki invited noted HIV denialist Peter Duesberg and other HIV-de...

Rotavirus, a member of the reovirus family, is one of the world’s leading causes of childhood death. This virus causes acute gastroenteriti...

Just in case you're not getting enough of everyone's favorite "mad scientist," today over at DailyKos, DarkSyde's publ...

Microbial ecology, and its relation to the development of infectious disease, is an ever-growing field of study. Of course, there are a vast...

Voting's open at Medagadget.com: you can go here to vote. Aetiology is up for best new blog and best clinical blog . I don't hav...

Over my "vacation" (which unfortunately ended up being more work than play), I was at a dinner with two of my best friends from th...

I love heading home and seeing family, but man, does it get exhausting. I'm ready for a vacation from my "vacation" now (in s...

...is up a The Health Care blog . Still mostly out of internet contact for a few more days, so check out the best of 2005 over there!

NHANES is an abbreviation that's quite familiar to epidemiologists of all stripes: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey....

My favorite essay arguing against intelligent design isn’t one of Gould’s, or Dawkins’, or Sagan’s. Rather, it’s one that has portions I di...

IAS president Paul Bartelt has a piece in today's Des Moines Register. Respect religious beliefs, but don't teach them as science ...

One of the best commentators on the Dover trial (IMO, of course) was local reporter Mike Argento, of the York Daiily Record. (Previous post...

One question I received from a reporter yesterday asked, essentially, if the fight against intelligent design is over with yesterday's d...

Okay, after going through the whole Kitzmiller decision last night, and damn, it's good. Really, incredibly good. This should be requir...

This week's Grand Rounds is up over at Medpundit. Lots of good stuff. If that doesn't keep you busy, check out DarkSyde's in...

Plaintiffs Prevail The much-awaited decision in the Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District is now available. The 139 page document ...

Bill Maher has again discussed his anti-vaccination views , this time on Larry King. Among other claims, Maher says that polio was wiped ou...

Progeria , (officially, "Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome"), is a rare fatal disease that makes the victim appear, as the nam...

Time names Bono, Bill and Melinda Gates Persons of Year Bono is a co-founder of the DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) organization, whic...