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    Why I've been Yelling about Yemen

    Why I've been Yelling about Yemen

    Two Numbers from Puerto Rico that We should All Note

    Two Numbers from Puerto Rico that We should All Note

    Two Anti-Vaccine Stories from Mainstream Sources have been Walked Back. It’s Already too Late.

    Two Anti-Vaccine Stories from Mainstream Sources have been Walked Back. It’s Already too Late.

    The Illusion of Controversy

    The Illusion of Controversy

    Vaccines: How do We Really Know What Happens?

    Vaccines: How do We Really Know What Happens?

    Of Climate Change, Permafrost, and… World War III?

    Of Climate Change, Permafrost, and… World War III?

    An anthrax vaccination campaign for deer has resumed in Russia [Image: AFP/Russian Emergency Ministry] I know that title is crazy, but hear me out. Over the past several weeks my inbox has featured ProMED reports of an anthrax outbreak in Siberia, and the story has been growing increasingly curious. The source of the human cases has been presumptively identified as an infected reindeer… that died roughly 80 years ago. That’s odd, even as disease outbreak stories go. The r