Blogroll
- AlterNet
- Anti-Defamation League
- BBC News
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Consortium News
- Courage Campaign
- CQ Politics
- CREW
- Diatribes and Ovations
- FAIR
- FiveThirtyEight
- Gay Rights – Change.org
- Good As You
- Hysterical Raisins
- IAVA
- Jihad Watch
- Katie Schwartz
- Lambda Legal
- Liberal Values
- Mauigirl's Meanderings
- Mediaite
- Mock, Paper, Scissors
- Nat'l Gay & Lesbian Task Force
- OK Jimm's Eggroll Emporium
- Out Sports
- Pam Gellar, Atlas Shrugs
- Pet Finder
- Politic365
- Politico
- Ramblings
- Right Wing Watch
- Senator Bernie Sanders
- SLDN
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Suzie-Q
- The American Prospect
- The Field Negro
- The Immoral Minority
- The Left Coaster
- The New Civil Rights Movement
- The Williams Institute
- The World Can't Wait
- ThinkProgress/LGBT
- Times Changin'
- TradeWatch.org
- TruthOut
- Various Ecstasies
- Victory Fund
- VoteVets.org
- War is a Crime
- Watching America
- White Noise Insanity
- Who Hijacked Our Country?
- Wikipedia
- You Tube
Visitor Count
- 2,108,491 Visitors
-
You are a New Left Hipster, also known as a MoveOn.org liberal, a Netroots activist, or a Daily Show fanatic. You believe that if we really want to defend American values, conservatives must be exposed, mocked, and assailed for every fanatical, puritanical, warmongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which they stand.
Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com
Search the Archives
-
Join 10,033 other subscribers
Tag Archives: Public Health
Two More Southern California Gay Men Die from Bacterial Meningitis
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Map of Southern California showing counties with bacterial meningitis outbreak Two more Southern California gay men have died from bacterial meningitis. The deaths follow the death a West Hollywood man who died last week. Brett Shaad, … Continue reading
Posted in Bacterial Meningitis, Gay Men, News, Public Health, Southern California
Tagged Bacterial Meningitis, Gay Men, News, Public Health, Southern California
10 Comments
Bird Flu Case Confirmed in Chiba, Japan
Monday, March 14, 2011 Japan can’t seem to catch a break. First came the 9.0 earthquake, which was followed by a tsunami, which was followed by damaged nuclear energy plants. Now comes news of Avian influenza infection on Sunday among … Continue reading
Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: ‘We Overpromised’
Sunday, November 1, 2009 Have you tried to get an H1N1 swine flu vaccine for yourself or your children, only to be told by your healthcare provider that none is available and even worse, no estimated time of vaccine arrival … Continue reading
Posted in News, Obama Administration, Swine Flu
Tagged H1N1 Swine Flu, Health and Human Services, News, Obama Administration, Public Health
24 Comments
WHO Declares Phase 6 Swine Flu Pandemic
Thursday, June 11, 2009 The World Health Organization today declared a Phase 6 swine flu pandemic, the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. In a statement … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu, WHO
6 Comments
Genetically Modified Crops Get Vatican’s Blessing
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Pope RatNAZI’s Vatican seldom approves of scientists meddling with God’s creation. So the decision from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to approve of the oft-demonized genetically modified crops as an answer to world hunger and poverty … Continue reading
Why Americans Need Single-Payer Health Insurance
Thursday, June 4, 2009 Medical bills or related illness contributed to more than 62 percent of personal bankruptcies in 2007, according to a new study. A nearly 50 percent increase from 2001 and not even reflecting the growing number of … Continue reading
CDC: 100,000 in U.S. Likely Infected with H1N1 Swine Flu
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 The new H1N1 swine flu circulating around most of the United States is putting a worrying number of young adults and children into the hospital and hitting schools particularly hard, U.S. health officials said on Monday. … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
6 Comments
Swine Flu Spreads to NY’s Riker Island Prison
Sunday, May 17, 2009 The H1N1 swine flu virus continued spreading in New York City, while the disease also reached further into Asia among travelers returning from the United States. The CDC says more than 4,700 confirmed and probable cases … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
9 Comments
Tamiflu Developer: Swine Flu May’ve Come from Bio-Experiment Lab
Thursday, May 14, 2009 An Australian researcher claims theH1N1 swine flu which has killed at least 64 people and spread to at least 30 countries, might not be a viral mutation that occurred naturally but a man-made product of genetic … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu
3 Comments
H1N1 Swine Flu Update
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Here is the latest news on the H1N1 swine flu from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of May 10, 2009. As you can see from the map, cases of H1N1 swine flu are continuing to … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu, U.S.
6 Comments
Head of WHO Pushes Back at Critics
Monday, May 4, 2009 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) pushed back at critics who have accused it of over-reacting to the H1N1 swine flu epidemic warning it may return “with a vengeance” in the months ahead. In … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety
10 Comments
First Human-to-Pig Swine Flu Transmission Reported in Canada
Sunday, May 3, 2009 Upsetting the epidemiological apple cart comes this story from our neighbors in the Canadian province of Alberta. Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus apparently by a farm worker … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
Tagged Canada, Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
6 Comments
Two University of Chicago Employees Have “Probable” Swine Flu
Friday, May 1, 2009 Ignored by the mainstream media is the press release that two University of Chicago employee are among the forty-one probable swine flu cases reported by the Illinois State Department of Health. The release says the employees, … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
7 Comments
Confirmed Swine Flu Cases Triples to 331
Friday, May 1, 2009 The mainstream media is reporting an updated number of confirmed swine flu cases this morning. According to the World Health Organization, 331 people now have H1N1 swine flu — a jump of 30%. The virus, commonly … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, Mexico, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, USA
Tagged Epidemics, International News, Mexico, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
11 Comments
Mainstream Media Misrepresenting the Actual Number of Swine Flu Cases
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 The mainstream media is deliberately misrepresenting the actual number of H1N1 swine flu cases in the United States, stubbornly reporting 91 “official” cases. This number is wrong. It is not an accurate representation of the real … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Public Safety, Swine Flu, U.S.
40 Comments
World Health Organization Raises Threat Level to Phase 5
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) today raised the pandemic threat level to Phase 5 meaning the world is at imminent risk of a pandemic outbreak from the H1N1 swine flu. Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said: “I … Continue reading
Posted in Epidemics, Healthcare, International News, News, Swine Flu
Tagged Epidemics, International News, News, Public Health, Swine Flu, U.S.
3 Comments