Kill black fetuses
Lower the U.S. crime rate,
Free speech gone too far?
Story and radio clip here

Trying to survive this 12 hour layover in Heathrow Int. Airport on my way back to the States from Africa (hence the manic blogging activity on my part), I’ve been thinking quite a bit about global climate change and public health partly because Africa is very susceptible to the impacts of climate change despite their […]

In a lecture this week, I was told that there are three core principles of public health (and that they’d be on the test). With no citation, this tenured faculty member lays them out as fact and moves on. Here they are:
1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
I think the first two […]

This morning my public health “rounds” time, which usually consists of listening to a few hours of lecture, was run by Community Catalyst. They organized a group exercise/simulation/learning experience/role-playing game called Walk in My Shoes which focuses on the barriers people experience to accessing health services. In a nut shell, about twenty students […]

As they flee Rita
One has to ask- are we more
Equipped to cope now?