‘What I am is a good survivor’: A conversation with punk-rock icon Patti Smith

The album cover is iconic: An androgynous, unsmiling Smith with a jacket casually slung over her shoulder, shot in black and ...
STAT

When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier

In fact, the pared-down U.S. vaccine schedule now aims to protect children against fewer diseases than all but one of the 20 ...

South Carolina measles outbreak grows by nearly 100, spreads to North Carolina and Ohio

State health officials in South Carolina have confirmed 99 new cases of measles since Tuesday. The state health department ...
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FACT FOCUS: Trump sows confusion on number of childhood vaccinations

President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine ...
LAist

International orgs

How we got here: The roughly 550-pound bear, dubbed “Barry” by the neighbors, had been holed up in a crawlspace beneath the ...
iBerkshires.com

North Adams Schools Say Goodbye to Alcombright, Await His Replace

Richard Alcmbright, former mayor, encouraged citizens to get involved rather than sitting on the sidelines criticizing. NORTH ...
pharmaphorum

FDA clears GSK's Priorix, first new MMR vaccine in 50 years

With vaccine hesitancy leading to a rise in measles cases, the FDA's approval of GlaxoSmithKline's venerable vaccine Priorix for sale in the US looks timely. Priorix was first launched in Europe ...