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May 3, 2024
Thom Hartmann
What’s More Deadly—a New H5N1 Flu or the Republican Party?
You should be keeping an eye on the “bird flu”—and on the Republicans who want to slice and dice the CDC budget.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
October 28, 2014
Steven Beutler
Chris Christie Is Ignorant About Ebola, But That Doesn't Mean He Was Wrong About Quarantines
October 16, 2014
Claire Groden
This Woman Is Traveling in a Hazmat Suit—and 4 More Absurd Ebola Overreactions
August 12, 2014
Emily St. John Mandel
You'll Probably Never Catch Ebola—So Why Is the Disease So Terrifying?
March 7, 1960
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Stanley Kauffmann
The Fact of Mortality
"Ikiru" is a film rooted in the most universal of truths, the one that cuts across all cultural barriers, all concepts of love, success, God: the fact of mortality.
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