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Weighty ‘Tudes
An advertisement created by a Georgia children’s hospital. (Image via huffingtonpost.com). At the Huffington Post, UCLA sociologist Abigail Saguy weighs in on weight-based stigma. Saguy notes that...
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Shortage of Sick Days: Worse than Shortage of Flu Vaccine?
Not a good sign around the water cooler. Photo by John Liu via flickr. In TIME’s online Ideas section, Columbia’s Shamus Khan makes a reasonable proposition: let sick people stay home and get well....
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Ebola Scares: When Panic is a Pathogen
The “epidemic mindset” could be caused by the uncertainty of a global world. Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP. Though there is still much work to be done to curb cases of Ebola across Liberia, Guinea, and...
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The Anti-Vaxxer Vote
Image via US Army Corps of Engineers. California’s measles outbreak has refueled heated debates about mandated childhood vaccinations. With little known about the political leanings of anti-vaxxers,...
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Cheap Gas Has Pricey Consequences
Uh-oh. This might not be good… Photo by Edward Conde via Flickr CC. “Wow, it’s only $2.20 a gallon over here!” “Remember when it was $3.20 a few months ago?” From the late 2000s until recently, gas...
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Discrimination Harms Trans People’s Health
In 2013, Kaiser Permanente, the country’s largest non-profit health system, was a silver sponsor for Capital Pride DC. The healthcare provider invited “the community of allies for LGBTI health” to...
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