Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and when I reflect on AIDS, I generally do it with a sense of amazement about how far we have come in the treatment of HIV since AIDS first came to the attention of…
Category Archives: Vaccine
‘Final Chapter’ on XMRV? Good Luck With That One
September 24, 2012 – 11:42 am
Viruses are on the border between living and dead. So are the theories about what some of them cause.
Grappling with the Ethics
September 5, 2012 – 9:45 am
With science boldly taking us where we’ve never gone before, we’re exploring new worlds and stretching the boundaries of our universe. While these are exciting times for the adventurer in us, they can be discomfiting for our inner ethicist.
In Vaccines and Autism Debates, the Truth is That it’s Trust or Consequences
April 24, 2012 – 3:43 pm
Editor’s note: Since Dr. Breindl first wrote about vaccines and autism in 2008, the paper linking the MMR vaccine to autism has been retracted by the journal that published it, and its author Andrew Wakefield has lost his medical license….
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