Whooping cough: new outbreak in Kansas
The Johnson County (Kansas) Department of Health and Environment has reported 70 confirmed or possible cases of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) in 2012. Johnson County, an affluent suburb of...
View ArticleWhooping cough: outbreak in Kansas updated
The recent outbreak in Kansas of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) has grown with an additional 21 cases of the disease being reported in Johnson County, Kansas, during the past week, bringing the...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–five states kill anti-science bills
This is an update of the original post about antievolution legislation from February 19, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–now six states kill anti-science bills
This is an update of the original post about antievolution legislation from March 11, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in passing...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–two additional states consider anti-science...
This is an update of the post about antievolution legislation posted on 17 March, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in passing...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–nine out of ten states have killed...
This is an update of the post about antievolution legislation posted on 17 April, 2013. The 2013 state legislature sessions are either coming to a conclusion or have adjourned. After a relatively...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–2013 review. And we love Kansas.
This is an update of the post about antievolution legislation posted on 28 May, 2013. The 2013 state legislative sessions are either coming to a conclusion or have adjourned. After a relatively...
View ArticleWhooping cough outbreak – science and simple math
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I have written extensively about several whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) outbreaks which had reached epidemic levels in areas...
View ArticleFlu vaccination and health professional employment benefits
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. In a recent decision, the Kansas court of appeals decided that an employer does not have to pay an employee fired for refusing a flu...
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