hookworm

We were talking about River Blindness. Trigger Warning: The video below is not for general consumption. Having said that you may want to watch it. The first part depicts the reactions of a handful of celebrities watching a series of shots depicting seven different related tropical diseases, and I must say, having seen all of these diseases in person (and having treated some of them, and had mild versions of a couple myself) that these particular videos show the worst side of it. But still, a very large number of people (according to the source of the video, about a billion) have some form…

A few of the recent pieces I've liked: Ken Ward Jr. at Sustained Outrage: Protecting workers: Progress under Obama? (Also see his related Coal Tattoo piece on mine safety in the Obama administration) Maryn McKenna at Superbug: What vaccine refusal really costs: Measles in Arizona Body Horrors: Blood Money: Hookworm Economics in the Postbellum South Shadowfax at Movin' Meat: Why Patients are Not Consumers (related: Paul Krugman's Patients are Not Consumers) Tara C. Smith at Aetiology: Staph in food -- what does it mean? David Rosenfeld at DC Bureau: California turns to Mexico for Cheap Water,…