Experts are calling a little known but deadly illness caused by blood sucking insects the new AIDS of the Americas. A new study on the parasitic illness called Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, claims that the illness has similarities to the early spread of HIV. Experts writing in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... read more »

One of the biggest overhauls to U.S. healthcare history hangs at a perilous point. On Wednesday, March 28th the Supreme Court will decide it’s fate as they decide whether the entire healthcare law must fail if the insurance mandate fails. The hinge point of the decision is a mandate that most people obtain health insurance ... read more »

Justin Bieber seems to be finding his political voice in the March 2011 interview of Rolling Stone. The Canadian teeny bopper idol tells Rolling Stone that he ‘really doesn’t believe in abortion’. Beiber, who is turning 17 on March 1st gives this as his reason, “It’s like killing a baby?” He seems to stop short ... read more »

We’ve heard of ‘food deserts’, where certain areas in the U.S., specifically those in urban fiscal decline, are without a grocery store or anywhere to procure food. Now a new phenomena has occurred in more expansive areas that include entire states, which may be labeled ‘physician deserts’. Rural areas and those areas significantly below the ... read more »