Grandin on the autism surge

In the last few weeks, new autism figures have created widespread controversy among American parents. In early April, the CDC released its latest, shocking report on the disorder, which showed a massive uptick in the number of diagnoses -- according to the numbers, one in 88 children and one in 54 boys are now on the autism spectrum. That's an astonishing 78 percent increase since 2002. In the ...

American Airlines to air dangerous antivax propaganda | Bad Astronomy

[UPDATE: American Airlines has agreed not to run the interview ! That includes both the audio and print versions.] [Note: This post contains numerous links to articles showing antivax claims are misleading at best, and pose a huge health risk. I strongly urge you to read those links before leaving a comment.] In May 2011, an unvaccinated infant infected with measles was brought on board American ...

The poor: America’s piggy bank

How government and corporations use underhanded strategies to extract money from the poverty-stricken

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Events: El Paso Electric Co. and El Paso Water Utilities will host "Respect the Water Luncheon" by the Drowning Prevention Coalition at 11:30 a.

Augusten Burroughs tells us how

Creative Loafing is written by shy, fat, grieving, disease-ridden, boozing, sex-addicted, decrepit spinsters so we were especially delighted to pick up Augusten Burroughs' latest book, the self-help guide: This is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterdom, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude and More. For Young and Old Alike. We caught up with the Running with ...