Archive for November, 2006

Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006

New Jersey State lawmakers have introduced two bills memorializing Congress and the President to enact the "Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006."

Stories of Hope from Africa

Stories in the mainstream press about sub-Saharan Africa tend to follow a pretty grim litany of poverty, corruption, violence and despair. (The photos are often even worse.) So I hereby submit for your perusal An African Miracle, which is a...

Personal Struggles with AIDS

Apologies for the lack of posts in recent weeks. I'm just settling into India and will start posting from here more regularly. First, though, a couple of last things from Africa. If you haven't seen Christine's piece An African Miracle...

Concussions Are Serious Injuries

Phil Hossler, a member of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey's Sports Concussion Committee, wrote "Concussions Are Very Serious Injuries" for the Home News Tribune.

H5N1 Returns to Korea

It's easy to forget, but the first country to report avian cases of H5N1 avian flu during the serious winter 2003 outbreak was not Vietnam or China or Thailand, but modern South Korea. Unlike many of their regional neighbors, who...