Science and Society

by Judi L. Nath, Ph.D.
Vanquishing by Vaccinating

Vanquishing by Vaccinating

Vanquishing by Vaccinating November 18, 2024 Today’s public health topic is infectious disease and prevention. We’ve experienced the COVID pandemic, the scourge that has killed over 7 million people worldwide. Pandemics don’t magically go away, COVID is still with us,...

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Post-Election Stress Syndrome

Post-Election Stress Syndrome

Post-Election Stress Syndrome November 10, 2024 Four years ago, I started writing Science & Society newsletters in response to the COVID pandemic, when disinformation and misinformation was populating all venues of communication. It was my attempt to help friends...

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Sexy Science Symposium

Sexy Science Symposium

Let’s talk about sex. Not the kind of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, but the kind that’s on the ballot. And pre-emptive apologies for going long with the blog, but sometimes we have to play the long game. Before we do, here’s a little background: The United States is in the...

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Playing Chicken with a Life

Playing Chicken with a Life

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion with its Dobbs v. Jackson decision, leaving individual states as arbiters for reproductive healthcare. This ruling marked a considerable intersection of science and society as...

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Getting Rid of Bunk Disease

Getting Rid of Bunk Disease

Welcome to October 2024 and another installment of the newsletter that helps you navigate the intersection of science and society! Top of mind is teasing out fact from fiction. Textbooks contain facts. But how do we know what we don’t know?For years now, we’ve...

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Tired, Tired, Tired of Swimming

Tired, Tired, Tired of Swimming

Tired.  That’s the word many of us use to describe how we’re feeling these days.  It’s been a daily 5-alarm fire for more years than we care to count. Every day we wake up, doom scroll, and if we happen to miss a day, that’s no big deal because the news of the new day...

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Here’s an Editorial I Wrote for the Sandusky Register

Here’s an Editorial I Wrote for the Sandusky Register

Here's the text, and the link to the article is below. It was published April 9, 2022. Dear Ohioans, it is time to hold our legislators accountable.  While the people of the world are focused on the war in Ukraine and measures to keep the coronavirus...

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