To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate

There is a lot of controversy about vaccination circulating on the Internet right now. And a lot of it has to do with increasing fears related to the H1N1 flu (swine flu).

Personally I think that the current level of attention seen in the media about H1N1 amounts to hype. While no one can deny that a serious outbreak could occur at any time, it’s worth noting that an estimated several hundred thousand people die each year, worldwide, because of flu in general (all variants, not just H1N1); this is nothing new.

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Acts & Facts: Human Reproduction

The January 2009 issue of Acts & Facts had an intriguing article onĀ human reproduction. I’m sure you heard the basics in elementary school biology class: sperm meets egg, egg is fertilized, cellular multiplication begins. However, this article deals with the topic in far greater detail, and the process is much more complicated and intricate than you might imagine.