Some people ask why. Some ask Whynot. Today we celebrate the work of medical researcher E. Whynot: “A Retrospective Study of 191 Cases of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease,” P. Kendall, E. Whynot and E. Gomber, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1977 Jul-Aug;68(4):318-22.
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When Earth Day was a medical hazard
Anything, even Earth Day, can pose a medical hazard. Mark Pendergrast‘s new book Inside Outbreaks tells the tale: On Monday, May 4, 1970, a few students at the Willis School — a junior high in Delaware, Ohio — felt hot and headachy, with sore throats. Their chests hurt. Over the course of the week, the […]