The HPV Vaccine Is 20 Years Old. Let’s Celebrate! With Glitter.

We have a VACCINE against CANCER. For 20 years now! The first Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, was approved in June, 2006. Since then, the rate of cervical cancer has dropped by 62 percent in the United States. HPV also causes vulvar, vaginal, anal, and penile, tongue, and throat cancers, and the several HPV vaccines […]

Science Needs Cool Kids

I was not cool in high school. I think it would be a stretch to say I was a nerd, but I wasn’t cool and I certainly wasn’t getting laid. No, like so many scientists and science writers in the world, I mostly kept my head down and waited for college. You see, it’s in […]

Abstruse Goose: Anti-Vaxxer Blooown Away

Yup.  So the battle is uphill and science writers are in the front lines.   I do know words like “antibodies” and “herd immunity,” but as a biomedical writer, I write well about astronomy.  I know this isn’t exactly what AG is saying, but it’s all I have to say:  last week, I got my […]