Author Archives: health

Why Herd Immunity Is a Hoax

I recently wrote about the renewed calls for state legislatures to eliminate personal belief vaccine exemptions and restrict medical exemptions, and how California state Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, is even urging the U.S. Surgeon General to push mandatory vaccinations to the top of the federal public health agenda.1,2 According to Pan, “unwarranted vaccine hesitancy”… Read More »

Bob Saget Is Hosting an Edgier Version of America's Funniest Videos

There’s some must-see TV on ABC tonight, and no, we’re not talking about the season finale of The Bachelor. Bob Saget, host of America’s Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997, is making his return to the world of fiasco-filled footage with Videos After Dark. Making its debut three decades after America’s Funniest Home Videos… Read More »

Genetics Home Reference: PACS1 syndrome

Dutta AK. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome in a patient from India. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61058. [Epub ahead of print] Gadzicki D, Döcker D, Schubach M, Menzel M, Schmorl B, Stellmer F, Biskup S, Bartholdi D. Expanding the phenotype of a recurrent de novo variant in PACS1 causing intellectual disability. Clin Genet.… Read More »