Archive - Pathology AV Club

Where do institutions end and people begin?

One of the most-quoted “Simone’s Maxims” (from a 1999 article in Clinical Cancer Research) is that “institutions don’t love you back.” Well, they may…

Feb 10 •

June 2023

When everything is a leading cause of death, nothing is

Is poverty the fourth leading cause of death?

Jun 23, 2023 •

Korea's reassuring vaccine data

Autopsy results reveal extremely rare sudden deaths

Jun 4, 2023 •

May 2023

Why this substack is free

The doctors who attack the media are the media.

May 12, 2023 •

April 2023

Recent case reports in The Lancet and Clinical Infectious Diseases have indicated that non-immunosuppressed individuals can suffer from repeat mpox…

Apr 7, 2023 •

March 2023

What caused the pediatric hepatitis outbreak?

A new study offers epidemiologic evidence

Mar 17, 2023 •

Against decorative statistics

And toward data minimalism

Mar 15, 2023 •

February 2023

Investigating COVID articles of faith

Two great stories highlight the role of medical journalism

Feb 3, 2023 •

January 2023

COVID vaccines and cardiac risk

I wrote an article this week for The Atlantic on the pernicious myth that athletes are dropping like flies from COVID vaccines.

Jan 7, 2023 •

December 2022

A preventive treatment for Long COVID?

New trial offers hopeful results

Dec 27, 2022 •

Important news about Paps and 💩

Here are a few recent articles that I found important, interesting, or funny.

Dec 20, 2022 •

Just because someone claims to have debunked a study does not mean that they have, in fact, debunked it.

Dec 19, 2022 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts