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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - Posts

Back Story of a Breakthrough

In "From Virus to Vaccine," Paula Bock of the Seattle Times does a fine job describing the improbable collaboration between epidemiology professor Laura Koutsky and Dr. Kathrin Jansen that produced the world's first human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine,

The Weight

To celebrate SPJ's convention in D.C. this weekend, we'd like to feature a powerful story from the Washington City Paper in our host city. "The Battle Over Heavy T" by Mark Eaton profiles Terrell Hunter, a 15-year-old boy known as Heavy