Colbert: Gays Should Come With a Warning Label

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2007 Stephen Colbert takes on Bush's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger, who has argued that homosexuality is a disease that can be cured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Jersey Considers Mandatory HIV Test

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2007 A new proposal would make New Jersey the first state to require HIV testing for pregnant women and their babies, unless the women decline the test in writing. Currently four states test just mothers, and two others only newborns. The bill is opposed by the D.C.-based Center for Women Policy Studies on the grounds that it limits health rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Our Own Weapon of Mass Destruction

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2007 This disturbing documentary by former "60 Minutes" producer Barry Lando chronicles the horror that 13 years of U.S.-backed sanctions wrought on Iraq, including the deaths of hundreds of thousands -- many of them children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Franken-Heifers Immune to Mad Cow

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2007 Using a combination of genetic engineering and cloning, scientists from the U.S. and Japan have successfully eliminated the protein that causes mad cow disease. So far the cows in the lab have proven immune to the illness, which shreds its victims' brains, driving them mad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Closing the Racial Gap in Medical Treatment

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 Why do African Americans still lag behind even recent African immigrants when it comes to beating heart disease and cancer? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gorbachev: Americans Have ‘Winner’s’ Disease

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 The disease is "worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex," the former Soviet leader said in an ABC News interview. "You want an American-style democracy here [in Russia]. That will not work." Gorbachev railed against Cheney and Rumsfeld, calling them "hawks protecting the interests of the military ? shallow people." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: 162 Million Africans at Direct Risk From Global Warming

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 A charity group warns that over 100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die by the end of the century if global warming continues its march unabated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oral and Anal Sex Acts Are Up Among Teens

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 There has been a "significant increase" in the proportion of teens and young adults engaging in such acts during the last decade, according to STD clinics in Baltimore. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Scientists Seeking Rabbit-Human Embryo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 The researchers want to produce genetically defective stem cells to further the study of incurable diseases. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )