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World Health Organization

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    U.S. Still a Dumping Ground for Crappy Honey, Study Finds

    Flickr/Joelk75​ They're calling it "honey laundering." More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores is filtered to the point where it contains no pollen -- which would make it flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies, according to testing ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 8, 2011

    Contagion Review

    Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded disaster flick on its head

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    Why Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Lousy Meals

    Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded disaster flick on its head

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    WHO Releases World Alcohol Consumption Report: Your Ankle Bracelet Moment, or Not

    WHO/The Economist​ The World Health Organization might want to consider a licensing agreement with the company manufacturing those alcohol monitoring ankle bracelets, since the WHO seems to be doing a better job of monitoring alcohol consumption than some other people. On February 11, the WHO ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    Haiti's Peanut Butter Miracles

    Amid that country's chaos, a St. Louis pediatrician has made ending child malnutrition her life's work

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    The Food Illuminati: GMO Labeling and the Codex Alimentarius

    Codex AlimentariusPage 1 of 108 of a Codex publication​ What is the Codex? More Michael Pollan and less Dan Brown--we hope. The little-known Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963 under the joint auspices of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to devise universa ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 20, 2010

    Paul Abramson: The Sexpert

    Codex AlimentariusPage 1 of 108 of a Codex publication​ What is the Codex? More Michael Pollan and less Dan Brown--we hope. The little-known Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963 under the joint auspices of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to devise universa ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Heimlich Maneuvered

    A gala at Cindy Landon's honoring a top scientist discredited by his son gets a venue change

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    The Undercover Iraqi Asset

    An Iraqi double agent killed for America. But when he got left behind, a Marine stepped in

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Swine Flu Notes: Where's the Pork?

    We're one week into L.A.'s chapter of the swine flu pandemic/panic and already people are asking, "Where's the pork?" Raised on bio-disaster movies and braced for the worst upon hearing of Mexico's initial death toll, Angelenos were expecting (not, I should stress, hoping) to see bodies in the stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    When Pigs Fly or Swine Flu: L.A. Remains Safe

    From L.A. Observed's observation deck, Kevin Roderick says there's no need for Angelenos to panic about a certain pandemic that may be migrating from south of the border. He notes that doctors are monitoring two local flu clusters that don't seem to be part of anything other than the usual seasonal ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 27, 2006

    20 Questions

    From L.A. Observed's observation deck, Kevin Roderick says there's no need for Angelenos to panic about a certain pandemic that may be migrating from south of the border. He notes that doctors are monitoring two local flu clusters that don't seem to be part of anything other than the usual seasonal ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 11, 2004

    The Terrorists Within

    Be afraid, be very afraid

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Time of Misery

    AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call

  • Columns

    October 9, 2003

    Hospital Visit

    AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Can You Hear Them Now?

    Unlikely activists shoot down Palisades cell-phone tower

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    The Well-Behaved Epidemic

    Unlikely activists shoot down Palisades cell-phone tower

  • Film+TV

    April 18, 2002

    The Man Who Isn’t There

    Laurent Cantet’s eerie, enthralling Time Out

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Hitting the Streets

    The top six demands of anti-globalization protesters

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Reign of Chaos

    A letter from Pakistan

  • Art+Books

    February 1, 2001

    The Liar Inside Him

    The true story of Jean-Claude Romand

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Endorsements

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Endorsements

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Next Time, It Might Kill You

    The coming flu pandemic

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