A very small selection of this week's interesting blog posts:
- Effect Measure is staying on top of the news of a swine flu outbreak; 16 of 61 apparent flu deaths in Mexico have been confirmed as swine flu, and 8 people in the US have been diagnosed with swine flu and have recovered.
- Ezra Klein examines some of the many health- and environment-related amendments added to the Senate budget bill, and invites readers to help him dig through the amendments list.
- Lisa Suatoni at Switchboard applauds three US actions addressing the problem of ocean acidification.
- Alison Bass reports that some psychiatrists aren't happy with the recent criticisms of researchers with financial ties to the makers of pharmaceutical products they're studying.
I don't have nearly enough time to keep up with all the great blogging that's going on. If you've got a post to suggest, leave a link in the comments!
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Great post - thanks for the links!