There is so much bad health reporting out there that sometimes I forget that there are still some reporters out there who know how to do more than google. A recent issue of Forbes features a report by Mattew Herper about human papilloma virus as a cause for some head and neck cancers. It's written at a level most literate lay-people can understand, and doesn't mangle the science or depend on sensationalism.
A recent issue of wired (h/t Orac) features an article by Amy Wallace on the anti-vaccine movement---a must-read.
Kudos to you, Matthew and Amy
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