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U.S. Measles Outbreak May Land in Court

By CHHS Extern Felicia Langel What began as scientific fraud became an emerging global health crisis just twenty years later.  In 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues published an article in the British medical journal, The Lancet, claiming a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (“MMR”) vaccine and autism.  Wakefield’s work was immediately […]

The State of Cybersecurity at the State of the Union: Largely Forgotten

By CHHS Extern Adam McCormick On February 5, President Donald J. Trump delivered his second State of the Union Address, all but ignoring cybersecurity. The lengthy 82-minute speech touched on immigration, the economy, bipartisanship, and the military. The lone mention of a tech related issue was a brief jab at China for “years of targeting […]