Mary Todd Lincoln: A Tragic Portrait

The sad and tragic life of Typhoid Mary.

As society grapples with contemporary moral questions raised by the barring of HIV-infected people from jobs and even crossing some national borders, it is probably useful to re-examine the case of Typhoid Mary. The case of Mary Mallon shows how an earlier age resolved the conflict that arises when society's right to protect itself from unnecessary exposure to disease impinges on the liberty of...

Mary Wollstonecraft, Her Tragic Life and Her Passionate Struggle for Freedom

A Tragic Loss

T he circumpolar health community lost a much respected and loved friend, colleague and mentor on 17 June, 2014. Dr. Éric Dewailly, aged 59, a professor at Laval University in Québec, Canada, died in a tragic rockslide on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, while holidaying with his family. Eric was well known to many researchers across the Arctic. He was a superb pioneering scientist wh...

Commentary Todd

Economists have long been interested in the performance of specific regional economies and the forces driving a particular economy. The McCarthy–Steindel and Kuttner– Sbordone studies of the New York metropolitan area follow in this tradition. McCarthy and Steindel focus on documenting the performance of New York relative to that of the nation and distinguishing the roles of national and region...

Tragic and sudden death

the death of a child is probably the most traumatic event any parent can experience. this tragedy is made worse if the child dies in its sleep, appar­ ently for no reason. Sudden infant death syndrome (SiDS) inevitably strikes horror into parents’ hearts; it usually happens at night and occurs in complete silence—there is no fight for life or breath to warn parents that something is horribly wr...