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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Burger King's Free Ice Cream: Contributing to Child Obesity?

    Burger KingBurger King is giving away free ice cream. Bad for kids?​Miami-based Fast food giant Burger King has announced a free ice cream giveaway in celebration of their foray into a full line of frozen treats, just in time for after-school snacking.From now until October 9, customers who order ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Student athletes suffer the stings of concussions while lawmakers fail to help

    Burger KingBurger King is giving away free ice cream. Bad for kids?​Miami-based Fast food giant Burger King has announced a free ice cream giveaway in celebration of their foray into a full line of frozen treats, just in time for after-school snacking.From now until October 9, customers who order ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2011

    Bernard Mevs: A hospital saves Haiti

    Burger KingBurger King is giving away free ice cream. Bad for kids?​Miami-based Fast food giant Burger King has announced a free ice cream giveaway in celebration of their foray into a full line of frozen treats, just in time for after-school snacking.From now until October 9, customers who order ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Supreme Court Considers Vaccine-Autism Case While New Times Probe Draws Ire

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Letters from the issue of October 7, 2010

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    HIV-Positive Cop Biter: Maybe He'll Find Some Help in Prison

    via Miami Herald/Corrections​Yesterday, Johnson Jamerson, an HIV-positive drifter, was sentenced to 15 years for biting a police officer after threatening to infect him with the virus. The sentence seems stiff considering the CDC says biting "is not a common way of transmitting HIV." In all r ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    Dog Fight

    Pit bull ban, what pit bull ban?

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Check Out Jimmy Buffett's Unfortunately Titled New Book

    Do you really need more proof that Jimmy Buffett hates freedom, America, children, ice cream, baseball and pretty much everything else that is good in our world? via Amazon.comSwine Not? Because H1N1 is not a joke, Jimmy Buffett. Also, your music sucks.Even after he wrenched out the soul of a p ... More >>

  • News

    February 5, 2009

    My Bloody Valentine

    South Florida's underground vampires lust for more than your heart.

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Heimlich Maneuvering

    Thousands of local schoolkids were taught a faulty lifesaving technique thanks to Manny Diaz.

  • News

    May 22, 2008

    The Sex Doll Diaries

    Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp.

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Eat Shit and Die

    Exactly what do chickens and cows eat before we eat them?

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Vote for Nudity!

    It could get Simon Cruz elected mayor of Miami Beach

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Homestead Teacher on Staph-Infected Student: Too Little, Too Late

    It could get Simon Cruz elected mayor of Miami Beach

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Practice Safe Sex

    Miami residents may not be seeking the care they need

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    In the Shadow of New Towers

    Overtown is under pressure to change as property values skyrocket but violence remains pervasive

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2005

    Night&Day

    Overtown is under pressure to change as property values skyrocket but violence remains pervasive

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of July 08, 2004

    Overtown is under pressure to change as property values skyrocket but violence remains pervasive

  • Music

    December 4, 2003

    Under the Stars

    Miami's gay community parties on despite the specter of a growing HIV/AIDS threat

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Deca-D

    Even if this anabolic steroid is only a support drug in the war on HIV, why take it off the market?

  • Dining

    October 25, 2001

    Prepared for Foods

    But these are just economics talking

  • Film

    June 7, 2001

    Old Ghosts

    Ivan Reitman's Evolution is so evolved it's backward, a greatest hits made up entirely of misses

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    They Got Sammy

    He was a street philosopher, a crusader, a gambler, and the unofficial mayor of Hialeah's black ghetto. Now he's gone to prison, and he's not coming back.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    A Haven for the Hassled

    Gay teens listen up! A grant-getting guru has found you a place to call home.

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Down and Out in Miami-Dade County

    Poor, unemployed, stricken with AIDS, and at the mercy of government bureaucrats. No wonder Vivian Rolon's life is hell.

  • Music

    March 12, 1998

    Between Punk Rock and a Hard Place

    Poor, unemployed, stricken with AIDS, and at the mercy of government bureaucrats. No wonder Vivian Rolon's life is hell.

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Dangerous Liaisons

    Police may never know for sure how a young gay man ended up shot to death in a field off Bird Road. But they have a theory: Cruising can kill.

  • News

    October 12, 1995

    Going South

    Civics and spirituality. Politics and prayer. In the ongoing battle against inertia, Goulds bares the conflicts at its core.

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Three Cheers for the Volunteers

    And one big raspberry for the supervisors who allowed Dade's AmeriCorps to go down the tubes

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Sue

    How does a primate end up at the center of a courtroom battle? When animal dealer Matthew Block is involved, it's not so difficult

  • News

    July 6, 1994

    The Wages of Skin

    David Ruffner got the tatoo, but his old man is the one who's really needled

  • News

    May 5, 1993

    Inside Little Haiti

    From an island in the sea to an island in the heart of Miami

  • News

    April 7, 1993

    Gorilla Warfare

    Vilified by animal protectionists, indicted for smuggling, praised by the feds. Matthew Block surprised everyone. Maybe even himself.

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    The public was shocked. Country Walk parents demanded action. An election was near. Janet Reno was going to send someone to jail. No matter what.

    Reno Consideration ( Part A) If she is confirmed as U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno's ability to maintain discipline and impartiality among a vast bureaucracy of prosecutors will be tested like never before. The notorious cases examined here, drawn from

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