I take a drug called Ocrevus to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis. It's an immunosuppressive drug, the upshot of which is that I cannot receive live vaccines; the risk is that I would actually contract the disease I was getting vaccinated for. It turns out that the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine is live, which means … Continue reading Mickey Measles

[Apologies for the resend - the table didn't show up in the email. You have to click on the title in the email (or the Continue Reading button) to view the correctly-formatted post in the browser] How do we spend our time? For twenty years the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has tried to … Continue reading Time Isn’t After Us (take two)

[Apologies for the resend - the table didn't show up in the email. You have to follow the link in the email to get the correctly-formatted post] How do we spend our time? For twenty years the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has tried to answer that, with a study called the American Time … Continue reading Time Isn’t After Us