Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable(ourworldindata.org)

296 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 89 comments

Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out(gavi.org)

904 points by slu 1 year ago | 333 comments

Gavi VaccinesWork article reporting a Danish nationwide study showing HPV types 16 and 18 nearly eliminated after the vaccine roll-out.

Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades?(ourworldindata.org)

61 points by sien 1 year ago | 55 comments

China reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than two-thirds in past 15 years(ourworldindata.org)

58 points by therabbithole 1 year ago | 36 comments

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better(ourworldindata.org)

363 points by colonCapitalDee 2 years ago | 265 comments

Max Roser essay on Our World in Data arguing the world is simultaneously awful, much better than before, and capable of becoming much better.

Why do women live longer than men?(ourworldindata.org)

30 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 15 comments

Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out(gavi.org)

904 points by slu 1 year ago | 333 comments

Gavi VaccinesWork article reporting a Danish nationwide study showing HPV types 16 and 18 nearly eliminated after the vaccine roll-out.

HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence from 16% to <1% in Denmark(eurosurveillance.org)

545 points by stared 9 months ago | 301 comments

Eurosurveillance open-access research article on HPV prevalence in cervical samples from Danish women vaccinated as girls, Trial23 cohort, 2017–2024.

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab(nature.com)

570 points by dataminer 1 year ago | 198 comments

Nature news article about virologist Beata Halassy, who treated her own breast cancer with lab-grown oncolytic viruses, and researchers' warnings against copying her.

Belgium legalises ethical hacking(law.kuleuven.be)

394 points by jruohonen 3 years ago | 57 comments

A KU Leuven CiTiP blog post discussing Belgium's new legal framework legalising ethical hacking and whether it threatens or helps cybersecurity.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.