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Amanda Schaffer
Amanda Schaffer is a science and medical columnist for Slate.
Articles By Amanda Schaffer
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How to Superpower the Immune System
New strategies for fighting disease in newborns, the elderly, and cancer patients.
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The Mommy Worry Wars
Anxiety doesn’t make it harder to get pregnant or have a healthy baby.
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Should You Go to the Drugstore for Your Flu Shots?
Yes, and for shingles and whooping cough, too.
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Parents, Don’t Panic Over West Nile
Children are actually the least likely to get really sick from it.
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Why Are Babies Dying of Old-Fashioned Whooping Cough?
It’s not just the fault of parents who don’t vaccinate their kids.
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If Your Baby Girl Might Be Born With a Small Penis
Would you treat her prenatally with a drug of uncertain risk?
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Gender Games
The Olympics has a new way to test whether athletes are men or women. Is it fair?
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The Placenta Is Not a War Zone
Even though a father’s and mother’s genes differ, that doesn’t mean pregnancy is a “battle of the sexes.”
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Did Human Pregnancy Evolve Because of an Infection?
Scientists may know why our babies advance so much in the womb.
