The News-to-Death Ratio Strikes Again

The News-to-Death Ratio Strikes Again Diseases associated with poverty — those that are endemic, predictable, and devastating — often fail to attract media attention because they don’t instill fear in the right audience or in the right way.

Friday, May 15, 2026

Mayorkas Tries to Rewrite History on Biden’s Border Disaster

Mayorkas Tries to Rewrite History on Biden’s Border Disaster The man who oversaw the most catastrophic border crisis in American history now wants to rewrite the past and make the public believe he was just following orders.

Return of the Next Pandemic Script

Return of the Next Pandemic Script The question is whether the public and policymakers will rush to embrace this familiar script, or whether they have become more capable of recognizing how it is used to expand the power of institutions in which public trust has eroded.

The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater

The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater If there is a lesson from the current hantavirus hype, it is not simply that the media exaggerates risk. It is that societies must relearn proportional thinking. Public health should inform, not terrify. Journalists should contextualize, not sensationalize.