Sabin Russell
Medical Writer
For 22 years I covered medical science and health policy for the San Francisco Chronicle. During 2008-9, I was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Times being what they are, I am now freelancing.
Articles
<p>There is seldom a single cause of any tragedy or disaster. When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it wasn't just that there was a design flaw in the O-rings that were supposed to seal the hot gases within joints of the solid rocket boosters. It was damn cold that morning, and Presiden