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Health

How Big Tobacco Set the Stage for Fake News

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 - by Daniel J. Robinson

A coordinated program of public deception that spanned four decades has become a template for modern disinformation

An illustration of three human silhouettes on a background of blue, orange, pink and peach. The large white silhouette sits behind two other silhouettes that are orange and blue.

Memoir

Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers

March 24, 2021June 8, 2021 - by Minelle Mahtani

Not long after I started my job as a radio host, my mother told me she had tongue cancer

A kaleidoscopic oil painting composed of green leaves and red flower petals.

First Person / Society

Taking Hallucinogens with My Mom

April 14, 2020April 16, 2020 - by Rachel Matlow

When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, she didn’t want chemo. Instead, she tried every other potion under the sun

Pink breast cancer cells under a microscope.

Health

Do Breast Cancer Screenings Do More Harm Than Good?

February 5, 2019November 14, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

Doctors debate with author Renée Pellerin on the evidence of whether mammograms save lives

Illustration of a comic by Teva Harrison

Comics

Without You

December 7, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Thirty-seventh in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

Comics

Happily Ever After

November 9, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Thirty-fifth in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

Comics

Seeking

October 26, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Thirty-fourth in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

Comics

Invisibilities

October 13, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Thirty-second in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

Comics

Can’t Be Trusted

October 5, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Thirty-first in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

Comics

What I Want

September 21, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Teva Harrison

Twenty-ninth in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer