Martha Rosenberg
Martha Rosenberg is the Investigative Health Correspondent for NewsBlaze. Martha illustrates many of her stories with relevant cartoons. She was staff cartoonist at Evanston Roundtable.
Humor: Tech Abuse – When Bots Attack
Phone Bots That Want a Conversation
Do you remember when, a few years ago, voicemail bots would chat with you? They would say something useful...
A Drug Maker Halo For a Covid Vaccine? Not With This...
No one who cares about humanity could oppose the creation of a Covid-19 vaccine to help end the pandemic. Yet, the vaccine "halo" drug...
Suite of Humor Books in Time for the Holidays
Art Hartz, a former medical researcher, has launched four books of editorial cartoons about self-esteem, meaningful relationships and "the daily assaults on both."
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The Karens People Don’t Remember
It's a new epithet. It stars in YouTube videos. Even Chicago's Mayor Lightfoot has used it as an insult. It's the name Karen.
Karen is...
Who’s Afraid of the Woke Generation Shame?
Sixteen months ago Chelsea Clinton had a surprise induction into woke shame. While attending a NYU vigil for the Muslims who were murdered in...
America Learned Nothing From 9/11: Apple Supports Savage Terrorists
Do you remember when Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old aviation student and second lieutenant from Saudi Arabia, gunned down 11 at the Pensacola naval...
Yes, Your Cat Can Get Covid
All the talk about government shut downs and overreach, nursing home and prison outbreaks, vaccines, antibodies and laboratory leaks ignores the fundamental fact that...
Tyson Had Sordid Food Production History Before the Coronavirus
Even though 444 workers tested positive for the coronavirus at Tyson's Waterloo, IA slaughterhouse, it has reopened. Tyson said it would begin slaughtering pigs...
As Slaughterhouses Close, A New Novel Coronavirus From Pigs Looms
Smithfield Foods, the nation's largest pork producer has closed its Sioux Falls, SD, slaughterhouse after 238 Smithfield employees grew sick according to South Dakota...
Pharma Still Pushing Cancer-Linked Menopausal Hormones
It is a fluke of the news cycle that if we don't hear a product warning frequently, we can "forgive" that product and think...
Pharma Finds Profit in “Geriatric ADHD”
Pharma has already discovered the huge profits in labeling school children, toddlers and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now, according to some...
Humor: Female Fashions Eventually Come Back
Apparently there are only so many fashion ideas coming from the top designers. After a while, they simply recycle them hoping no one remembers...
Yes, These Drugs Are In US Meat
Thanks to animal welfare groups, most people are now aware of "factory farms." Concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs abuse workers, animals, the environment,...
Humor: 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Men
Actually, 13 New Year's Resolutions. Couldn't resist the extra three!
1) We will stop giving the women in our lives tools on their birthday like...
The Vanishing Bumper Sticker – Why More Motorists Are Keeping Their...
Bumper stickers largely fall into five categories: humor ("My Other Car Is . . .") bravado ("Don't Like My Driving?"), affiliation ("Honk If You...
Humor: Depressed? Hopeless? Stop Looking at the Help Wanted Ads
They say the economy is growing and jobs are being added. But judging from how many people actually have jobs, this looks like another...
Largest US Milk Producer Folds Thanks to Superior Non-Dairy Milks
Which drink would you prefer? One that is full of fat, cholesterol, calories, hormones, pus, antibiotics and pesticides whose production causes huge environmental destruction...
Pharma Wants You To Be Sick – and Celebrities Help
Do you have gas, bloating and frequent diarrhea? Pharma hopes so. If you have the rare digestive/intestinal condition exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) - mostly...
How Slick Consulting Firms Get Us on Drugs
Ninety-one people a day die from opioids and 1000 visit ERs in the US according to the CDC. How did opioid makers get such...
Are Your Frequent UTIs From the Food You’re Eating?
It is no secret that many bacteria causing human infections are developing resistance to the antibiotics that used to kill them. The U.S. Centers...