He tells BoingBoing, “Now with a little editorial backing behind me, I hope to be able to get bloggers to send in their tips about unethical pharma trials, all manner of medical foibles, and, of course, infant cyclopses.”
Background: Scott broke the story of the one-eyed baby girl born to a mother in Chennai, India (BB posts: 1, 2). The child died. When Scott continued to pursue the cause for the baby’s condition — possibly a fertility drug clinical trial gone horribly wrong — the hospital and other authorities cut him off.