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News and Information on Infectious Diseases
Why I've been Yelling about Yemen
A little girl with cholera in Yemen [IMAGE: AA-Turkey] Yemen is a place we don’t hear a lot about in the U.S. News, but we should. The...
Two Numbers from Puerto Rico that We should All Note
It has been nearly a month and a half since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5 storm. Current estimates indicate that a...
Two Anti-Vaccine Stories from Mainstream Sources have been Walked Back. It’s Already too Late.
The past few days have been remarkable in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases, and not for good reasons. Two stories broke,...
The Illusion of Controversy
[IMAGE: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA.gov] I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the United States had a presidential...
Vaccines: How do We Really Know What Happens?
Recently I taught one of my favorite topics to the First Years - vaccines. We discussed the science behind them, appropriate clinical...
Measles Free Declaration
The following is the verbatim text of the endemic measles declaration from the Pan American Health Organization. The declaration was...
Squandered
The first presidential debate of the United States general election between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump was held...
After Careful Review, I Suspect Hillary Clinton Actually Has... Pneumonia.
Hillary Clinton leaves the 9/11 Memorial What’s wrong with Hillary? The question has been whispered loudly for months, and the buzz grew...
Of Climate Change, Permafrost, and… World War III?
An anthrax vaccination campaign for deer has resumed in Russia [Image: AFP/Russian Emergency Ministry] I know that title is crazy, but...
The Most Egregious Part of the Epi-Pen Price Hike (hint: it's not the CEO's pay)
The Epi-Pen price hike will effect families whose members include the allergic [Image available as a bumper sticker at FoodAllergy.org]...
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