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News and Information on Infectious Diseases
Talking About Vaccines: Maybe We've Been Doing it Wrong
(Image: Coursera, "Epidemics- the Dynamics of Infectious Disease") Recently I have been working on a piece for the Bangor Daily News...
One is too Many
Though it has faded from the headlines to some extent, new measles cases continue to be diagnosed in the US following a large,...
Dr. Wakefield Goes to Oregon...or Not.
This week, I was astounded to read that Dr. Andrew Wakefield, he of the thoroughly debunked "vaccines cause autism" fame, had been called...
This Time its Personal
Dear Anti-Vaxxers, I have gone through many mental phases with regard to you. As a student doctor, I went through my arrogant, “how...
It Turns Out that Calling People Idiots is Ineffective
Comic by Emily Flake, The New Yorker A friend of mine recently suggested that perhaps humor was a good way to do a little scientific...
The Price of Willful Ignorance
For the second time in as many years, the United States has an active measles outbreak. This is inarguably due to elective omission of...
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