My fellow Americans, there is a new disease among us. It has only recently begun to make its way to our country from Latin America, but it will surely spread farther. Discovered in Sub-Saharan Africa shortly after World War II,… Read More ›
Ebola
You Can’t Quarantine Stupid: Ebola & Unconstitutional Health Policy
The year was 1918. After two and a half years of uneasy neutrality, America had finally entered The Great War and had committed over 4 million men to the war effort. As one would expect—or at least hope—the United States… Read More ›
Opportunistic Infections: What HIV’s Past Can Teach Us About Dealing With Ebola’s Present
It was 65°F outside and Yusia was freezing. The cold and the damp of the Sudanese rainy season clung to his bones as he biked to work, the pumping of his legs over the sodden ground making thuck thuck sounds… Read More ›
In Sickness & In Health (Pending HIV Test Results)
“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.” – Margaret Atwood Every couple of months it seems as if some superbug pops up in the news as the latest evidence… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 