Infectious diseases do not operate in a vacuum. They are not entities unto themselves, rogue actors that can be evaluated independent of their surroundings and treated in isolation. It is one thing find a treatment or a vaccine for a… Read More ›
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Who’s Afraid of The Zika Virus? How We Perceive Threat With Infectious Disease
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 ›
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 ›
Now Departing for The International AIDS Conference
This coming Sunday, the International AIDS Conference will finally make its return to the United States after a 22 year absence. It is a great occasion and something that HIV/AIDS advocates in America and across the globe can take much… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 