Monkeypox: Q&A with Dr Warren Andiman
Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa. The disease was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958. In 1970, monkeypox was rep...
1 Sep 201818min
Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) with Dr Rodney Rohde
A relatively new advanced degree is now available at select institutions for Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLS), or Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLS), and that's the Doctorate in Clinical Laborato...
28 Aug 201812min
Infectious diseases: Some select 'pearls' with Sandra Gompf, MD
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic dis...
21 Aug 201835min
A ridiculous measles vaccine article examined
A person on my Facebook page, Infectious disease news, who frequently posts anti-vaccine comments and links to certain posts placed a link to a article from a website called Natural News. The author, ...
16 Aug 20187min
Alzheimer's Disease: The need to test the viral hypothesis
Today's topic is hot with 3 major papers in the last few months, that is the viral hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease (AD) was estimated to affect 35.5 million people worldwide in ...
15 Aug 201810min
Fake medicines in developing countries: An interview with Dr Sachiko Ozawa
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are a serious problem in much of the world. Here ...
15 Aug 20187min
Totalitarian governments spawn infectious disease outbreaks that place other countries at risk
A recent Reuters article on the problem with Venezuela's measles outbreak crossing the Brazilian border said the following: Brazil complained on Thursday that Venezuela was doing nothing to stop the s...
15 Aug 20187min
Lyme disease in the US: The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report
Lyme disease is a potentially serious bacterial infection that is spread by bites from infected blacklegged ticks and deer ticks. The bacterium, called Borrelia burgdorferi, causes more than 300,000 i...
9 Aug 20187min
