This is an absolutely fascinating NPR video that shows how a virus invades your body. According to the NPR story, scientific animation outfit XVIVO produced …
Category: Infectious Diseases
The Atlantic questions H1N1 vaccination
A new story in The Atlantic on influenza vaccination is sure to raise the ire of the public health officials now encouraging everyone and their …
Skepticism and questions about AIDS vaccine trial
Yesterday I attended a fundraiser in Palo Alto for the Rotary's Child AIDS Project, where some national leaders in the AIDS fight expressed skepticism about …
Reports of influenza at colleges drop for first time
The number of cases of influenza-like illness reported on college campuses dropped 19% the week of Sept. 19-25. President of the American College Health Association …
AIDS vaccine study results boost morale for US trial
Researchers in the United States are hoping to build on the recently reported success of an experimental vaccine for the AIDS virus conducted in Thailand. …
Frustration turns to hope with AIDS vaccine
I recall three years ago, at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, hearing virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur in Paris question whether development …
Dirty hands increase flu risk
One very simple way to help avoid getting the H1N1 flu this season is to regularly wash your hands. Avoiding the H1N1 strain of influenza …
A question to ask your doctor
Here's an idea for everybody: Call or email your doctor and ask him or her, "Are you going to get vaccinated for the H1N1 influenza …
H1N1 flu: Health tips for fall
The back-to-school rush and impending flu season have many parents worried about a possible resurgence of H1N1 flu, a.k.a. swine flu. In a new video, …
It's official: There's a swine-flu pandemic
The World Health Organization has officially declared a swine-flu pandemic. While somewhat anti-climactic from a news perspective, the action does promise to spur accelerated development …
Old blood scores against new pig-brewed flu
It looks as though older people have been around long enough to have been exposed to influenza viruses at least somewhat similar to the H1N1 …
Hold that phone
Don't take that call just yet. Researchers in Turkey who tested the cellular phones of 200 doctors and nurses in hospital intensive care units and …
What World of Warcraft can show about pandemics
There's an incredibly interesting post on Health Disparities discussing the Corrupted Blood virtual pandemic on World of Warcraft, the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. …
New AIDS czar a good fit
Amid the furor over swine flu, a very important bit of health policy news seems to have been buried. President Obama just appointed a new …