A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $ 8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies. The deal, between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and a team of scientists at Britain’s Imperial… Read More »
Plague was NOT brought to Europe by foreign invaders but developed in the first filthy towns which were breeding grounds for disease Bacteria that causes plague is found in a 20-year-old who lived 4,900 years ago Yersinia pestis is responsible for the Black Death and other plague outbreaks Scientists believe farmers that lived 4,500 years… Read More »
I spent my early and mid-career years working in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at a large academic center. We did almost everything except for a few things esoteric at the time — small bowel transplants, a few kinds of experimental surgery. I’m now in my late career (but have no plans to quit… Read More »