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Discussing causes, origins, evolution, and implications of disease and other phenomena.

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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.

"...a veritable expert on tawdry cosmetic procedures gone horribly awry..."--Kevin Beck

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Infectious Disease Series

December 31, 2008

Christine Maggiore dies from pneumonia at age 52

Category: AIDS/HIV

A mother and her daughter, both lost to AIDS-related pneumonia. Both preventable.

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Misc. link-lovin'

Category: Misc.

I've been really terrible at spreading around some link love this year, largely because my time to read other blogs has been significantly diminished due to my other responsibilities. However yesterday I was able to do a tiny bit of...

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December 29, 2008

Ebola--in people, DRC

Category: General Epidemiology

Another Ebola outbreak adds to Congo's health miseries...

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December 11, 2008

Ebola in pigs! [UPDATED]

Category: General Epidemiology

USDA tests confirm Ebola in pigs imported from the Philippines.

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December 5, 2008

Good news in global health: cases of guinea worm, deaths from measles fall

Category: Infectious disease

Vaccines, education, and inexpensive interventions combine to decrease infectious disease burden.

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December 4, 2008

Freaks of Nature and Bridgeless Gaps

Category: Blogging news

A new book and a newly-minted blogger...

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