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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.
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Category: Antibiotic resistance
Jessica Snyder Sachs covers our complex relationship with microbes in this excellent book.
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Category: Book & movie reviews
Don't want the commitment of a non-fiction tome? Preston's new essay collection is perfect for bite-sized summer reading.
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Category: Book & movie reviews
Looking for some good summer reading? Start here...
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Category: Book & movie reviews
The fever hit suddenly in the form of a piercing headache and painful sensitivity to light, like looking into a white sun. At that point, the patient could still hope that it was not yellow fever, maybe just a...
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Category: Historical studies of disease
Learning from history to avoid repeating it. Ideally.
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Category: General biology
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the history (and current status) of vaccination.
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Danica McKellar (aka Winnie Cooper of Wonder Years fame) channels her love of math into a guide for middle school girls. Does it suck?
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Category: Book & movie reviews
How a cholera outbreak 150 years ago still affects science, the building of cities, and our modern lives.
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Category: General Epidemiology
How has syphilis influenced the course of history?
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Category: General biology
The seventh chapter of Wells' book could be summed up in a single sentence: "biology doesn't need no steeekin' evolution!" Wells argues that, because medicine and agriculture were already doing just fine prior to Darwin's publication of Origin, clearly...
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