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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.

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The consequences of refusal

Category: General Epidemiology

Now appearing at your neighborhood McDonald's: chicken pox parties?

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Fear & vaccines

Category: General Epidemiology

I realize that, despite the scientific evidence to the contrary, there is still a lot of fear and misunderstanding about vaccine safety. Two recent articles discuss this "epidemic of fear" and why it affects us all, the first here at...

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Why I'll be getting my kids their flu vaccines

Category: General Epidemiology

Taking a brief hiatus from my hiatus to discuss a question I've been asked a number of times in recent weeks by friends and family: what about flu shots? Are you getting one for yourself? Your kids? The answer is...

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Bill Maher on swine flu and evolution

Category: Infectious disease

Bill Maher gets it right on infectious disease. For once.

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Misc. links

Category: General Epidemiology

Influenza, an editor rants about anti-vaxxers, and essay contest winners!

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Why are the schools closing and other good H1N1 links...

Category: General biology

Basic influenza biology, school closing and pandemic mitigation, and the underappreciated and underfunded role of our public health system in these issues...

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What does the WHO's pandemic scale mean? And why is anyone worried about this?

Category: General Epidemiology

What's the big deal, and why predict the "aporkalypse"?

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Iowa investigating two "probable" swine flu cases

Category: Infectious disease

It was only a matter of time: Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says the state has two probable causes of swine flu. Speaking Wednesday at a Statehouse news conference, Culver told reporters that officials would know Thursday if the cases are...

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Wired: H1N1 a hybrid of 2 pig isolates

Category: Infectious disease

Brandon Keim at WiredScience has a new article on swine flu genomics. "This is what we call a reassortment between two currently circulating pig flu viruses," said Andrew Rambaut, a University of Edinburgh viral geneticist. "Why it's emerged in humans...

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US up to 91 cases, including 1 death [Updated: New England confirmed cases]

Category: Infectious disease

New states confirm infections, and the first US death from this strain

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