Obama: end malaria deaths by 2015
Category: Malaria
Malaria kills a child every thirty seconds; what do the candidates plan to do about it?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 1:35 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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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Malaria:
Less is more when it comes to antibiotic use?
Category: General biology
Could we find a way to successfully treat infections using lower doses of drugs for a shorter period of time, without increasing the presence of antibiotic resistant organisms? Maybe...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 4:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World"
Category: Historical studies of disease
Learning from history to avoid repeating it. Ideally.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:30 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tuesday reads
Category: Blog carnivals
Grand Rounds of the week, malaria, cancer & chromosomes, and a bit more on communication between scientists and journalists.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Malaria: the cure for AIDS?
Category: AIDS/HIV
Safe and effective cure, or potentially deadly quackery?
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 9:30 AM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Behe pwned again
Category: Malaria
Behe's "The Edge of Evolution" is officially on the shelves now, and already it's DOA.
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 7:00 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
New malaria vaccine shows promise
Category: General Epidemiology
[From the archives; originally published November 18, 2005] Malaria is one of the world's leading infectious killers. World-wide, almost 40% of the world's population is at risk of acquiring this disease--many of them in poor countries with limited resources to...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 1:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sunday roundup
Category: General biology
Like a Saturday roundup, but a day delayed. Some other topics I found interesting this week, but didn't have a chance to elaborate on......
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Emerging Disease and Zoonoses series
Category: AIDS/HIV
Part One: Introduction to Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Part Two: Introduction to Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses continued Part Three: Bushmeat Part Four: War and Disease Part Five: Chikungunya Part Six: Avian influenza Part Seven: Reporting on emerging diseases Part Eight:...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 12:30 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Dunk malaria day
Category: Malaria
Yesterday, as mentioned previously, was Dunk Malaria day. I'm on the road today in cold 'n' gloomy Atlanta so pardon the delay, but coturnix has a collection of posts here regarding the topic. Just spent much of the morning hearing...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 11:39 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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