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Global health funding has increased dramatically over the last 20 years--but are we using the funding the right way?Posted on March 11, 2008 11:15 AM • 12 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 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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Sentence in for bacteria-mailing professor
Last fall I wrote about the bizarre case of University of Pittsburgh geneticist Robert Ferrell. Dr. Ferrell, you may recall, had been prosecuted for sharing generally-harmless strains of bacteria with a colleague, SUNY-Buffalo art professor Steven Kurtz. Dr. Kurtz then...Posted on February 21, 2008 7:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Religion vs. public health redux
What to do when personal beliefs conflict with patient safety?Posted on February 5, 2008 9:30 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Texas: still bass-ackwards on public health
Just when you think they can't sink any farther....they do.Posted on January 29, 2008 9:15 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Turtles: not a kid's best friend
Turtles: not so adorable when they're carrying Salmonella.Posted on January 28, 2008 11:30 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Administration: overdose antidote not good public health policy
Why would anyone be opposed to an effective, cheap treatment for heroin overdose?Posted on January 28, 2008 10:30 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mail harmless bacteria, go to jail
More professors prosecuted on trivialities after bioterrorism charges don't stick.Posted on October 15, 2007 1:30 PM • 72 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A good excuse not to wear neckties
...They make be spreading disease.Posted on September 18, 2007 1:35 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
World Rabies Day
Rare in the U.S., but worldwide one human rabies death occurs every 10 minutes, despite the fact that the disease is almost entirely preventable.Posted on September 10, 2007 10:00 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Open access publishing is putting you at risk!
Yes, that's actually the argument made by the Orwellian group, PRISM ("Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine"):...Posted on August 27, 2007 10:20 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
YearlyKos videos are up!
Collection of Science panel videos from YearlyKos 2007 earlier this month...Posted on August 16, 2007 1:50 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
YearlyKos aftermath
Science + politics = yo' mamma.Posted on August 9, 2007 8:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Safe haven laws, hidden pregnancies, and the tragedy of Ashley Truitt
My office in the epidemiology department is located within the hospital. Therefore, every day when I walk into work, I pass by a sign like the one on the left. Like most states, Iowa has a safe haven law--a...Posted on June 7, 2007 9:00 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Waxing indignant: pointless?
In the comments to the XDR-TB update post, Scott suggested that bloggers were putting too much emphasis on whether the TB patient was stupid/arrogant/self-centered/whatever, and later that "waxing indignant is pointless." I started this as a response to those comments,...Posted on May 31, 2007 8:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
XDR-TB travels around the globe, update: broader implications of one man's jaunt
I blogged earlier about the Georgia man who globe-trotted while infected with XDR-TB. I wrote that post late Tuesday evening, and since then, a number of other details about his case have come to light--and they're not encouraging. In fact,...Posted on May 30, 2007 6:20 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Microbes on a plane
TB anywhere is TB everywhere, as a recent case demonstrates.Posted on May 30, 2007 8:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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