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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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Category: Activism
"I always think someone is following me and wants to rape me. It is better to die." --Darfuri refugee Join the blogospheric initiative to speak out about mass rape as a tool of war and beyond.
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Category: Academia
Score another one for science.
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Category: Malaria
Malaria kills a child every thirty seconds; what do the candidates plan to do about it?
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Category: Politics
So, after almost a week of intense media scrutiny and finger-pointing at USAMRIID scientist Bruce Ivins as the perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the FBI has now released its documents pertaining to the case, and declares that Ivins was...
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Category: Infectious disease
One step forward, two steps back once again when it comes to finally closing the case of the anthrax mailings.
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Category: Politics
I've learned to get a sinking feeling when I see my hometown is in the national news...
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Category: Academia
An artist who used harmless bacteria as part of an exhibit had his day in court.
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Category: Public health
More politicians behaving like politicians...
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Category: Antibiotic resistance
Early this week, grant application; yesterday and today, IRB and IACUC for another project. But once again, fellow Sbers are keeping me busy reading about stories I'd like to be writing on; see yet again Mike on E. coli O157:H7--everything...
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Category: General Epidemiology
More grants out the door today, but check out ABC correspondent Jake Tapper's post on John McCain's views on thimerosal and autism: At a town hall meeting Friday in Texas, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared that "there's strong evidence" that...
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