Obama takes a science test
We grade Obama on four of his answers to 14 questions about science and provide the link to the rest.Posted on August 31, 2008 3:20 PM • 17 Comments •
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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.
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Public health preparedness:
Antibodies from survivors of 1918 era pandemic
Fascinating paper on harvesting antibodies produced by a 90 year old pandemic.Posted on August 19, 2008 6:54 AM • 14 Comments •
What killed people in the 1918 flu?
And will the future be like the past?Posted on August 6, 2008 7:25 AM • 28 Comments •
Why should the military get a scarce pandemic flu vaccine before almost everyone else?
A weird outcome to an "open and transparent" process.Posted on July 24, 2008 6:44 AM • 39 Comments •
Tamiflu and 1984 Newspeak
The government's private strategy for public health.Posted on July 7, 2008 7:09 AM • 15 Comments •
Why fever screening at airports is unlikely to work
Assessing the accuracy and predictive power of IR devices to screen out passengers with fevers.Posted on June 25, 2008 7:35 AM • 22 Comments •
Indonesia's public health apostasy
Don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue.Posted on June 12, 2008 8:22 AM • 9 Comments •
Beware: Indonesian Health Minister at the wheel
What a nut job.Posted on June 6, 2008 7:29 AM • 11 Comments •
Public health: broken and needs fixing
Mowing the lawn but not fixing the roof.Posted on June 2, 2008 7:42 AM • 7 Comments •
The biodefense boondoggle
Business as usual.Posted on June 1, 2008 3:30 PM • 3 Comments •
Preparing for roadside bombs in Massachusetts
More idiocy from the Bush administration, courtesy Michael Chertoff.Posted on May 27, 2008 2:29 PM • 20 Comments •
Childhood vaccinations: how long do they last?
For many of us, long ago and far away. Still effective?Posted on May 8, 2008 2:30 PM • 6 Comments •
Computers and public health: as the worm turns
A computer worm takes down Health Canada.Posted on April 23, 2008 4:48 PM • 8 Comments •
Disease mongering
Even when concern is appropriate it can be exploited.Posted on April 20, 2008 4:11 PM • 10 Comments •
Pandemic flu no worse than seasonal flu?
Pointless but not harmless.Posted on April 17, 2008 7:34 AM • 9 Comments •
The lesson of the 2006 mumps outbreak
A vaccine failure combined with a public health failure elsewhere.Posted on April 12, 2008 7:30 AM • 11 Comments •
Missouri: the scam me State
Taxing people to support religion.Posted on April 11, 2008 4:22 PM • 9 Comments •
New Relenza warning
Canada requires new warning label on inhalable antiviral.Posted on April 10, 2008 7:55 AM • 25 Comments •
Bird flu: staying calm about panic
Person to person transmission of bird flu in China.Posted on April 9, 2008 7:08 AM • 22 Comments •
Flu season is winding down but still with us
Flu this year was the worst in four years.Posted on April 7, 2008 7:25 AM • 20 Comments •
Flu preparedness and pregnancy
There's more to flu prepping than flu.Posted on April 4, 2008 6:07 AM • 6 Comments •
Flu in dogs again, but not H5N1
Dog to dog transmission of a bird flu virus.Posted on April 3, 2008 7:17 AM • 4 Comments •
Penalties for health care workers who don't show up in a pandemic?
Doctors and nurses who don't show up and what to do about it.Posted on April 2, 2008 7:01 AM • 13 Comments •
Yi Guan on stopping a pandemic before it starts: trust isn't transitive
Why I don't believe Yi Guan is right.Posted on March 31, 2008 6:54 AM • 20 Comments •
Indonesia and collateral damage of their flu policy
Indonesian Health Minister is just another version of George W. BushPosted on March 25, 2008 7:51 AM • 7 Comments •
A grandpa looks at pediatric flu
Flu shots for a 6 month old? You bet.Posted on March 23, 2008 3:34 PM • 11 Comments •
A patch for flu vaccine production
Frenzied activity on the flu vaccine frontPosted on March 21, 2008 6:41 AM • 11 Comments •
How not to deny a rumor about bird flu
Canadian hospital denies they have bird flu cases. They almost certainly don't. But they could have done a better job denying it.Posted on March 20, 2008 7:00 AM • 8 Comments •
Indonesia bird flu: still critical
The world's bird flu hot spot and what makes it hot.Posted on March 19, 2008 7:20 AM • 3 Comments •
Pandemic flu and the best laid plans
Are we there yet?Posted on March 18, 2008 7:15 AM • 13 Comments •
Pandemic on a table top at CDC
DemFromCT sees a pandemic unfold at CDC's Emergency Ops Center.Posted on March 17, 2008 7:39 AM • 6 Comments •
Biotech wants more money for flu prep. So do I. But not for them.
The headline seemed to say it all: "Funding Issues Stymie Pandemic Preparation." Right, I thought. All the money is going in to procurement, too little into shoring up a failing public health system. Little did I know:...Posted on March 16, 2008 4:10 PM • 3 Comments •
Pandemic flu "lockdown" nonsense
Coping with pandemic flu with computer modelsPosted on March 12, 2008 12:09 AM • 28 Comments •
On not beating back the flu
What happens when you adopt a devil may care attitude toward our public health system.Posted on March 11, 2008 7:10 AM • 7 Comments •
How to test for counterfeit Tamiflu
A simple color change test can measure Tamiflu quantitatively in the field.Posted on March 7, 2008 7:43 AM • 11 Comments •
The heart of bird flu season coming up
This year looks like last year.Posted on March 6, 2008 7:15 AM • 20 Comments •
Does Tamiflu work for bird flu?
The maker of Tamiflu reports data suggesting the drug works for bird flu.Posted on March 4, 2008 7:52 AM • 16 Comments •
Indonesian virus sharing and "God's Plan"
Indonesian virus starts to move again as Siti Supari self-destructs.Posted on March 2, 2008 3:15 PM • 12 Comments •
Does the flu virus know where the 49th parallel is?
Is it surprising that flu isn't flu isn't flu?Posted on February 29, 2008 7:44 AM • 13 Comments •
Indonesian virus sharing by the book
Did Health Minister Supari's self-immolation shake bird flu sharing loose.Posted on February 23, 2008 7:19 AM • 14 Comments •
US readiness for a health emergency
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or an onrushing train?Posted on February 22, 2008 7:12 AM • 20 Comments •
New bird flu cases: reading the tea leaves
What does the other shoe dropping sound like?Posted on February 19, 2008 7:07 AM • 26 Comments •
Flu rolls into town
Worst season since 2003 and getting worse stillPosted on February 17, 2008 3:22 PM • 18 Comments •
USDA bird flu program not Grade A
Protecting the US from bird flu in poultry. USDA reports "erroneously." That is, they lied.Posted on February 13, 2008 7:08 AM • 4 Comments •
Toughening a community for a pandemic
Will current pandemic preparedness efforts make things worse?Posted on February 12, 2008 7:36 AM • 13 Comments •
Seasonal flu vaccine mismatch
Got a match?Posted on February 8, 2008 6:59 AM • 25 Comments •
Preparedness and predicaments
It's all about priorities.Posted on February 4, 2008 7:37 AM • 3 Comments •
Bush responds to my plea to shore up the infrastructure
The slasher is a serial killer.Posted on February 3, 2008 3:14 PM • 37 Comments •
Failure of pandemic preparedness: look in the mirror [rant alert]
Getting what you pay for. Or not.Posted on February 1, 2008 6:22 AM • 31 Comments •
The Indian peoples' lying eyes
Bird flu doesn't cause panic. A lying government causes panic.Posted on January 31, 2008 7:20 AM • 19 Comments •
Flu shots: a tale of two cities
No cost shots, know nothing nurses and Mississippi.Posted on January 30, 2008 7:39 AM • 24 Comments •
Tamiflu resistance in seasonal flu: the devil is in the details
No surprise. It's more complicated than we might think.Posted on January 29, 2008 7:26 AM • 43 Comments •
Encouraging critical employees to get seasonal flu vaccine
Twisting arms or asking please?Posted on January 27, 2008 4:02 PM • 9 Comments •
Marketing preparedness, Effect Measure style
Say it again, Sam.Posted on January 24, 2008 7:06 AM • 20 Comments •
Was bird flu better in 2007 versus 2006?
The more things change the more they stay the same.Posted on January 23, 2008 7:51 AM • 31 Comments •
WHO releases information on viral sharing and disposition
Share but not share alike.Posted on January 22, 2008 4:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Bird flu: good news is always bad news
No "good news" is sometimes good news.Posted on January 21, 2008 7:38 AM • 13 Comments •
Will the Bush administration lock you up in a pandemic?
Civil liberties in a pandemic? No problem.Posted on January 15, 2008 6:53 AM • 20 Comments •
Why trust the government about bird flu?
What a tangled web we weave . . .Posted on January 13, 2008 3:37 PM • 26 Comments •
Director General of OIE speaks. Too bad.
Think first. Then talk to the press.Posted on January 11, 2008 7:47 AM • 57 Comments •
The Egyptian bird flu conundrum
Lots of "suspect" bird flu cases reported in Egypt. What does it mean?Posted on January 6, 2008 3:44 PM • 29 Comments •
The Rumsfeld School of Planning for Bird Flu
Preparing for the unknown knowingly.Posted on January 4, 2008 7:56 AM • 8 Comments •
Pandemic influenza subtypes: end of the year musings
Influenza pandemics happen. But which subtype will it be?Posted on December 31, 2007 7:45 AM • 44 Comments •
Bhutto, birdflu and WHO bashing
Risking your life for the ungrateful.Posted on December 28, 2007 7:53 AM • 105 Comments •
Bird flu: betting, insuring or investing?
Flu season. Place your bets? Pay your premiums? Or just invest.Posted on December 27, 2007 7:29 AM • 16 Comments •
Useless advice for public health officials
Handwaving criticism doesn't cut it.Posted on December 26, 2007 7:49 AM • 10 Comments •
WHO's new spin on human to human bird flu transmission
The "close contact" explanation.Posted on December 22, 2007 7:23 AM • 23 Comments •