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Clues on the Coronavirus Contagion
Epidemiologists are disease detectives. The investigative insights of a forensic epidemiologist are exemplified by Sherlock Holmes, whose…
Spread of the New Coronavirus in the Year of the...
When the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was first identified as a coronavirus in 2012, the case fatality rate was very high at 35…
New Lethal Coronavirus In China
In this the centennial year of the great 1918 pandemic, I was invited to speak at a special symposium on emerging infectious diseases at the…
A Coup Against Flu?
Recent articles from two separate research groups published in Science and Nature Medicine report major breakthroughs in flu vaccine research…
Are Fears of a Global Ebola Pandemic Warranted?
Ebola is a hot topic in the media right now, with multiple cases being reported outside of West Africa and much confusion among the general…
Assessing the Risk of a Global Ebola Pandemic
With the current outbreak of Ebola in western Africa, as well as the recent MERS coronavirus and H7N9 avian flu outbreaks, the world is…
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