300 Years Ago a Woman Made Public Health History
Who is your favorite unsung hero? Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is one of mine! Had she invented something? No. Had she pulled someone from a burning building? Well, no. And …
Vaccines and Bayonets: Launch Celebration June 24!
I am very excited to announce the official launch of Vaccines & Bayonets on Gavin Roy Presents YouTube Channel, June 24th at 430pm PDT. Please bring your friends and your …
My Africa Smallpox Memoir Goes on Radio!
KZSB 1290 AM was gracious enough to bring me on to discuss my book and the correlation between COVID and our time in Africa. It’s been seven years since I …
7 Years in the making – Africa smallpox memoir released!
RESPECTED JOURNALISTS ARE TALKING **From Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Deputy Editor of Foreign Policy magazine:“At a time when vaccines are front page news and a deadly pandemic is raging across the globe. . …
VACCINES & BAYONETS! Coming SOON! Watch for it!
After more than six years of working on my historical memoir, Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War, it’s almost here! With this …
TRAVEL TO AFRICA
Between fitful catnaps, wrapped in the economy cabin’s coarse blanket and recycled air, my mind touched down here and there on events that had led to this life-altering move.
PUBLISHING MY MEMOIR–Week 3
The historical memoir I started writing seven years ago couldn’t be more relevant to today! It’s time to publish VACCINES & BAYONETS: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and …
Does It Smell Like COVID?
Sniffer dogs could be a new tool in locating COVID cases.
CONTACT TRACING COVID-19: WHERE’S THE VIRUS GOING NEXT?
They had to step up their surveillance, search for any case lurking undetected.. . . They had to prevent re-introduction of [the disease], a daunting challenge among a mobile people.
Why Does CDC Change its COVID-19 Guidelines?
We often hear complaints about changing recommendations from CDC and other experts we look to for guidance. But it would be more concerning if communicable disease experts weren’t learning anything from new scientific findings and new experience in the field. Weren’t learning anything that could improve our response.