We are barely a month into 2016, and already it seems we have found our illness du jour. ZIKA VIRUS! I will admit that Zika virus is relatively new to me despite being an infectious disease specialist. When I first heard of it in 2014 through an online news report out of Brazil, I had to […]
Zero Ebola in Liberia
The last known patient with Ebola in Liberia was discharged from a hospital on Thursday. It’s a momentous occasion. Next up are Guinea and Sierra Leone. Let’s put this horrific Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015 behind us soon, and let’s not forget to build up the health care infrastructure in these countries and in those of […]
America’s Ebola Mayhem Continues
An elderly Black woman goes to visit her family in Jamaica. Soon after returning home to the United States she has a fever and presents to the Emergency Room for evaluation. She is triaged into a solitary room where no-one takes her vitals and no-one evaluates her. Instead, the Emergency Room physician places a call […]
Ebola Madness
The death toll of this year’s Ebola epidemic, the worst in history, has crossed the 4000 mark. Cases are expected to double every three to four weeks in the West African countries most affected. Despite the increased global response to the problem in the wake of two American medics acquiring the infection back in August, […]
Ebola In the United States
The inevitable has occurred. While there have been four patients with Ebola physically present somewhere in the United States at some point this summer, today it has been announced that for the first time, a patient has been diagnosed with Ebola in the country. This is an announcement of historical proportions. Never before has Ebola […]