My Twitter feed today is alive with so much infectious disease related news that I’m having a major ID NERD moment. Therefore I’m sharing! New AIDS-like Disease in Asians, Not Contagious This first news item made me wonder if I had fallen behind in my medical journal reading because it’s the first I am hearing […]
Bacteria are laughing at us!
I came across a nice article in the October issue of the Atlantic titled Resistance is Futile. It attempts to describe the problem of antibiotic resistance from an economic viewpoint. While I don’t understand all those nuances, despite my couple semesters of economics in college, I still think it’s an overall good read. I loved […]
Legionella at Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Great! Just received a letter from ARIA sent to guests who stayed there between June 21 2011 to July 4th 2011 that their water tests detected elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in several of their guest rooms. In addition, the health officials have confirmed instances of Legionnaires’ disease in guests who visited ARIA. The letter […]
Superbug Sweeps through US media
The news waves are overflowing with reports that “the new superbug” which originated in India has reached the US shores and is “gaining ground”. Here and here. I don’t mean to downplay anything but I’m just a tad annoyed. So let me count the reasons why: First, it was bound to happen. Microbes are smarter than we […]
Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza A)
Tune in to any media channel and you will be bombarded by news of a new and deadly influenza virus. When this started about a week ago, I was underwhelmed. I’m less underwhelmed now as I do believe this is something newsworthy, I’m just not alarmed or frightened as I know what flu truly is. […]