Hantavirus – Population Vulnerability, Transmissability, & Virulence

Note: There was a prior outbreak of the Andes variant Hantavirus reported in the New England Journal of Medicine 6 years ago. Mike Magee In 1948, General George Marshall, reflecting on the success of the World War II vaccine program, famously stated “We now have the means to eradicate infectious disease.” A frequent but untrue […]

We Had Plenty Of Warning. Will Microbes Finally Force Modernization of the American Health Care System?

Mike Magee Science has a way of punishing humans for their arrogance. In 1996, Dr. Michael Osterholm found himself rather lonely and isolated in medical research circles. This was the adrenaline infused decade of blockbuster pharmaceuticals focused squarely on chronic debilitating diseases of aging. And yet, there was Osterholm, in Congressional testimony delivering this message: […]