Author Archives: mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: On reforming the NIH (excellent, must-read; accessible to non-specialists, and why parts of the “Abundance” agenda are ill-formed hooey) Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus Hantavirus Isn’t Just a Threat. … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: ‘Very contagious’ parvovirus swirling throughout Northern California How Does It Spread? Answering this question is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong. Dinosaurs had company in the dark: Amber fossil reveals an ancient … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: 4 hantavirus updates and other things that can impact your health right now Why Hantavirus Will Not Be The Next Pandemic Official leading CDC’s cruise ship program retires Why the FDA rejected a ‘breakthrough’ melanoma drug. … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: As someone who ran a high containment patient care unit similar to those taking care of hantavirus patients right now for a decade & has taken care of viral hemorrhagic patients in multiple outbreaks, I have … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: As measles roars back, scientists find antibodies that could offer protection Experts Wonder ‘Where Is The CDC?’ As A Hantavirus Outbreak Unfolds On A Cruise Ship Statement from the International Hantavirus Society and members of the … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: The Gold Double Standard: What’s behind the scientific community’s response to Bhattacharya’s role in a conference on scientific integrity Hantavirus outbreak: What journalists should know Death is the policy. Under RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ … Continue reading →