Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gaza
Why are most cases of polio vaccine-derived variants? Most cases of paralytic polio are now vaccine-derived due to the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. OPV has been instrumental….
Tag: infectious disease
The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
Ongoing outbreaks of avian influenza have decimated poultry flocks and wild birds across the United States and worldwide. The virus, known as H5N1, is also increasingly adapting to mammals and….
Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy
Is there any indication that if Trump is reelected, he would handle a subsequent public health crisis any better? I hope he would have learned lessons, but nothing indicates to….
Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
Every time the Olympics come around, it seems there’s a different disease stalking the event. At Rio 2016 it was Zika. At the postponed Tokyo games it was Covid. And….