this is a serious upgrade from five years ago when i last took the oral typhoid vaccine. my 7-day, 4-pill course of medicine came equipped with a check-off timeline printed on a bathroom mirror sticker and a livestrong/wriststrong–esque reminder bracelet. color me impressed, as well as 25% of the way to being re-vaccinated. (on another vaccine noteContinue reading “cues to action: oral typhoid vaccine”
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more on polio vaccination efforts.
i have been trying to keep up with polio vaccination efforts here. but it seemed like this deserved a new post, as it deals not just with commentary on the recent killings but also some actions that USG could take, via charles kenny. there is information here, followed by an interesting conversation in the commentsContinue reading “more on polio vaccination efforts.”
thank you. water, sanitation, infrastructure, cholera.
someone said something helpful here. about cholera. but not about a new vaccine, a new super-antibiotic, or engineering a new vector that can be lulled to sleep by harp music, along with plans for a helicopter drop of harps or new ways to subsidize harps. whenever epidemics of cholera occur, the global public health communityContinue reading “thank you. water, sanitation, infrastructure, cholera.”
if it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stronger (III) / why would you do things that way? (II)
well, this is bad and annoying. bad: malaria resistance to ACTs is being increasingly reported in Thailand. annoying: the article’s narrator & interviewee go on to say that immediate steps need to be taken. then, instead of listing some possible steps, they highlight that maybe a malaria vaccine is on the horizon. 1. what should weContinue reading “if it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stronger (III) / why would you do things that way? (II)”
you’re not helping: seriously, CIA, we have enough problems convincing people to get vaccines, polio and otherwise
“At the behest of CIA officials, Afridi reportedly launched a fake polio vaccination campaign in Abbottabad last year, using it as a front to gather DNA samples from people thought to be relatives of the elusive Osama Bin Laden. This elaborate scheme would later contribute to the frenetic manhunt for and subsequent assassination of theContinue reading “you’re not helping: seriously, CIA, we have enough problems convincing people to get vaccines, polio and otherwise”
Heather E. Lanthorn 