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2018

December 2018

WNYC
Germs on a Plane, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

High Country News
No News is Bad News for Public Health, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Closler
How to Make Abstract Concepts Concrete, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

NBC News
Adenovirus Strain that Killed a College Student May be Growing More Common, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Telegraph
Generation Zika: Born in the Shadow of a Sinister Virus, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

SELF
Del Monte Recalls Canned Corn Over Concerns It Could Cause 'Life-Threatening Illness', feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Science Magazine
Ebola Vaccine is Having 'Major Impact' but Congo Outbreak May Still Explode, feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

Vox
"Designer Bugs": How the Next Pandemic Might Come from a Lab, feat. The Center for Health Security

Bustle
What Is Dysbiosis? 7 Signs Your Microbiome Is Out of Whack, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo!
A Nurse Was Fired for Refusing to Get Her Flu Shot - is that Justified?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
New Flu Guidelines Emphasize Testing, Treatment of High-risk Patients, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STAT
In Last-ditch Move, Lawmakers Push to Renew Pandemic Preparedness Bill Before End of Year, feat. Crystal Watson, DrPH

Homeland Preparedness News
Reps. Chabot, Connolly Sponsor Global Health Security Bill, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

WNYC
Plague of Suspicion, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
Advice for Parents: 'No Reason to Panic' Over AFM, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Goats and Soda
A Virus Can Eavesdrop on Bacterial Communication, feat. Nancy Connell, PhD

Homeland Preparedness News
Connell of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity Speaks About the Future of Biosecurity Research, Ethics, feat. Nancy Connell, PhD

The Hill
41 Percent of Americans Don't Plan on Getting a Flu Shot- Don't be One of Them, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

WCPN-FM (NPR, Cleveland)
Lessons From The 1918 Flu Pandemic, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


November 2018

Huffington Post
The Ebola Outbreak in Congo Just Became The Second Largest Ever, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

The Hill
We Are Spreading Chickenpox with Religious Vaccine Exemption, feat Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in The Butler Eagle

VOA News
Science Edition: 100th Anniversary of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic , feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

WNYT
Health Beat: Polio-like Disease, feat Amesh Adalja, MD

MedPage Today
Experts: Declare Ebola in Congo an International Health Emergency, feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH and Tom Inglesby, MD

Medical Daily
What is Bacterial Meningitis? Exposure Reported at Duke University, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

MDLinx
CDC Issues Updated Data on Acute Flaccid Myelitis in US , feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

SELF
No, Flu Shot Side Effects Don't Mean That the Vaccine Gave You the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Trib Live
Western Pa. Grovers Pull Romaine from Shelves Amid E.Coli Scare, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Medical Daily
What is Adenovirus? Maryland Student Dies From Complications After Infection, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Realtor.com
I Think It's Rude to Ask Guests to Take Off Their Shoes- Here's Why, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Outbreak News Today
Infant Botulism and Honey Pacifiers, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Outbreak News Today
Chickenpox Outbreak in an Asheville School: A 'Viral Exchange Center', feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Greatist
Can a Hot Toddy Really Make Me Feel Better or is Grandma Kidding Herself?, feat Amesh Adalja, MD

The Maravi Post
11 HIV Symptoms Every Woman Should Keep on Her Radar, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Daily Post
This Mystery Virus is Back After Being Dormant for 50 Years, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Simplemost
Half of Parents Think the Flu Shot causes Flu- Here's Why That's Not True , feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo!
FDA Warns Parents: No Honey Before age 1, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Finance Daily

Medpage Today
Experts: Declare Ebola in Congo an International Health Emergency, feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH and Tom Inglesby, MD

Yahoo!
A Nurse Was Fired for Refusing to Get Her Flu Shot - and Now People are Angry, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Austin American-Statesman
Was Austin's 3-Minute Boil Water Notice Overkill?, feat. Tara Kirk Sell, PhD

Glam
5 Myths Doctors Want to Set Straight About the Flu Shot , feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

LiveScience
Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) In Your Brain, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Vice

BBC Future
The Mystery Viruses Far Worse than Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Trib Live
At Least 6 Cases of "Modern Polio" Disease Confirmed in Greater Pittsburgh, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Medical Daily
Eating Your Placenta After Childbirth May Not Be Such a Good Idea, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo! Finance
What is Necrotizing Fasciitis? Man Contracts Flesh-eating Disease and He's Lucky to be Alive, feat Amesh Adalja, MD

The Washington Times
Congo Rebels Attack as Aid Workers Battle Worst Ebola Outbreak in Nations History, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

MSN
13 Household Items That Up Your Risk for Cold and Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Reader's Digest

Organic Authority
Everything You Need to Know About Candida Overgrowth, feat Amesh Adalja, MD

BBC Sounds
Newsday (35:37 mark), feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Simplemost
Flu Shots Vs. Nasal Spray Vaccines - What's the Difference, feat Amesh Adalja, MD

New England Journal of Medicine: Perspective
Politics and Pandemics, feat. The Center for Health Security

The Washington Post
CDC Director Warns that Congo's Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD and The Center For Health Security

SELF
A 23-Year-Old College Student Died From Lemierre Syndrome, a Rare Infection She Thought Was Tonsillitis, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo! Lifestyle
These Are 2 Types of Flu Shouts to Choose from: Which One Should You Get?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

NewsRep
Pharmaceutical Giant Posts Solid Third Quarter as Vaccine-related Workforce Grows, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

WPXI
Woman Joins Planned Suit Against UPMC Over Use of Unclean Probes, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

NewScientist
inside the European Union's High-tech Nerve Agent Attack Simulation, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Pittsburgh Now
Interview on AFM, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


October 2018

Healio
FDA Grants Sanofi Pasteur's Dengue Vaccine Priority Review, feat. Amesh Adalja MD

Precision Vaccinations
Protect Yourself From Germs While Traveling, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Bustle
What to Do If You Can't Get a Flu Shot & Want to be Protected, According to Experts, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

SELF
Can you Get the Flu Twice in One Season?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Washington Post
Virus Kills 7 Children at New Jersey Rehab Center , feat. Amesh Adalja MD

WBEZ
Rauner's Office Contributed to Delay in Quincy Legionnaires' Notice, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Vox
A Pandemic Killing Tens of Millions of People is a Real Possibility- and We are Not Prepared For it, feat. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Stuff
Flu Pandemic that Killed Thousands of New Zealanders Could Happen Again, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Realtor.com
The Ugly (and Filthy) Truth About Wearing Shoes in the House, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

CTV News
Six Children Die After Viral Outbreak at U.S. Medical Centre, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Adenovirus Doesn't Usually Kill, So Why Did 6 Kids Die From the Virus in New Jersey?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Doctors Try to Peice Together AFM Puzzle as More Children are Diagnosed, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Axios
Vitals, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

JHU Hub
A Guide to AFM, the Rare, Polio-like Illness Making Young Children Sick, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Scary Mommy
Doctors 'Flabbergasted' That More Than Half of Parents Think Flu Shot Causes the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Huffington Post
Latest Ebola Outbreak Not an International Emergency, World Health Organization Says, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

ContagionLive
Security Concerns and Case Counts Rise as Ebola Outbreak Rages On, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

SELF
One Child in Florida Already Died From the Flu This Season, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo!
Doctors 'Flabbergasted' That Half of Parents Think Flu Shot Causes the Flu: 'It's Impossible', feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Telegraph
From Self-spreading Vaccines to 3D Drugs: the Tech that Will Stop a Pandemic, feat. Crystal Watson, DrPH

STAT
Ebola Experts From CDC Were Pulled From Outbreak Zone Amid Security Concern, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Huffington Post
Experts Said an Ebola Outbreak In a War Zone Would Be a Nightmare. It's Been Worse Than That., feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Yahoo!
Polio-like Disease that's Paralyzing Kids Now in Chicago, Pittsburgh, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Hill
Clusters of Polio-like Illness in the US is Not a Cause for Panic, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Medical xPress
Report Highlights 15 Emerging Technologies With Potential to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks , feat. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Yahoo!
A Rare Polio-like Disease is Paralyzing Kids in Minnesota, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

U.S. News and World Report
Flu Season Lingers in Big Cities, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Atlantic
A Controversial Virus Study Reveals a Critical Flaw in How Science is Done, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD and Gigi Gronvall, PhD

AP News
Scientists: US Military Program Could Be Seen as Bioweapon, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

She Knows
Everything You Need to Know About HPV & the Vaccine, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Atlantic
How Easy Is It to Make Ricin, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Hill
Ricin Attacks Will Continue, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Outbreak News Today
Ricin: A Weapon of Assassination Rather Than Mass Destruction, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Herald-Tribune
Public Health Memo on Flu: Get that Shot, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Chicago Tribune
Health Officials Aim to Increase Flu Vaccinations After Last Year's Severe Outbreak, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


September 2018

Trib Live
Dr. Amesh A. Adalja: Undocumented Immigrants, Open Borders Are Not an Infectious Disease Risk, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Nature
Revamped US Biodefence Strategy Adds Natural Disasters and Lab Accidents, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

USA Today
100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed as Many as 50 Million People. Could it Happen Again Today?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Bloomberg
Return of U.S. Flu Season Brings Worries About a Virulent Replay, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

wNYC
Germ City: How SARS Changed the Face of Air Travel, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The New York Times
Biosafety Reform Still Lagging at Military Labs, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

The Washington Post
Our Lack of Pandemic Preparedness Could Prove Deadly, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD and Eric Toner, MD

The Telegraph
US Launches First Biodefense Strategy in Wake of New Infectious Disease Threats, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Health
Here Are 5 Scary Things You Can Catch from Floodwater After a Natural Disaster, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

BuzzFeed News
Multiple International Flights were Quarantined in The US. Here's What Happened., feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Huffington Post
How Netflix's 'Afflicted' Failed the Chronic Illness Community, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Hill
We Can Keep Synthetic Biology Miracles Coming by Investing in US Research, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

Yahoo Lifestyle
What Are Your Rights if Your Plane is Quarantined, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Health Experts Urge Everyone- Especially Kids- to Get Their Flu Shot by Halloween, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

NPR
'Predatory Bacteria' Might Be Enlisted In Defense Against Antibiotic Resistance, feat. Nancy Connell, PhD

STAT
Securing the U.S. From its Most Dangerous Invader: Infectious Disease, feat. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The Sentinel
Measles Not a Threat in Pennsylvania Despite Nationwide Outbreak, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


August 2018

Wired
The Hajj is a Perfect Labratory for Disease Warning Systems, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STAT
The Trump Administration is Starting to Overhaul its Guidelines for Companies that Make Mail-order DNA, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

Huffington Post
Ebola Keeps Coming Back. This Time's It's In a Conflict Zone., feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

The Baltimore Sun
Cracked Tooth, Cracked System: Why U.S. Dental Care Needs Pulling, feat. Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD

Self
The FDA Warns That Certain Type 2 Diabetes Meds Have Been Linked to a Rare Genital Infection, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Hill
Understanding Why Measles has Resurfaced is Essential in Order to Tame it, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Huffington Post
Fast-Growing Ebola Outbreak in Congo Has Public Health Officials Alarmed, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

MSN
Doctors Put the Chicken Pox Party Debate to Rest Once & For All, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STAT
Russian Bots Were Used to Sow Division on Vaccines, Researchers Say, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo Style
Doctors say the new tick remains a 'nuisance'- but has the potential to spread pathogens, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Health Day
Germs Gaining Resistance to Hand Gels in Hospitals, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Reader's Digest
12 Scary Disease You Didn't Know You Could Catch at the Beach, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Evan Solomon show
Hour 2 of the Evan Solomon Show for July 31st 2018, feat. Crystal Watson, DrPH

Business Insider
A Leading Medical Institution Created a Simulation that Shows how a new Disease Could Kill 900 Million People- and it Reveals How Unprepared We Are, feat. Eric Toner, MD

MSN
Should You be Worried About Kissing Your Newborn?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


July 2018

Nature
Modelling the Trajectory of Disease Outbreaks Works, feat. Caitlin M. Rivers, PhD

The World News
A Virus Attack Could End the World, feat. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Reuters
Meat Allergy After Tick Bite May Explain Severe Allergic Reactions, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

MSN
This Baseball Star is Out Sick With Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healthfully
McDonald's Salads Pulled Because of Cyclospora Outbreak - and Here's What That Means, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

SheKnows
No, Shingles Isn't an Old Person's Disease- Here's What You Need to Know, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Huffington Post
More Dangerous Outbreaks Are Happening. Why Aren't We Worried About the Next Epidemic?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

World Economic Forum
6 Ways Countries Can Prepare for the Next Infectious Disease Pandemic, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Business Insider
The FDA Just Approved a Drug to Treat Smallpox in Case of a Bioterrorism Attack- Here's Why That Scenario is So Scary, feat. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Popsugar
A New Study Confirms Dogs Can Pass Illness to Their Pregnant Owners, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Women's Health
Mycoplasma Genitalium is Yet Another STD That Needs to Be On Your Radar, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Health Day
Report Warns of Dog Illness That Can Spread to Owners, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Scientific American
Rescued Thai Boys Being Watched for Illnesses Caught from Cave Animals, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Rescued from the Cave, Thai Soccer Team Gets Quarantined: Here's Why, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


June 2018

The Atlantic
The next plague is coming. Is America ready?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Forbes
Fragile Antibiotic Supply Chain Causes Shortages And Is A National Security Threat, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STATnews
Lawmakers advocate for new antibiotics, but stop short of offering incentives, feat. Crystal Watson, DrPH

MIT Technology Review
US military wants to know what synthetic-biology weapons could look like, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

CNN
How prepared is the US for an anthrax attack?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Washington Post
How prepared is the world for the next epidemic? This tool shows most countries are not., feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Science News
Dogs carry a surprising variety of flu viruses, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
What lies beneath: Protect yourself before diving into swimming pools, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Huffington Post
Trump Walks Back A Disastrous Ebola Funding Cut And Experts Sigh In Relief, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

"Deadly Intelligence" (Science Channel)
CIA Drug Conspiracy, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Women's Health
A 5-Year-Old Girl Woke Up Paralyzed From A Tick Bite, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

NPR
Report For Defense Department Ranks Top Threats From 'Synthetic Biology', feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Live Science
How do you die from Hepatitis A?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Herald Tribune
GOING VIRAL: Do unregulated ‘biohackers’ pose a public health threat?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD


May 2018

Washington Post
This mock pandemic killed 150 million people. Next time it might not be a drill., coverage of Clade X
Also in The New Yorker, MIT Technology Review, AJ+, Science Friday (NPR), CIDRAP, Global Health Now, Homeland Preparedness News, Homeland Security Newswire, PAXsims, SCMP, NDTV, IFL Science, and Science Alert

New York Times
As D.I.Y. Gene Editing Gains Popularity, ‘Someone Is Going to Get Hurt’, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD
Also in Dispatch

Scientific American
A Worldwide Effort to Stop Epidemics Is in Peril, op-ed by Tom Inglesby, MD
Also in Kaiser Health News

Yahoo
There are 5 types of hepatitis — do you know the difference?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
1st Death Tied to Outbreak of E. Coli in Romaine Lettuce — How It Kills, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
What to Know About Hantavirus—the Rare Illness That Killed a Woman in New Mexico, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
How romaine lettuce turned deadly, op-ed by Amesh Adalja, MD

WBEZ-FM (NPR, Chicago)
Documents: Rauner’s Own Administration Critical Of Legionnaires’ Notification, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Chicago Sun Times

HealthTech Magazine
For Healthcare Organizations, Technology Helps Ensure Reliability Amid Chaos

UK Telegraph
Is this the face of Disease X? The deadly pathogens which could cause the next global pandemic, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Live Science, CIDRAP, Homeland Preparedness News, Contagion Live, Kaiser Health News, Med Page Today, Outbreak News Today, Science Daily, Guardian (UK), UK Express, GenEng News, Science Alert, Erie News Now, Medical Xpress, and Inquisitr

The Atlantic
Ebola Returns Just as the White House Loses Its Top Biodefense Expert, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

KDKA-TV (CBS, Pittsburgh)
Food Security and the Romaine Lettuce E-coli Crisis, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Reuters
US investigates bloodstream infections for link to heparin syringes, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
The 11 Most Effective Tick and Mosquito Protection Tips You Need This Summer, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
Why baby boomers and veterans are more likely to have hepatitis C, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STATnews
As Ebola flares once again, a rapid global response invites cautious hope, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Vice
How Gross Is it to Wear Your Shoes in the House?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Washington Post
The quiet return of Ebola, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Washington Post
US plans to provide several million dollars for Ebola outbreak in Congo, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Washington Times
WHO says Ebola outbreak spread to Congo city, feat. feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Washington Times
Congo begins trial Ebola vaccination amid widening outbreak, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

STATnews
Effort to encourage development of new antibiotics falls short in Senate, feat. Crystal Watson, DrPH

Health.com
10 Surprising Conditions You Can Get In Your Eyes, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Where did the Deadly Nipah Virus Come From–And What Other Outbreaks Should We Expect?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Women's Health
3 New Cases of 'Super Gonorrhea' Have Been Reported—But What Even Is It?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Huffington Post
US Announces Additional $7 Million Donation In Fight Against Ebola In Congo, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD
Also in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Readers Digest
8 Silent Signs You Could Have a Parasite, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Coalfield Progress
To Fight Airplane Germs, Be Practical, Not Panicky, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
New developments in case of nurse who allegedly exposed patients to hepatitis C, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

PBS Newshour
Will lessons learned from the 2014 Ebola outbreak prevent more deaths in Congo?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Live Science
Where Did the Deadly Nipah Virus Come From — And What Other Outbreaks Should We Expect?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Bloomberg Law
Senator Wants Funding to Update Pandemic Flu Response Stockpile, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

KDKA-TV (CBS, Pittsburgh)
What's being done to prepare for a pandemic? (Part I), intv. w/ Amesh Adalja, MD
Also Part II

Healthcare Dive
A third of Hurricane Maria deaths stemmed from healthcare disruption, NEJM study shows

Bioedge
Concern mounts over biohacking “stunts”, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Self
4 Places You Can Get an STI—Besides Your Vagina, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
What to Know About the Rare and Deadly Nipah Virus, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


April 2018

Nautilus
The Case for More Pox Research, by Gigi Gronvall, PhD

80000 Hours
The careers and policies that can prevent global catastrophic biological risks, intv. w/ Tom Inglesby, MD

Washington Post
‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Stalk US Hospitals, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in USA Today, Scientific American, Fox News, and Kaiser Health News

Web MD
Super Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Coming to US, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Hospital 'Breach' May Have Exposed Patients to HIV, Hepatitis: What Went Wrong?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Migraine' Turned Out to Be Shingles, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

New York Post
Your hospital bed is probably full of deadly germs, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Health 24
Super drug-resistant gonorrhoea spreading across the globe, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Why You Might Need a Vaccine to Go to The Kentucky Derby, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
Throw away your romaine lettuce to avoid potential illness, CDC warns, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
UPMC contacting 4,700 people possibly exposed to tuberculosis by infected ER employee, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
No, a Woman Wasn't 'Eaten Alive' By Scabies. Here's What Likely Happened., feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

US News & World Report
Even a 'Bad' Flu Vaccine Could Save 61,000 Lives: Study, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
Mass antibiotic dosing reduces child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


March 2018

The Hill
Rise in tuberculosis highlights broader global health security concerns, op-ed by Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, and Diane Meyer, RN, MPH

NPR
How Fast Can An Outbreak Be Detected?, feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH
Also in WAMU

Self
We Asked Infectious Disease Experts to Rank 5 Flu-Prevention Products, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Newshub (New Zealand)
How to avoid catching an illness or virus on a plane, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
Mumps is making a comeback — here's what you need to know, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Discovery Channel
Invisible Killers: Smallpox, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

The Health Journals
Could You Be at Risk for Shingles?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Teachers Explain Exactly How They Avoid Getting Sick, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Is It Too Late to Get a Flu Shot? Because the Flu Season Isn't Over Yet, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

New York Times
White House Hails Success of Disease-Fighting Program, and Plans Deep Cuts, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Wired
Medicine's long, thin supply chain, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
The CDC Voted to Bring Back the Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Bustle
8 Signs The Flu Medicine You’re On Isn’t Working For You, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
What Does It Mean if You Get Every Single Cold Going Around the Office?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

CIDRAP
MCR-1-carrying Shigella found in China, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healthline
Could a Lung Cancer Drug Point to a Cure for HIV?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Women's Health
What Is Disease X—And Is It Going To Kill You?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Newsmax

Tribune-Review
Western Pennsylvania cheerleaders possibly exposed to mumps at Texas competition, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Live Science

Live Science
No, One Sick Passenger Won't Infect Everyone on the Plane, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
Zika virus: Down, but not out, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Baltimore Sun
False 'active shooter' alerts cause chaos, danger, op-ed by Nick Alexopulos, MBA


February 2018

Bloomberg
Scientists Want to Completely Rethink How They Make the Flu Vaccine, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Sentinel Source

STATNews
Drug makers lobby for antibiotic incentives in pandemic preparedness bill, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

MD Magazine
Channel Blockers Show Promise of New HCV Treatment, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Lea Michele Swears This Soup Is a 'Flu Buster', feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healthline
A Florida nurse posted a rant on Facebook about people not protecting themselves against the flu. Experts say she has a point. Here are tips for avoiding the flu., feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
Review finds high rates of drug-resistant gonorrhea in China, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Homeland Preparedness News
Analysis of President’s FY2019 budget request reveals several major changes

Outbreak News Today
Troubling statements about vaccines: Gloria Copeland and Milwaukee’s Patricia McManus, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Consumer Reports
Answers to Your Most Pressing Flu Season Questions, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Time
Why Flu Outbreaks Have Been the Worst in Nearly a Decade, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Chicago Tribune

Homeland Security Today
US Hospitals Can’t Handle Catastrophic Attacks or Disasters, Report Finds, feat. Eric Toner, MD
Also in Fierce Healthcare, Healthcare Dive, International Travel and Health Insurance Journal, Hospital Safety Insider, and Health Leaders Media

WebMD
Flu shot during pregnancy poses no harm to baby, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Medical Xpress

Albany Times-Union
DOH: Capital Region sees highest percentage increase in HIV, STDs than rest of state, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in New York Upstate

Tribune-Review
Flu cases finally dropping in western Pennsylvania, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Romper
Can A Flu Test Be Wrong? Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
Japan has a new drug that could kill the flu in 24 hours. So why doesn't the U.S. have it?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
FluMist nasal spray poised for a return, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Outbreak News Today
Doctor that questioned the safety and efficacy of vaccines, Dr. Daniel Neides, opens private practice, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Homeland Preparedness News
New drugs needed faster to fight antimicrobial resistant pathogens, IDSA-led group says, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Like Kim, Khloé Kardashian Is Planning to Eat Her Placenta After Giving Birth, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Hill
Flu season this year is spreading like crazy — this could have other bio-threat implications, op-ed by Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

The Atlantic
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Washington Post
CDC to cut global disease outbreak prevention by 80 percent, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

NBC News (online)
CDC director's resignation caps bad year for health agency, feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

WebMD
Can Hep C Be Cured?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

US News & World Report
West Nile Virus May Pose Zika-Like threat to fetus, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Health Day

Modern Healthcare
Hospitals facing financial hit as flu season continues to worsen, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Self
There’s an Unfortunate Outbreak of Norovirus at the Olympics This Year, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

CBS News (online)
Fewer Americans are getting herpes, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in WebMD

Tatring
Is My Belly-Button Piercing Infected or Just Healing?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

ShareCare
Tamiflu: Should You Worry About Side Effects?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
Flu has yet to peak in Western Pennsylvania, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Click Lancashire
Coastal Health District offers free flu shots for uninsured, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

US News & World Report
Got a Pet Rat? Watch Out for This Scary New Virus, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Brinkwire

Live Science
Norovirus Sickens Olympic Security Guards Days Before Opening Ceremony, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also on WBAL Radio (no link)

Healthway
Man Up? According To Science, The Man Flu Might Have Merit, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD


January 2018

Tribune-Review
Western Pennsylvania bludgeoned by widespread flu bug, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Contagion Live
An infection preventionist's take on the 2017 Biological Weapons Convention

CTV News (Canada)
The new Shingles vaccine, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Cosmopolitan
This is how the flu can actually kill you, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

US News & World Report
Mom-to-be's immune response may trigger Zika birth defects, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Patch
Nude workout classes, coming to a gym near you, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Outcomes Rocket
Infectious disease management tips and tricks, intv. w/ Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
Why is flu season so bad this year?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Parker Live

Outbreak News Today
Raw water: ‘In defiance of everything science tells us’, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

CIDRAP
Experts decry lack of flu pandemic readiness, commitment, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
What is the 'Aussie Flu,' exactly, and how worried should you be about it?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
Latrobe man dies of flu complications, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Bravo TV (online)
This Woman Died From Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Eating Oysters on Vacation — But Why?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Tribune-Review
Brutal flu season leads to talk of a universal vaccine, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Science
A paper showing how to make a smallpox cousin just got published. Critics wonder why, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

US News & World Report
Are We Prepared for the Next Flu Pandemic?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

STATnews
A severe flu season is stretching hospitals thin. That is a very bad omen, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Live Science
You Have the Flu. Should You Go to the Doctor, or Wait It Out?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Healio
Surfers more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria in gut, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
The Hepatitis A Outbreak in Utah Now Involves a 7-Eleven, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Yes, Poop Particles Spray Into the Air When You Flush the Toilet, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Playboy
Why the CDC Is Prepping Us for Nuclear War, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
Here's How to Know When It's Time to See a Doctor for the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Today.com
Here's how the flu virus kills some people so quickly, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in NBC News (online)

Cosmopolitan
Here’s Everything You Can Possibly Do to Avoid Getting the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

BMJ Podcasts
Plague - a guide to diagnosing and managing Yersinia, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Modern Healthcare
Federal funding doesn't fully support hospitals facing large-scale emergencies like flu, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

WJLA-TV (online)
Severe flu season has senators evaluating ways to cope with pandemics, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

MedPage Today
More Data Needed in Health Emergencies, Lawmakers Told, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

DailyMail
Controversial paper that shows EXACTLY how to make a cousin of the killer smallpox virus prompts outrage from scientists who warn 'the world is now more vulnerable', feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Romper
5 Red Flags Your Day Care Isn't Taking Enough Precautions Against The Flu, Because It's Serious Business, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

MedPage Today
Flu taking its toll on EDs, hospitals, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Brinkwire
Have scientists just gifted bio-terrorists a doomsday smallpox virus?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Men's Health
A Disease Turning Deer Into 'Zombies' Could Theoretically Spread to Humans, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
The flu can be spread just by breathing, new study finds, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Self
How to Know When It’s Safe to Go Back to Work After the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

PCNC Pittsburgh
Why is this Flu season so bad?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Live Science
How do you die from flu?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Popculture.com

CTV News (Canada)
Flu has caused 82 deaths in Canada but it's not too late to get the shot: doctors, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Read the associated article

Self
Food Poisoning vs. Stomach Flu: Signs, Symptoms, and Causes of Each, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Wall Street Journal
CDC to Scale Back Work in Dozens of Foreign Countries Amid Funding Worries, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Alternative Daily
5 Reasons This Influenza Virus Is So Deadly (And How To Fight It), feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

International Business Times
Have scientists just gifted bio-terrorists a doomsday smallpox virus?, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Women's Health
Why Does It Seem Like The Flu Is Killing So Many Young People This Year?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Contagion Live
Orthopoxvirus Synthesis: The Implications of Publishing Instructions, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Homeland Preparedness News
PAHPA hearing witnesses question U.S. government’s preparedness, response commitment, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

UPI.com
Hospitals overwhelmed by influx of flu patients, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Homeland Preparedness News
Nuclear Threat Initiative to expand focus on global biosecurity risks with new grant

Yahoo
As more children die from the flu, here are the symptoms parents should look out for, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
A 'universal' flu vaccine is in the works, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Yahoo
To prevent the flu, should we all be wearing surgical masks?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

San Diego Reader
A horsepox on La Jolla, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Tribune-Review
Researchers say universal flu vaccine works in mice, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Ripon Advance
Burr takes reins to revamp nation’s all-hazards preparedness, response law, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

Washington Examiner
Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

New York Daily News
It Looks Like the Flu, But Isn't: What Is Adenovirus?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Live Science

Smithsonian Magazine
The pandemic everyone fears, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Also in Global Health Now

Guideposts
What You Need to Know About the Flu, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Women's Health
Do You Really Have The Flu—Or Is It Something Else?, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

 

 

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