Typhus Vaccines
by Roberto — As a U.S. citizen living abroad, I often get queried about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Why do so many people refuse the vaccine? Let me put it bluntly: I do not understand it.
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Vaccines and the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
by Roberto — For the vast majority of the natural history of Homo sapiens, some 200,000 years, the average life expectancy at birth has been around 30 years. What I find most amazing is that as recently as 1900 the world average human life expectancy at birth had remained unchanged.
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The Louse And The Vaccine
by Elio — Several events in my life that I will recount below have combined to make me feel connected to the rickettsiae. Consequently, I was drawn to a recent book somewhat bombastically entitled "The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl" by Arthur Allen.
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This Week in Microbiology #108: Vaccine in the time of cholera
The professors of TWiM discuss a University of Wisconsin plan for rescuing biomedical research in the US, and results of a clinical trial in Bangladesh of an oral cholera vaccine.
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Fungal Meningitis Bulletin
by Elio — We seldom post items of immediacy, but here we interrupt our leisurely ways to write about the current disastrous meningitis outbreak caused by the injection of fungus-contaminated steroids and other drugs. As microbiologists, the question comes to mind at once: Who is the pathogen? The fungus implicated is Exserohilum rostratum(although a couple…
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Fishing With Algae For Malaria Vaccines
by James Gregory — Malaria is a big killer and a major worldwide health concern. The number of malaria-related deaths has fallen to approximately 650,000 in 2010, from well over 1 million just ten years ago, thanks to the World Health Organization (WHO) and to philanthropic organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This effort, composed…
