Ebola Perspective

• New Outbreaks of Marburg Virus Disease: What to Know Since the first discovery of Marburg virus, there have been at least 14 Marburg virus disease outbreaks worldwide, with nearly 600 cases and case fatality rates of 23%-90%.
  MDedge, May 10, 2023
• Long-COVID Mystery Has Doctors in the Dark Dr Amesh Adalja discusses the lack of knowledge regarding post-acute long-COVID symptoms and how to move forward.
  WebMD, March 28, 2023
• Emergency Risk Communication for Healthcare Professionals The COCA and HAN team at CDC focuses on emergency preparedness and response communication tailored to healthcare professionals.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 02, 2023
• New CDC Center Forecasting the Next Outbreak Modeling now allows CDC to identify and react quickly to emerging infectious disease threats.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 28, 2023
• One Health Explained One Health recognizes that the health of people, animals, plants, and our shared environment are closely linked and interdependent.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 07, 2023
• Hit Pandemic Show Is Fantastical but Not Baseless   As a culture, we don't seem to be tiring of outbreak fiction, but a new series has something new to add to the genre, according to infectious disease expert Dr Paul Auwaerter.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, February 07, 2023
• A Virus Poised to Jump Species to Humans   Researchers show how close we are to another pandemic, and how it will start with zoonotic transmission.
  Medscape, October 04, 2022
• Treating Monkeypox: Q&A with the CDC's John T. Brooks, MD Sexually active men who have sex with men are most at risk for infection with the virus, which can cause excruciatingly painful lesions and even scarring.
  CDC Expert Commentary, August 22, 2022
• Monkeypox: What Do Experts Actually Think?   How much do we really know about the emerging risk of monkeypox? Join experts as they discuss the current situation, what people should focus on, and what to expect going forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 25, 2022
• Our Biggest Mistakes During the COVID-19 Pandemic   Bioethicist Art Caplan shares his list of mistakes made and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 04, 2022
• Turning the Page: Books to Get You Prepared for a New Year These novels, histories, humorous essay collections, travelogues, and cookbooks will give you a fresh perspective to start 2022.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 09, 2021
• Wellcome Trust's Jeremy Farrar: 'Seeing the End of the Pandemic Is Premature'   Jeremy Farrar explains why we must expect new variants, and why he’d like to give away his booster shot.
  Medscape, September 22, 2021
• A Leading Virologist Reveals His Two 'Nightmare' Viruses   Virologist Florian Krammer talks about how much we should worry about the Delta virus and the truth about antibody tests.
  Medscape, September 14, 2021
• Post-COVID Conditions Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided interim guidance on the diagnosis and management of post-COVID conditions, which are often referred to as 'Long COVID.'
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 02, 2021
• Michael Lewis on the Mirage That Is America's Public Health System   Gaps in public health preparation and priorities appeared years before SARS-CoV-2 arrived in the US. 'What happened before told you so much about what would happen during the pandemic,' Lewis says.
  Medscape, June 04, 2021
• Frieden on CDC Fumbles, Blood Clots, and Fixing Our COVID Approach   In a conversation with Eric Topol, former CDC director Tom Frieden discusses the agency's response to COVID-19, how the world got lucky in some ways, and his effort to improve global health.
  Medscape, April 15, 2021
• What Ebola Has Taught Us About Managing COVID   Drs Robert Glatter, Craig Spencer, and Syra Madad discuss lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic that the US should have learned from the Ebola crisis.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, April 08, 2021
• COVID Writing Goes Viral: How Writing Became a Lifeline   This is a special episode of the 'Medicine and the Machine' podcast, to celebrate Bellevue Literary Review's 20th anniversary -- with Dr Eric Topol, Dr Abraham Verghese, and Dr Danielle Ofri.
  Medscape, March 26, 2021
• It's Okay to Overreact: Devi Sridhar Shares COVID's Humbling Lesson   Global health expert Devi Sridhar discusses with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese how the countries that took the threat seriously from the get-go have fared better in loss of life and economic recovery.
  Medscape, March 18, 2021
• The Pandemic and America's Regressive National Psyche   Dr Jeffrey Lieberman offers a piece of his mind on the embarrassing and destructive response to the pandemic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, January 25, 2021