Disease

Health officials are urging the public to report any concerns about possible measles exposures.

Doctors are advising people to wash hands, disinfect surfaces and stay home if you’re sick.

A local STI testing clinic worries a bill seeking to improve sexually transmitted infection rates will accomplish the exact opposite.

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

Our guest is Ambassador Mark Lagon; he recently gave an address (with the title cited above) at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations.

"A powerfully illuminating narrative of how things changed over the last century or so, both thorough and compelling." -- The Baffler

"The pandemic brought America's health inequities into stark relief, but [this book] illustrates that the problem isn't new, and that it is embedded more deeply than many of us realize.... Thrasher, a gay Black man, brings figures from the viral underclass to life in this engaging, enraging read." -- The Boston Globe

Surprisingly, many docs working in the US today never learned about lifestyle medicine during med school or residency.

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

"Mukherjee has found an especially roomy subject for his roving intelligence.... I was repeatedly dazzled by [Mukherjee's] pointillist scenes, the enthusiasm of his explanations, the immediacy of his metaphors." -- Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times