An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
November 11th, 2019
When TV Gets ID Wrong — Or At Least Not Quite Right
A busy week for Infectious Diseases on television! First, Dr. Aditya Shah, an ID doctor at Mayo Clinic, treated us to several snippets of truly idiotic ID-related drama in a network television show. After seeing them, I commented: Hey, my services to this show to help you talk about infectious diseases without sounding dumb are available at a […]
May 3rd, 2009
H1N1! Didn’t You Used to Be Swine Flu?
At the end of last week, “swine flu” became “H1N1”. The CDC web site explains why: This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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