Tampa Dispatch

In this Outbreak NewsBites podcast, I look briefly at new research from the University of South Florida (USF) on Zika virus vertical transmission. See the paper here: Zika Virus–Infected Decidual Cells Elicit a Gestational Age–Dependent Innate Immune Response and Exaggerate Trophoblast Zika Permissiveness: Implication for Vertical Transmission  

Donald A. Henderson is credited with eliminating smallpox on the globe. A great scientist and public health official who headed the World Health Organization’s smallpox division years ago. Dr. Henderson died in 2016, but his words concerning dealing with pandemics, particularly on what not to do,  are clearly spelled out

Sheila Jackson Lee is a US representative from the Houston, Texas area who every year introduces a number of off-the-chain pieces of legislation that never go anywhere. On Jan. 4th alone, she introduced in excess of 25 bills with a bill on reparations getting the most press to date. However,

Nearly 173 years ago,  Karl Marx, with the help of Friedrich Engels, published The Communist Manifesto, one of the most influential political proclamations in history. The Manifesto was a recipe for tyranny, but despite that, the United States have gradually implemented virtually all of Marx’s 10 planks, unfortunately. Let’s take a