Measles has returned to the United States with a vengeance even though it was officially eliminated in 2000. Since that date, until 2014, occasional outbreaks had occurred because of importation of the virus from remaining measles-prone areas of the world. In 2014, there were 667 cases. This year, by the end of April, the case …
Panel: “The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: 100 Years Later,” Wed, March 13, 2019 | GAR 4.100 |2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
To mark the centenary of one of the worst disease epidemics ever, I will be speaking as part of a panel organized by the Univesity of Texas Institute for Historical Studies. My talk's title: "One Hundred Years Later: Unknowns of the 1918 Flu Epidemic." Here's the poster for the event. Here is the visual aid I'll …
Introduction
After a decades absence I will begin to post entries on a blog again. The last time around my most-followed topics were Intelligent Design, Texas Nature, and Philosophy of Biology. In the ensuing decade Intelligent Design has largely become irrelevant. I will continue posting on Texas nature and the philosophy of biology. But I will …
Sahotra Sarkar 