Musing About Microbes Blog

Selenomanas noxia

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:03:02 PDT

Well, there’s a new one for me. In July, I reviewed an article on a study linking obesity with oral infections. It was rather interesting research that studied the bacterial flora of the saliva of 313 obese women and 232 others that did not meet the criteria for obesity. More than 98 percent of the overweight women could be identified ...

Public Engagement Project for H1N1 Vaccination Program

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:31:12 PDT

In July, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the HHS, announced that the federal government expects to initiate a voluntary fall vaccination program against 2009 H1N1 Influenza virus. In order for the CDC to help state and local health organizations develop the vaccination programs, they are requesting input from the public related to the scope of the program. Last Saturday I participated ...

Heard This One?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:27:40 PDT

Today a friend shared this timely “sick joke” with me. (Don’t worry it is truly a “sick” joke, not perverted.) I thought you might need a little laugh – or at least a smile -- on Monday.What is the difference between bird flu and swine flu?For bird flu you need tweetment and for swine flu you need oinkment.Now, stop that ...