Three Referrals: No Waiting

 

# 4928

 

 

 

Referrals to three blogs I’ve read this morning that I thought might be of interest to you. 

 

First Maryn McKenna – everyone’s favorite `scary disease girl’ – brings us details on yet another emerging resistance factor showing up in bacteria. 

 

This time it’s Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase. 

 

But you can just call it  VIM.

 

 

Another new bad resistance factor. (Bonus: Another city stigmatized!)

By Maryn McKenna September 23, 2010  |

 

Next stop is Ian York’s Mystery Rays Blog where he takes us on a tour of the emerging Monkey Pox virus, its relationship to small pox, and as he does so well, includes a flashback of disease history for us as well.

Beware, the photos are not for the squeamish.

 

Monkeypox, smallpox

By iayork

 

 

And last, but not least, John Solomon weighs in on emergency evacuations in:

 

Emergency Evacuation: ‘Expected’ Vs. ‘Unexpected’ — They’re Very Different, But We Don’t Treat Them That Way

September 22nd, 2010 

 

 

After seeing tons of pseudo-scientific crap in my news feed this morning, blogs like these restore my faith in the value of the internet.

 

Thanks, guys.   I needed that.

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Mystery Rays

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