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New article: Granny's mean pot of bushmeat stew

10/29/2014

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So much of the conversation about "bushmeat" ends up in judgement of African practices of eating and hunting--but we do much the same things here in the U.S. as well. I discuss my own great-grandmother's recipes in this new post.
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Taking down The Hot Zone

10/26/2014

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Have a new post up at io9 on myths from The Hot Zone. 
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New article: Ebola in New York City

10/24/2014

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New article at Mic.com: Ebola Has Come to New York. Here Are 6 Reasons Not to Freak Out.
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New article: the futility of travel and visa bans to prevent Ebola

10/22/2014

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New article at Politico on travel bans for Ebola. Quick summary: not only will it not work, but it will further erode trust of America in the affected countries, making it more difficult to extinguish the epidemic in West Africa and therefore putting us at greater risk here.
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Article on Ebola fears at Kent State

10/20/2014

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Here's what it looks like when Ebola fear comes to the heartland. 
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Former student Max Su featured in ScienceNews story

10/10/2014

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Bethany Brookshire writes about some of our latest lab research--and our high school student, Yutao (Max) Su, who helped with it as a summer project in my lab. 
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Editorial in The GuardianĀ 

10/6/2014

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Had an op-ed in The Guardian last week after the first confirmed imported Ebola case in the US: No, Ebola in Dallas does not mean you and everyone else in the US is going to get it, too. 
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