Your Local Epidemiologist

Entries

• We all need to become better science storytellers. Here’s why and how.
  April 03, 2026

  Last week, in a lovely New Haven bar, six people gathered in front of a crowd to tell stories that were somehow relat...

• What many parents are missing about the social media verdict and addiction
  April 01, 2026

  Meta, YouTube, Costa Rica, and the bigger picture

• A new covid variant called Cicada, ticks and a new Lyme vaccine, common cold, and good news
  March 31, 2026

  The Dose (March 31)

• Your questions answered: How to use AI to optimize health
  March 27, 2026

  YLE webinar follow-up

• Glyphosate: A story of science, risk, and nuance
  March 25, 2026

  In the summer of 2014, a California groundskeeper named Dewayne Johnson started noticing patches of raw, weeping skin...

• Goodbye flu season, hello Spring bugs, like norovirus, polio travel headlines, and breakthrough measles cases.
  March 24, 2026

  The Dose (March 24)

• Covid-19 six years later
  March 19, 2026

  Six years ago today, I put my baby in a camping carrier, strapped her on, opened my laptop on my dining room table, a...

• A win for your access to vaccines, federal accountability, and health
  March 17, 2026

  AAP vs. RFK vaccine lawsuit

• How to ask AI better health questions
  March 13, 2026

  A live YLE webinar

• Top 5 questions about school vaccination requirements
  March 11, 2026

  The most effective vaccine program in American history doesn’t require a single new drug, clinical trial, or breakthr...

• Cue the allergies and time change, the flu vaccine process is starting, WH's impact on Tylenol, and good news
  March 10, 2026

  The Dose (March 10)

• 5 Logical fallacies in the era of RFK Jr.
  March 04, 2026

  Common rhetorical tricks that are trending right now

• Hep B vaccine rates declining, RSV is having a late surge, more disease=more economic cost, AI and triage, and the U.S. surgeon general
  March 03, 2026

  The Dose (March 3)

• Measles and echo chambers, fresh science, and more
  February 27, 2026

  Behind the Curtain (Feb 27)

• The test of open dialogue
  February 25, 2026

  In the face of Jay Bhattacharya as the new CDC Director

• Endangerment Finding, bird flu, what counts as professional degrees, and more
  February 24, 2026

  The Dose (Feb 24)

• Update on moving parts for vaccine policy
  February 20, 2026

  And some communication tips for the moment.

• Halting vaccine innovation, younger colorectal cancer deaths, lingering flu, and good news
  February 18, 2026

  The Dose (February 18)

• What’s new in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines and why it matters (or doesn't)
  February 11, 2026

  Federal nutrition advice has evolved over the years.

• TrumpRx, Super Bowl commercials, flu B is here, and more
  February 10, 2026

  The Dose (February 10)