When we were children we learned different kinds of sayings. One of them was: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words [...]

Instead of doing both an article and a COVID update this week, I am just going to spend some time updating COVID items. [...]

People know that red blood cells carry oxygen. They know that white blood cells fight infection. Many are not aware of platelets. These [...]

Preventive medicine is a good thing. The one problem with it is that no one knows if it is successful. If you prevent [...]

As a Commanding Officer in the Air Force, I had disaster plans in place. We followed the wartime disaster plan to the letter [...]

New York City had over 12,000 COVID deaths. Hong Kong had 4. Viruses come in many types. They can be DNA viruses or [...]

Arsenio Hall had a segment on his show titled “Things that make you go Hmmm.” It would poke fun at everyday things that [...]

In 1998 a vaccine called RotaShield was developed. It was effective against Rotavirus. The virus caused a common type of diarrhea in children. [...]

I lived at home when I went to college. I lived in the southeast corner of New York City in Rockaway Beach. My [...]

Summer is here and the weather will be warm enough to motivate us to get outside and play, exercise and connect with nature. [...]