#vaccines #malaria For most folks in the US, Malaria is something they hear about in the news, the global news segment. In a country of over 300 million people, Americans are seldom affected by the parasite (1700 cases annually). Unlike other illnesses we've become accustomed to hearing about, malaria is a parasite that, after transmission, matures and reproduces in the liver. Once matured, the parasite moves into the blood stream, where it finds a home in our red blood cells. So far, the only way to deal with...

If you are not vaccinated for measles in New York City you will have two options; vaccinate or face a fine. New York City has declared the outbreak of measles a public health emergency. Measles are back in the United States. According to the CDC, in 2018 there were 372 cases reported. The virus has spread so quickly, that as of April 26 the number of cases reported were close to double those of 2018 (704). If the virus continues to spread at its current velocity we can...

Measles are extremely contagious. So much so, they have a hitting average a major league batter would kill for. What makes measles so contagious is their ability to hide from our body's immune system initial defenses. In fact, they hi-jack them to help it spread across the whole body. When the measles virus enters our system, our white-blood cells are tricked into thinking the virus is not a threat. The measles virus then uses the white-blood cells as free transportation to the immune-system-central-station (lymph node). Once in our...