Epidemiologist

World-renowned epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant of Mill Valley is warning that now is not the time for complacency in the battle against the coronavirus. “Marin is nowhere near out of the woods,” Brilliant said during a briefing of Marin County’s Commission on Aging conducted by teleconference Thursday. Brilliant is the advisory board chairman of the…

We don’t know about you, but we’re ready to travel. And that typically means flying. We have been thinking through this issue as moms and as an exposure scientist and infectious disease epidemiologist. While we’ve decided personally that we’re not going to fly right now, we will walk you through our thought process on what…

Iowa has confirmed a second case of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome.KCCI first broke the story of a positive case in eastern Iowa on Friday. State epidemiologist Dr. Caitlin Pedati said there are now two cases of PMIS, as the syndrome is known, in eastern Iowa. "This is an example of a place where we need…

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