Amesh Adalja

Why would the Mellon family fund RFK Jr’s irrationality

Ebola: The Pathogen is Never the Whole Story

GMO mosquitoes are an imperative when it comes to diminishing mosquito-borne diseases

Travel bans, border closures are favorite tools of politicians even though they are counterproductive

The World Cup: a place for crowd diseases to spread, not Ebola or Hanta

The proposed Ebola unit for Americans in Kenya; the invocation of Title 42 and its extension to green card holders; and the pausing of visa issuance from the DRC, S.Sudan, Uganda; and Title 42 during COVID all fit a pattern

Ebola updates

Kyle Busch and sepsis

Ebola update

A Dark Ages anti-human nihilistic mentality holds humans back from mastering infectious diseases

The real world impact of Dark Ages anti-human mentalities: measles, pertussis, etc, etc.

Pandemics and their enabling factors

Public health messaging in the midst of tribal politics

How I think about pandemic preparedness, the various threat levels posed by different pathogens, and more

Mild symptoms from respiratory infections can progress in certain contexts

Ebola update May 21, 2026

Not all infectious diseases are equal. Their trajectory depends on their biology and transmission characteristics, not everything can be viewed through a Covid lens

The Ebola outbreak had been going on for several weeks before being brought to the world’s attention, it will take months to extinguish

Ebola update May 20,2026

Ebola update May 20,2026

Ebola in the DRC: contact tracing in the midst of AK-47s

The Big Three Respiratory Viruses (COVID, RSV, and Influenza) could be a smaller burden if tools to master them didn’t sit on the shelves

The CDC has been decimated by RFK Jr and his acolytes

Avian Infuenza: The Greatest Pandemic Threat and the one that is Evaded

Ebola in the DRC

Ebola DRC update

Containment Challenges with the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC

Mastering Infectious Diseases Advances Civilization

In this video I discuss aspects of the Ebola outbreak and infectious disease emergency preparedness

In this TV interview I discuss multiple aspects of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC.

DRC Ebola Outbreak Update

In this TV interview I discuss multiple aspects of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC

Ebola: Signs, Symptoms, Mortality

In this TV interview I discuss the Ebola outbreak in the DRC

Ebola in the DRC: Large Outbreak, Weeks of Spread, Bundibugyo Strain

AI and other technological solutions beating back infectious disease

Antibiotic Resistance: A Hidden Public Health Crisis

A new study showed COVID vaccinated individuals, who contract the virus, likely shed less virus and are less infectious & infect less people in the first months after vaccination

Ensitrelvir will likely be the first medication for post-exposure prophylaxis for COVID — a major new tool

Nebraska’s Hantavirus Test — A Proactive Model

Hantavirus in semen ≠ STI

Ebola outbreak in DRC—Bundibugyo strain

May 14, 2026 hantavirus update

Measles re-establishing endemicity

The CDC of today is constrained by the damage RFK has done to it

Hantavirus cases related to the ship outbreak stand at 11, but it will not be surprising if the number goes higher

Hantavirus update pMay 13, 2026

Hantavirus risks, transmission, history, and more

Hantavirus: the role of proactive testing of the high risk passengers from the ship

Sin Nombre vs. Andes Hantavirus

Hantavirus updates including contact and transmission questions, superspreading and more

In this TV interview I discuss the latest on hantavirus and what the procedures in place are designed to do

In this TV video I discuss what symptoms the passengers will be monitored for in Nebraska at the quarantine center

In this TV interview I discuss home monitoring for hantavirus and other topics

Hantavirus: there are different types of public health emergencies

In this TV interview I discuss quarantine procedures and contact monitoring for hantavirus

Hantavirus Q&A

In this TV interview I discuss multiple aspects of hantavirus, including quarantine procedures

In this TV interview I answer multiple questions about hantavirus

Based on the biology of hantavirus passengers should have been able to disembark at the Cape Verde islands.

In this TV interview I discuss multiple aspects of hantavirus

In this TV interview I answer some commonly searched questions about hantavirus

Hantavirus update: 8 cases, 3 deaths, Canary Islands, Netherlands evacuation, Switzerland case

In this TV interview (recorded 5/6/26) I discuss multiple aspects of the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. Passengers need to be disembarked

In this television interview, I discussed the latest on the cruiseship hantavirus outbreak including the confirmation that is Andes virus and the Switzerland case

The latest on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

You can fire a Kennedy

Senegal’s theocratic anti-LGBTQ laws are nihilistic and will only fuel HIV spread by driving it underground

The current surgeon nominee, Dr. Saphier, is a world better than the unqualified Dr. Means. But for the administration to truly distance them from RFK Jr, they should remove him from the administration.

Avian influenza — continuing to fly blind

Infectious disease control is less about technology and more about willingness to use that technology

In this video I discuss sepsis and the role of newer technologies such as blood purification devices

In this video I discuss diphtheria and the current outbreak in West Australia

In this TV interview I discuss how no matter the qualifications of the CDC director don’t matter if RFK Jr has power over her

The looming threat of avian influenza

In this video I discuss a recent report on the failure of school administrator to actually enforce school vaccine entry requirements. Something that is occurring in Pittsburgh and creates kindling for disruptive outbreaks.

A legitimate CDC director can’t answer to RFK Jr.

Gardasil isn’t just for girls

Measles: waiting room clip

Long Island, Avian Influenza, Bird Carcasses

Why to give HPV vaccine at age 9

Bombed potential biolab in Iran?

Raw cheese Ecoli outbreak

Avian influenza in the US — are we proactive enough?

1700 measles cases in the US in 2026; framing vaccines as freedom from sickness and disease

Mpox, testing paused, CDC crisis

Influenza and COVID mortality converging

Gilead deserves thanks for their HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, not condemnation.

I think it’s irrational to drink raw milk but adults have the right to be irrational and insurance companies should have the right to charge them higher for this behavior or not cover linked illnesses. No one has the right to feed poisonous milk to children, however.

In this video I discuss the BA.3.2 variant of COVID. It’s unclear what its significance will be— not a ‘scariant’ but just continued evolution of the virus. Doesn’t change the risk calculus but may pose issues for vaccine strain updates if it rises

The primary benefit of mRNA vaccines is speed