It turns out that my Daddy was not the first man to live forever. The inevitable day arrived in 2021 when I would wake up with a father and go to bed a fatherless child. My beloved 95-year-old father would take his last breath. Our...
What is cholera?
It is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the intake of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequality and lack of social development.
A few general facts about the disease
Most people...
At sixty-seven years of age, I couldn’t walk without both knees collapsing on me. My legs weren’t working, but my hands were, so I wrote a letter to my orthopedic surgeon. Yes, I have an orthopedic surgeon on dial-up, as my right hip was replaced years ago. I didn’t go outdoors for weeks for...
Suddenly, things change
I moved from the United States to Belgium in 2002, yet I always knew that I would come back to the US to help my family when they needed me. I couldn’t imagine it being any other way. At the time of my...
What do Jerry Seinfed, Woody Allen, Greta Thunberg and Albert Einstein have in common? Such different people with different talents, skills, personalities and interests. The thing that unites them all is that they are on the autism spectrum. April is Autism Acceptance Month, and these four individuals serve as a good reminder...
Have you ever considered the health of seafarers, a group of people that we rarely think about?
Seafarers are an essential workforce of almost 2 million strong, responsible for transporting approximately 90% of goods worldwide. But they are not necessarily a healthy group! The Philippines, the Russian Federation, Indonesia, China,