July 2007

As I lay huddled on a lumpy bed in a guest house in Dharamsala, India, still recovering from giardia, I listened to the infant in the room next door scream for hours.

Was he suffering from a similar parasite, dysentery or food poisoning, or was he just colicky? I never found out, but my husband…

The number of cases of Hepatitis in Kern County California is increasing at an alarming rate.  According to new statistics released by the Kern County Department of Public Health, Hepatitis A cases have increased 10-fold from six this time last year to 64 this year.  Hepatitis A is most commonly transmitted due to bad hygiene.