Explaining Emerging Infectious Diseases

“2015 was a very busy year for emerging infectious diseases.” – Steven Hatfill, MD
Dr. Steven Hatfill Dr. Steven Hatfill Photo: Wikipedia
Dedicating his lecture to Médecins Sans Frontières, for their heroic actions in West Africa, Dr. Steven Hatfill spoke to a captivated audience at the 33rd Annual Conference of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness in California about the 43 newly emerging infectious diseases that jumped to a larger geographic area from their wild animal hosts to human populations in the past 30 years. Continue reading