Word: epidemiologist
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...oral contraceptives is in question. "It's not clear the Pill is not associated with breast cancer," contended Judy Norsigian of Boston's Women's Health Book Collective. But most scientists, including those who conducted the disturbing studies, backed the FDA's stance. Said Bruce Stadel, an agency epidemiologist: "The findings are inconsistent and difficult to reconcile with biological plausibility...
Suzanne Gaventa, an epidemiologist with the CDC, denied the federal agency was late in notifying the drug companies. She said the strains to be targeted were identified in conjunction with the World Health Organization and published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report April 22. She said the decision is routinely made in March or April...
...country's most imminent threat is waterborne epidemics. Thousands of flood victims are suffering from severe diarrhea. Health officials warn that widespread malaria, spawned by stagnant pools of floodwater, may be next. A World Health Organization epidemiologist predicts that even if epidemic conditions are kept under control, 4,000 children will probably die from gastrointestinal diseases...
...CompuServe, the Source and GEnie. InterPath's McAfee fights viruses from a 27-ft. mobile home known as the Bugbuster. Carrying up to six different computers with him, he pays house calls on local firms and colleges that have been infected, dispensing advice and vaccines and, like a good epidemiologist, taking samples of each strain of virus. Lately he has been averaging more than 30 calls a day. Says he: "You're always trying to stay one step ahead or as close behind as possible...
...which was excerpted last week in Newsweek, instead of in a scientific journal where their data would have been carefully scrutinized. A Chicago Tribune editorial blasted the "panic-peddling book," and the New York Times decried its "false alarms about AIDS." Callers seeking clarification jammed AIDS hot lines. Fumed Epidemiologist Andrew Moss of the University of California at San Francisco: "This is the AIDS equivalent of shouting 'Fire!' in a crowded theater...