Dr. Robert J. BiggarThe Covid Threat AheadAs we move into the fall of 2021, we can expect Covid cases to mount. Why? The principal reason is we move indoors and into spaces where…Aug 30, 2021Aug 30, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarThe Next PandemicCovid has been called the greatest health crisis of our times. Globally, the official figures are that more than six million people have…Aug 28, 2021Aug 28, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarPolitical Responses to COVIDConfronting epidemics demands leadership, and in this, the U.S. political system failed. In the early 1980s, the Republican administration…Aug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarCovid and Public Health and PolicyWhile the science of HIV/AIDS was much harder to unravel, the public health issues of SARS-CoV-2 have been much more difficult to manage…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarOrigins of Covid & Other VirusesWhere do these new epidemic viruses come from? Conspiracists concoct theories suggesting that scientists make them in laboratories and then…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarCOVID-19 as a Clinical IllnessAIDS was subtle, a mysterious decline that might take many forms including as strange infections, dementia, or cancer. In the beginning, we…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarThe Science Behind AIDS & CovidFrom a scientific perspective, AIDS was — and still is — far more challenging than Covid. We struggled to find the cause. Was it…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Dr. Robert J. BiggarHIV and Covid: How One Pandemic Informs AnotherForty years ago, the world faced a major public health crisis with devastating consequences: the spread of AIDS from a localized outbreak…Jul 29, 2021Jul 29, 2021
