Category: General

  • The Myth of Patient 0

    The Myth of Patient 0

    On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) entitled “Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los Angeles,” describing five cases of a rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), in five young, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles. Two of the men had died. Click…

  • It’s time for the spring pasta harvest

    It’s time for the spring pasta harvest

    If, as they say, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, that was certainly true here in the Coachella Valley.  High winds at the beginning of the month gave way to gentle rain showers yesterday as we feasted on a sumptuous Easter repast of glazed ham, potatoes au gratin, and…