I grew up in Mexico and went to a fairly poor grade school. One year, a ton of the kids there got yellow. Some of us got belly aches and a fever, but not much more. The thing about Hep A is that kids usually have mild symptoms, if any. But adults...

Your mileage may vary, but I downloaded and installed on two iPhones and two iPads in about 45 minutes. No problem.

Yep. Lots of groping. And they don’t even have the common decency to look you in the eye while they’re doing it.

Not mean enough, “Ally.” #ToneTrolling

LOL, Ally. Thanks for the tone trolling. For a second, I thought you were going to actually contend the substance of what I wrote a year ago. Whew!

Let’s hold off on the kissing until after flu season, shall we? :-p

Hello, Typhoid Mary.

I stumbled into my first job as an infectious disease epidemiologist right as the H1N1 pandemic kicked off. In the six years that I did that job, I had to investigate more infant deaths from influenza than I care to remember. None of them were immunized, and, if they were under six months of age, none of their parents…

Is it so hard to raise your kid to not be an asshole?

Growing up in Mexico, we had to salute the flag, pledge allegiance to it, and sign the national anthem every morning. It was very militaristic. When I came to the US in grade school, I thought nothing of pledging allegiance to the US Flag every morning. Since I did it all the time in Mexico (the Mexican Flag), I…

Can anyone truly define “American” to me? Because I’ve been all over this goddamned country, and I’m yet to find one place that looks exactly like the other, or one culture that looks exactly like another. With the exception of the inside of Wal-Marts (and the people who go there, just kidding), the whole country…

We just had our little girl a few weeks ago, and it was impressive how unprepared we were AND how we managed to handle it. Dads, bring an extra set of clothes with you to change into once the delivery is done. You’ll be amazed how much you sweat it out during the delivery. Also, be ready from hour one to not get any…

Yes, I slowed down on the food intake a couple of days before, eating lighter and lighter before the prep. By the time the prep kicked in, it was a much easier experience. Also, you get the couple of days off from work. It’s a win-win.

Welcome to the club, my friend. And sorry about your pops. May you live to tell this story well into your 90s.

Of course! I’m the smartest motherf_cker this side of the Rio Grande.

It truly is the end of the era of experts, isn’t it? Everyone has been telling me their storm predictions based on what they’ve been reading online. Mind you, none of them have weather forecasting education or experience. I’ve studied weather because of my dabbling in aviation, but I don’t consider myself an expert.…

Thanks. He’s doing very well. The surgery was reversed after about six months, and he’s riding his motorcycle out to Mazatlan later this month. Still, it was scary for both surgeries.

Thank you. Several of my cousins and dad’s friends were convinced, giving him a reason for why this happened to him. He’s had the surgery reversed (after about six months) and is riding his chopper to Mazatlan later this month.

Dad just went through the ordeal of colon cancer. He never had a colonoscopy, so one of those polyps that could have been easily taken out 20 years ago turned ugly. So that bought me a ticket to a colonoscopy in my late 30s. The worst part was the cleanse. The colonoscopy itself was a nice morning nap for me. They…

When I chased Chikungunya in Colombia a couple of years ago, this was pretty much what we saw all the time in the jungle. It was horrible. Repellent goes a long way, but it still feels like it’s not enough. I thought I was breathing them in with each breath.