International Consultants In Health

SARS Outbreak
The week of February 10th, 2003 is a critical week in the SARS chronology. Now, the world would learn that a mysterious disease was on the loose in southern China. And how did the world learn? Not from the Chinese, and not from the WHO, but from a man named Dr. Stephen Cunnion...
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Thallium Poisioning
A clinical case of thallium poisoning suffered by a university student in Beijing was diagnosed recently via electronic mail that was broadcast onto the Internet. An infectious disease specialist, Stephen O. Cunnion, M.D., of the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, diagnosed the problem, which Chinese physicians subsequently confirmed. This case has led many in the field of telemedicine to consider the Internet as a potential diagnostic tool.
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Dr. Cunnion is President of International Consultants in Health, Inc. He is a retired Captain in the US Navy Medical Corps and is considered an expert in field investigations of biological and chemical warfare and bioterrorism. He holds advance degrees in biochemistry, epidemiology and over twenty years experience in infectious disease investigations. Résumé

Bioterrorism
Although the ultimate goal of terrorism may be to destabilize a country’s infrastructure or government, some terrorist acts may be designed purely to spread panic. Hysteria could overburden all social, economic, and governmental systems, resulting in anarchy and bringing economic production to a standstill. We have seen what a few ounces of anthrax can do to our postal system. More >>

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