Bryan White

Terry Pratchett: The Journalist of the Impossible The literary landscape of the late 20th and early 21st centuries is marked by few figures as prolific, distinct, and culturally resonant as Sir Terry Pratchett. An author whose career spanned five decades and resulted in over fifty bestselling novels, Pratchett is best known for the Discworld  series—a satirical fantasy sequence set on a flat planet balanced on the backs of four giant elephants, which in turn stand on the carapace of a giant...

Abstract The United States is currently witnessing a precipitous and alarming resurgence of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) once thought to be on the verge of elimination. This report provides an exhaustive examination of the escalating crisis of maternal and congenital syphilis, anchored by the most recent surveillance data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) covering the period from 2022 to 2024. During this two-year window, the rate of maternal...

Abstract The first quarter of the 21st century was poised to be the era of measles eradication. Following the successful elimination of the virus from the Americas in 2016 and the achievement of elimination status in numerous European nations, the global health community anticipated a gradual march toward the total suppression of the measles virus (MeV). However, the period spanning 2024 to early 2026 has witnessed a catastrophic reversal of these gains. This report provides an exhaustive...