Former city woman pens CDC report attracting national attention
Bear meat infecting people with a rare parasite was the subject of a recent article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case was a headline grabber, but for former Morgantown resident Dr. Shama Cash-Goldwasser, the article on which she served as lead author was the final chapter in two years of work in the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). EIS officers are often called the disease detectives. “I was new to public health at the state level, and the first ...
