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EARTHQUAKE!
The Great Seattle Earthquake has come–to my doorstep, delivered by overnight express. And it’s a fine and handsome book. Continue reading
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Tagged Duwamish Tribe, helicopter rescue, medical thriller, Native American, novel, Seattle earthquake fault
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Ebola convalescent serum–I should have guessed!
It’s all becoming clear: the CDC has been planning to use convalescent sera all along. That’s why they imported a couple of moon-suited ebola patients. Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged CDC, convalescent serum, ebola, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, The Neah Virus
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Viruses, viruses, everywhere
Let’s hope the mutation rate of EnteroVirus D68 slows down a bit. Otherwise, we may be looking at big trouble. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Real Science
Tagged EV-D68, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, polio, virus
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Ebola vaccine–why so slow?
If you try to create a vaccine that causes a rip-roaring response in every vaccinated person, you are liable to create a vaccine that causes a lot of side-effects, up to and including death. Continue reading
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Tagged ebola, medical thriller, novel, Peyton McKean, subunit, vaccine
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Ebola, anyone?
Out of the rainforests of Africa, came Ebola. Out of the rainforests of Washington State, comes the Neah Virus! With awful news coming out of Africa on a daily basis lately, it seems I crafted a very timely story when … Continue reading
Tagged ebola, fiction, medical thriller, new, Peyton McKean, The Neah Virus
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The Unprepossessing Phineus Morton
In The Jihad Virus, Peyton McKean’s sidekick and chronicler describes himself: “I Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, The Jihad Virus
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Saving lives–too busy to blog
I wrote ’round-the-clock, literally, yesterday on our Investigational New Drug application. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Real Science
Tagged medical thriller, new, novel
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Why I dedicated The Jihad Virus to women
The opening quote is something I believe with absolute certainty. Not until feminine voices are heard loud and clear above the voices of war-mongering males, will this world ever find peace. Continue reading
Tagged ebook, medical thriller, mystery, new, paperback, Peyton McKean
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The Jihad Virus — Published!
A deadly microbe: When a U.S. Customs inspector at the Canadian border succumbs to a fatal viral infection, a terrifying fear becomes reality. Continue reading
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Tagged ebook, medical thriller, mystery, new, paperback, Peyton McKean
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Publishing The Jihad Virus
By next weekend, I think I’ll be ready to announce that The Jihad Virus is available to the public! Continue reading
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Tagged ebook, medical thriller, mystery, Peyton McKean
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