Survival Medicine Hour: Mosquitos, Plague, AJ Powers of "As The Ash Fell"

06/27/15 • 56 min

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy (Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, ARNP), our hosts welcome AJ Powers, authors of the apocalyptic fiction novel "As The Ash Fell". Also, Dr. Bones discusses the recent tragic case of Plague killing a 16 year old athlete in Colorado and what you need to know about the disease. Also, some little-known facts about mosquitos and the diseases they carry (not the Plague though, that's carried by fleas).

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