In the morning I took a run in the alleyways, already crowded with vendors selling fruits, vegetable, and stores selling all sorts of...

On 25th of April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The death toll is now above 5,000 and rising. In the wake of this disaster,...

Today is the Feast of St. Kew, a little known Welsh saint, probably of the fifth century. She was the sister of a hermit called Docco...

Next week I am going to Sierra Leone to volunteer in the Ebola outbreak. Shortly after returning from Liberia after my stint of...

On Monday evening the snow started falling. I was thinking to myself how lucky I was not to worry about getting up early to shovel the...

Kindly I was re-invited to The White House Holiday Open House to go after my quarantine is over: Dear Dr. Lai, We are excited that you...

Appearing in public now after a period of quarantine seems a little strange, some people avoided me, some stood at a distance when...

I volunteered in the Ebola outbreak because I could not see myself staying at home when there was and still is a real need for healthcare...

At the entrance to the jungle where the ETU is, a huge sign for the Bong ETU towers over and dwarfs the old sign for the Suakoko Leper...

Day 17 of the 21-day quarantine. A few days ago someone was admitted to MGH for possible Ebola, there was no further identification. At...

Yesterday I heard a story on NPR about “One Village’s Story: How Ebola Began and How it Ends”, the name of one of the patients I took...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health contacted me regarding the issue of the 21-day quarantine. This entails direct active...

I am really looking forward to going home especially to see my kitten, Grisela or Gri or Kuchi Kuchi Ku, my nickname for her. She was a...

Having been getting up early in the morning in Bong, I woke up early in Monrovia. It has been raining during the night. Being wide...

It is amazing how in a span of six weeks, one begins to get attached to the people one works with and the place. Saying good-bye to the...

Last day rounding in the ETU. In the Suspected Ward, three-year-old Nowai lost her parents to Ebola. Bendu who is an Ebola survivor took...

Surprisingly Aaron is still with us but remains essentially unresponsive, no longer capable of groaning. He has a catheter now for his...

Fifth night in the ETU. There was a schedule change which I had not been informed but I happened to see the schedule lying around. ...

It seems here in Bong County, Ebola continues to create havoc. I have been on night shifts now for four nights and saw Aaron being...

WHO reports that the number of new Ebola cases have decreased in Lofa and Montserrado counties in Liberia. President Ellen Johnson...