Robert Choy

Cryptosporidium description
Jan 11, 2021
Although Cryptosporidium is now identified as one of the leading causes of diarrheal disease among young children, this is a fairly recent development. Cryptosporidium (or Crypto) was first recognized as a human pathogen in the 1970s, but it wasn’t
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Male laboratory worker using a microscope to look at a sample on a slide. PATH/Eric Becker
Jun 16, 2020
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, COVID-19 has infected nearly 8 million people and killed more than 430,000 worldwide. In the
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A boy sips ORS
Jun 10, 2020
A boy in a clinic in Kenya sips oral rehydration solution to recover from dehydrating diarrhea. Photo: PATH/Tony Karumba.    Simon Berry, ColaLife and Robert Choy, PATH submitted this blog on behalf of the Diarrhea Innovations Group. This post
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Illustrated image of Cryptosporidium parasite
Mar 20, 2017
This post originally appeared on the PATH Drug Development blog.    Cryptosporidium harms children—we need research and development to stop it.   A lot of ugly things in nature are relatively harmless (Exhibit A: the star-nosed mole)—but
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