Literary Nonfiction. Health & Wellness. California Interest. Infections are inevitable. They can be common, rare, or bizarre. Infectious disease doctors often get consulted for the unusual or diagnostically challenging cases in the hospital, what are called "Great Cases." Infectious diseases are also connected to all aspects of human behavior, culture, and history. Why did the Bush-Gore election result in an ulcerating skin parasite? Why has global warming resulted in increased infectious diarrhea? How does a cat parasite in the brain make you a terrible driver? Why do people erroneously think 98.6 is normal body temperature? What do mummified head lice say about human migration to the Americas? All of these questions and more are considered in the PUSWHISPERER, a collection of a year's worth of Medscape blog posts that has been edited and reorganized for a lay audience. Fully referenced, the book makes an excellent teaching tool for students in the sciences or humanities.