Bad Blood Again

About the Book

     Bad Blood Again is a novel revealing for the first time investigational techniques employed by trained public health workers as they go about managing the spread of infectious syphilis. That dedicated and often dangerous work took on a new life when the AIDS epidemic began terrifying the nation beginning in the early 1980s. Pugh weaves in his own experiences as a VD investigator and reveals in considerable detail the sexual excesses surrounding the juggernaut of AIDS in the gay community. 

About the Author

     Richard Pugh, a native Carolinian, was born in Greensboro and raised in Charleston. He graduated from the U. of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!) with a degree in psychology and served in the U.S. Coast Guard before marrying Charlotte Ann his high school sweetheart. Pugh gained investigational experience with the U.S. Public Health Service in its Communicable Disease Control Program before entering the field of association management. Pugh served as CEO of the Coastal Carolina Tuberculosis Association, Assistant CEO of the South Carolina Medical Association, and CEO of the Nevada State Medical Association in Reno before retiring to begin his writing career.

     He was appointed to the Adjunct Clinical Staff at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno in 2005 and has written five books recording events in early medicine in the Silver State through oral histories of medical professionals who began their practices in mid 20^th century. Capturing and publishing their life stories before they pass into history has been the main thrust of his work for the University.