Topic: Multiple Sclerosis

Joyce Riley details her service as a flight nurse in the Air Force Reserve at Kelly Air Force Base during Operation Desert Storm. Although she did not deploy to the theater of operations due to the ceasefire, she became severely ill between July and December 1991. She was eventually diagnosed with a central nervous system disorder similar to multiple sclerosis, a condition she notes is prevalent among many Gulf War veterans.

A caller and Joyce Riley discuss an outbreak of Mycoplasma-related illness within the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville. Riley cites research by Sally Medley suggesting that prisoners were used as a testing ground for vaccines in the 1980s. She claims the disease spread from prisoners to guards and then to the general population of Huntsville, resulting in an unusually high number of multiple sclerosis cases in the town.