Cyclospora Flashback: The 2013 Iowa outbreak wth Medical Director and State Epidemiologist, Dr Patricia Quinlisk
In a July 2013 interview on the Tampa-based, Outbreak News This Week radio show, I talk to Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa Dept. of Public Health Medical Director and State Epidemiologist, about the large...
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Cyclospora outbreak 2026
An active surveillance investigation is underway by the CDC, FDA and state health departments regarding a nationwide surge of cyclosporiasis cases, a parasitic infection. Dozens of states are affected...
14 Heinä 13min
Lyme disease, antiphospholipid antibodies and the future of diagnostics?
Current Lyme disease tests look for antibodies produced by the immune system in response to Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria transmitted to humans by infected blacklegged ticks. My guest today says, "The...
10 Heinä 24min
Michigan reports rapid rise in Cyclospora
In this newscast, I talk about the rapidly growing cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, especially in the southeast part of the state. I also talk about a little history of the parasite here in the US and...
5 Heinä 11min
Antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance and the Revenge of the Microbes
In a 2025 WHO report on global antibiotic resistance, they revealed that one in six bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 were completely resistant to standard antibiotic treatments. Between 2018 and...
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Alpha-gal syndrome, or Red Meat Allergy
As tick populations grow and their ranges expand, the number of people being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is rising. So what is alpha gal syndrome? Today I want to dive into this serious, p...
24 Kesä 18min
Screwworm 101 with Lee Haines, PhD
The New World screwworm has returned to the United States as the first case was reported in Texas on June 3, Since then, a number of additional cases have affected animals in Texas and New Mexico. Wha...
22 Kesä 29min
Human Screwworm in Honduras, Ebola update, measles in Bangladesh and Guatemala, Manitoba Hepatitis A
In this news report, I give an Ebola update, human screwworm in Honduras, measles in Bangladesh and Guatemala, hepatitis A in Manitoba, Canada and CCHF in Iraq.
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