Naegleria fowleri: Lab diagnosis with Shiela Black, MHM, BSMT(ASCP)
In my series of short interviews with the experts presenting at the 4th Annual Amoeba Summit, I look at the topic of laboratory diagnosis. Medical Technologist at AdventHealth in Orlando as the person...
17 Syys 20194min
Naegleria fowleri: The Sebastian DeLeon case with Dr. Humberto Liriano
In the summer of 2016, then 16-year-old Florida teen, Sebastian DeLeon wound up in a Orlando hospital diagnosed with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to the parasite, Naegleria fowleri. I...
16 Syys 201910min
Naegleria fowleri: 4th Annual Amoeba Summit with Dr Jennifer Cope
I attended the 4th Annual Amoeba Summit this past Friday which was hosted by the Jordan Smelski Foundation. The list of speakers was incredible, the biggest experts on Naegleria fowleri in the country...
15 Syys 20196min
Measles and the MMR vaccine
With the Vaccine Mom Earlier this month, the World Health Organization released some astounding preliminary information concerning measles during the first half of the year. In the first six months of...
30 Elo 201927min
Lyme disease: The major players, the disagreements and the IDSA draft guidelines
Lyme disease. So much we seem not to know, in many different areas. Draft guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease were recently issued by the Infectious Disease Society of America (...
29 Elo 201925min
The HPV Vaccine: Talking to The Vaccine Mom
The CDC says HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a common virus that can lead to 6 types of cancers later in life. Almost every person who is sexually active will get HPV at some time in their life with...
21 Elo 20198min
Ebola news this week: 3rd province to report cases, Two EVD drugs show favorable results
In this look at the week-in-review for Ebola and the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I look at the new cases reported in the 3rd DRC province, South Kivu. In addition, other big news...
17 Elo 201913min
Singapore dengue cases top 10K in 2019
Singapore has experienced several dengue epidemics in the past ~20 years and it appears that 2019 is one of those years. In this podcast, I look at the current situation (surpassing 10,000 cases this ...
17 Elo 201911min
