Vaccine hesitancy, social media and a federal role in vaccines
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Ten threats to global health in 2019 and among the ten is vaccine hesitancy. WHO states: Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal to va...
24 Maalis 20197min
Disease outbreaks in slum communities
On a recent episode of Outbreak News TV, international public health expert and author, Glenn Laverack, PhD spoke to me about the issue and challenges of dealing with disease outbreaks in slum setting...
23 Maalis 20193min
Ebola: Safe and dignified burials
The World Health Organization says during an Ebola epidemic, any unprotected handling of the bodies of infected patients who have died constitutes a biosafety hazard. The burial process is very sensit...
22 Maalis 20194min
Kentucky chickenpox, Peter Hotez on Joe Rogan and Huntington's disease
On Sunday's program I take a quick look at the chickenpox outbreak in Northern Kentucky, the lawsuit, Gov. Matt Bevin and "chickenpox parties". A guest on the show a number of times, Dr Peter Hotez ap...
22 Maalis 201950min
Glenn Laverack, PhD on Outbreak News TV
Disease outbreak and health emergency response is a massive undertaking and involves a number of stakeholders in different areas of expertise. One important part of the outbreak response is health pro...
22 Maalis 201936min
Huntington's disease with George Yohrling, PhD
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive brain disorder that deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities. It primarily affects adults; however, there is a form that affects children, albei...
19 Maalis 201924min
Amesh Adalja, MD on Outbreak News TV
On the most recent episode of Outbreak News TV on YouTube, I talk to Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Amesh Adalja, MD. He was named one of STAT's "13 Clinicians to Foll...
7 Maalis 201931min
Healthcare not a market? G. Keith Smith MD dismantles article
Earlier this week, researchers from the Hastings Center published an article in the journal Health Affairs in which they make the argument that patients should not be considered consumers. The concept...
6 Maalis 201916min
