Troubling statements about vaccines: Gloria Copeland and Milwaukee's Patricia McManus
In recent weeks, two high profile individuals-- a televangelist and the newly appointed Health commissioner of Milwaukee, WI--made very troubling anti-vaccine statements that garnered critiques by hea...
13 Helmi 20189min
Food allergies: An interview with Scott Riccio
According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), a food allergy is a serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition affecting up to 15 million Americans. One in every 13 children has...
12 Helmi 201810min
Lupus: An interview with Amy Yalden
The Lupus Foundation of America says lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body. Their research estimates that at least 1.5 million Americans have lupus. The actual num...
12 Helmi 20189min
Lone star ticks do not transmit the Lyme bacteria: Entomologist
Lyme disease was first described in the US in 1975-- it's a vector borne illness caused the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans primarily by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapul...
9 Helmi 201831min
Travel health: Philippines
The CDC Yellow Book says the number of people traveling internationally has continued to grow substantially in the past decade. According to the World Tourism Organization, there were 1.2 billion worl...
8 Helmi 201822min
CDC: Lack of funding threatens the Global Health Security Agenda, What are the implications?
Last week it was reported in a number of media outlets that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 cou...
6 Helmi 20188min
Lyme Madness: An interview with Lori Dennis
In this June 2016 interview, I talk to the author of Lyme Madness: Rescuing My Son Down The Rabbit Hole of Chronic Lyme Disease, Lori Dennis about the book, chronic Lyme disease and the multi-layers o...
3 Helmi 201845min
Flashback: Discussing the West Africa Ebola outbreak (Circa 2014)
In this podcast, that was actually recorded in early November 2014, I started by giving some thoughts on Ebola in the US. This segued into a discussion with Associate Professor with the Department of ...
2 Helmi 201823min
