A syphilis primer
Syphilis numbers are growing around the US and around the world as more and more states and countries release data. In this interview from Apr. 2016, I speak to the Director of Communications for the ...
1 Tammi 201818min
Foodborne parasites in the US
In this podcast, I pulled out a radio interview from the 4th of July 2016 weekend where the discussion was on foodborne parasites found in the United States. I was joined by microbiologist and the man...
30 Joulu 201736min
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A personal story
In this podcast episode, originally from the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show in Mar. 2017, I look at the rare condition, usually brought on by medications or infections, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (S...
29 Joulu 201711min
Anti-vaccine arguments rebutted
About three years ago, the website, VacTruth.com published an article entitled, "10 Reasons Not To Vaccinate", which laid out such arguments like "Vaccine do NOT work", "Are vaccines cause a host of '...
28 Joulu 201736min
Bats, White-nose syndrome and Bat Conservation International
According to the USGS, White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emergent fungal disease of hibernating bats that has spread from the northeastern to the central United States at an alarming rate. Since the win...
27 Joulu 201720min
Hashimoto's disease Q & A
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States with some 200,000 cases reported annually. It is an autoimmune d...
27 Joulu 201723min
Vaccine history: Cell strain WI-38
According to a paper published in AIMS Public Health earlier this year--We estimate the number of lives saved and morbidity reduction associated with the discovery of the first human cell strain used ...
26 Joulu 201725min
Lyme disease: New research on Borrelia burgdorferi persistence
The efficacy and accepted regimen of antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease has been a point of significant contention among physicians and patients. Newly published research finds that the Lyme bacter...
23 Joulu 20178min
