Brucellosis and some important work in Iraq
Brucellosis is among the leading communicable diseases worldwide and the disease poses a substantial public health burden in the Middle East, resulting in long-term illness in humans and significant e...
3 Okt 202219min
Rat Lungworm Disease: Slugs, snails are not alone in causing human disease
The rat lungworm parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is typically transmitted to humans via ingestion of snails or slugs. A recent study published in One Health shows more than a dozen kinds of ani...
8 Sep 202246min
Scabies: Ivermectin use in mass drug administration
The first country-wide mass drug administration in the world for the treatment of scabies is happening in the Solomon Islands. The World Scabies Program is spearheading the mass drug administration (M...
8 Sep 202217min
Dengue in the Philippines 2022
Countries in southeast Asia are seeing an increase in dengue fever this year- Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia to name a few. In the Philippines, 102,619 dengue cases were reported fro...
16 Aug 202223min
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever 101
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of several priority diseases listed by the World Health Organization that pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential and/or whet...
11 Jun 202215min
Monkeypox Livestream
On today's podcast, we'll be discussing monkeypox. What used to be an obscure, tropical disease is now a household name. Joining me in the Q & A is Dr. Rodney Rohde from Texas State University.
4 Jun 20221h 1min
Bacteriophage therapy successful in treating cystic fibrosis patient's Mycobacteria lung infection
Bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria–were successfully used for the first time to treat an antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection to allow a cystic fibrosis patient to rece...
17 Mai 202223min
Polio in Israel with Dr. Stephen Berger
In early March, the Israel Ministry of Health reported on a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) case in an unvaccinated child from Jerusalem. Since then, a number of additional case...
20 Apr 202225min
