Aspergillosis, a new kind of antifungal drug and World Aspergillosis Day
Today is World Aspergillosis Day, a day to raise awareness about a fungal infection that kills more than one million people globally each year. Joining me now to talk about aspergillosis, a new kind o...
28 Feb 202012min
Global outbreaks: How effective is traveler screening?
When their is a global infectious disease outbreak, one action governments take is traveler screenings--we saw it during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and we are seeing it with the current COVID-19 outbreak...
28 Feb 20207min
Screwworm outbreak in Florida 2016
In this October 2016 interview, I speak to University of Florida Associate Professor of Veterinary Entomology, Dr. Phil Kaufman about the screwworm and the situation in the Florida Keys that year. Kau...
21 Feb 202016min
Leishmaniasis spread in the Middle East during war and conflict
While sifting through the archives I stumbled across several old radio interviews that I never published as podcasts. This interview from March 2014 with founding dean of the National School of Tropic...
19 Feb 202011min
Travel Bans and Disease Outbreaks: Are they effective?
The COVID-19 outbreak is spreading and growing rapidly since first seen less than two months ago, prompting many governments, including the United States, to ban or significantly restrict travel to an...
18 Feb 20207min
Nipah virus with Emily Gurley, PhD
Nipah virus is one of the deadliest viruses, which can kill up to 90 percent of those infected. In fact, the World Health Organization has placed Nipah virus on its 10 "most wanted" list of emerging v...
11 Feb 202032min
Coronavirus Q&A with Rodney Rohde, PhD
Its been about a month since my last podcast on the novel coronavirus and I thought it was time to revisit the topic as it becomes a bigger global issue. Joining me to talk about coronaviruses and the...
7 Feb 202033min
MARBURG Virus detected in fruit bats in Sierra Leone
Recently, scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa. The article was published in the journal, Nature ...
29 Jan 202012min
