Malaria drug resistance: An alternative for detection in the field
According to the World Malaria Report, there were 219 million cases of malaria globally during 2017, resulting in 435,000 malaria deaths. Drug resistance poses one of the greatest threats to malaria c...
4 Jul 201911min
The Metabiota Epidemic Tracker with Ben Oppenheim, PhD
The World Economic Forum believes pandemics could cause a $570 billion annual loss to the global economy. Recently, the Leader in Epidemic Risk Modeling, Metabiota, released a free tool for tracking ...
20 Jun 20197min
Legionnaires' disease: A personal story
Legionnaires' disease is a serious type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. Legionella can also cause a milder illness called Pontiac fever. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
19 Jun 201911min
Rabies: Signs and symptoms, exposure, transmission and diagnostics
On today's show I'm going to look at one of my favorite topics--rabies. And I'm honored to have my two guests today, both returning guests. Pamela Wilson and Dr Rodney Rohde have teamed up to write a ...
15 Jun 201950min
Ebola: Pathology, treating patients and the current outbreak
Since August 2018, an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak has raged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, their 10th outbreak and the 2nd largest ever. Earlier this week the disease spilled over into ...
14 Jun 201924min
Chickenpox 101 with Donald Kaye, MD
On this podcast, I wanted to look at the once common, highly contagious disease, chickenpox. Joining me today to answer some questions about chickenpox is Donald Kaye, MD. Dr Kaye is Professor of Med...
14 Jun 201914min
Alzheimer's disease: Risk factors, treatments and more
Earlier this week in Lakeland, FL, I attended an educational program and panel on Alzheimer's disease--research, risk prevention and other topics were addressed. The event was hosted by the Florida Gu...
14 Jun 201917min
Medical history: Vaccines and Immunity
Do you like science and medicine? Do you like history? On today's show, you'll get a great dose of both. I talk to the author of the very informative book, Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines...
1 Jun 201947min
