Lab Week 2019 with Dr Rodney Rohde
April 21 marks the beginning of Lab Week 2019, an annual celebration of medical laboratory professionals who play a vital role in health care and patient advocacy! Joining me today to discuss the medi...
17 Apr 201925min
Cytomegalovirus, the RUSP and the National CMV Foundation
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is arguably the most common, preventable cause of neonatal disability in the United States, affecting more than 30,000 children a year. My guest today starte...
17 Apr 201911min
NYC measles and mandatory vaccinations
On this weekends show I look at the most controversial news story of the past week--the public health emergency in select zip codes in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in light of the rapidl...
13 Apr 201925min
Venezuela outbreaks: Interview on the Captain's America: First Watch
This morning, I was a guest for a segment on the Venezuela health and outbreak crisis on the Captain's America: Third Watch with Capt. Matt Bruce. During the ~7-8 minute segment, I discussed the outbr...
9 Apr 20197min
Enterovirus D68: 'No evidence it's an imported disease'
Since 2014, some media and radio personalities have attributed the increase in Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in the US to immigrant children from Central America. The latest was a segment last week o...
8 Apr 201914min
Infectious disease news brief: Florida Hepatitis A outbreak
The hepatitis A outbreak in Florida is growing and in this news brief I look at the latest numbers and talk about the vaccine.
6 Apr 20195min
Lyme disease, ticks and the ecology with Richard Ostfeld, PhD
Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania government warned the public that as the weather gets warmer and you spend more time outdoors, be aware of ticks and Lyme disease. Pennsylvania has reported the tic...
5 Apr 201915min
Polio eradication successes and struggles, Unusual infectious disease news
On this weekends Outbreak News This Week Radio show, I spend the first half talking to World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson for polio eradication, Oliver Rosenbauer. During the interview, Mr R...
5 Apr 201950min
