Pork tapeworm and cysticercosis
Taenia solium is a tapeworm that people get from eating raw or undercooked "measly pork". The pork meat has cysticerci (the larval stage) which in the human intestine mature to an adult tapeworm. Here...
31 Jan 201810min
India eliminating trachoma and other global health successes in 2017
My guest on today's podcast says that while there were many successes in human development in 2017, arguably, the most significant achievements of the last 12 months were in global health. Public heal...
30 Jan 201812min
Balamuthia mandrillaris: Koral Reef's story
This podcast is from a February 2015 radio interview with Sybil Meister. Sybil is the mother of Koral Reef Meister Pier, a young lady from California who contracted the rarely encountered parasite, Ba...
29 Jan 201826min
Raw sushi's microbial risks: The worms and germs
The internet has been flooded by every possible news source covering a story about a man, who claimed he ate sushi daily, who presented to his doctor a 5 ½ ft long tapeworm. This is from a podcast cal...
27 Jan 201810min
Rabies: What should you do if you're exposed?
Sadly, as many of you may know, a 6-year-old Eustis, Florida boy lost his battle with rabies earlier this week after contracting the lethal virus through a scratch from a bat. A Orlando hospital and t...
17 Jan 201822min
Bioterrorism, antibiotic resistance and pandemic flu: Discussing 'Deadliest Enemy'
Last year, CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm, PhD along with Mark Olshaker released the very interesting and relevant book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs. I talked to "Bad News Mike" l...
15 Jan 201844min
PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections)
It is estimated that as many as 1 in 200 children are affected by PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections), according to the PANDAS Network. In...
15 Jan 201816min
The pandemic clock is ticking: Are we ready?
Many experts say a flu pandemic is clearly on the horizon, so the question is-- Are we ready for a flu pandemic? My guest today says- not so much -as he outlined in a NY Times op-ed earlier this week....
10 Jan 201813min
