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
Chronic Wasting Disease and the CIDRAP program
Chronic wasting disease, or CWD is a prion disease that affects several cervid species: deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas of North America, including three prov...
1 Apr 201911min
Asian longhorned ticks with Maria Diuk-Wasser, PhD
The Asian Longhorned Tick made its appearance in the United States recently and has since been found in a number of states. The emergence of these ticks represent a potential threat for livestock, wil...
30 Mar 20198min
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show: Rockland measles outbreak, RFK Jr., Health promotion
On Sunday's show I look at the recent news from Rockland County, New York where the County Executive, Ed Day declared a county wide State of Emergency, which effectively banned all unvaccinated people...
29 Mar 201950min
Organ donation: A look at some bioethical issues with Sigrid Fry-Revere, JD, PhD
Organ donation and transplantation has been a medical miracle in saving lives; however, the number of organs available are not nearly enough. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), ...
27 Mar 201928min
Ticks with Daniel 'Tick Man Dan' Wolff
In this 2015 interview from the radio show, I talk to the owner at TickEase, Inc., Daniel "Tick Man Dan" Wolff who gives a primer on ticks, including tick prevention and removal.
24 Mar 201921min
Vaccine hesitancy, social media and a federal role in vaccines
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Ten threats to global health in 2019 and among the ten is vaccine hesitancy. WHO states: Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal to va...
24 Mar 20197min
