Vaccines: How they work and some common misconceptions
There is likely no bigger accomplishment in medicine and public health that has saved so many lives and prevented so much misery over the decades as the introduction of vaccines. In the U.S. alone, be...
12 Jul 201714min
July is International Group B Strep Awareness Month
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), group B strep is the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in a newborn's first week of life. July is International Group B strep aw...
10 Jul 201725min
Legionnaires' disease and Legionella, Part Two
Scientist and engineer, Sarah Ferrari, who is a member of the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease, a coalition of subject matter experts and stakeholders formed to promote best practices on Legi...
10 Jul 201716min
Legionnaires' disease and Legionella, Part One
Legionnaires' disease is caused by the bacterium, Legionella. The bacterium was named after an outbreak in 1976, when many people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion got sick ...
9 Jul 201718min
Lyme disease: Borrelia biofilm in the body demonstrated
An article published last year in the European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology, an international, peer-reviewed online journal, was the first to demonstrate the presence of Borrelia biofilm in ...
8 Jul 20177min
Multiple recurring C. diff infections rising: An interview with Dr James Lewis
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found evidence that the most difficult C. difficile cases, known as multiple recurring C. difficile infections (...
7 Jul 201712min
Lyme disease: The Borrelia mayonii discovery
A recent study published in the Entomological Society of America's Journal of Medical Entomology demonstrates the duration of attachment of a single nymphal blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) needed...
6 Jul 201711min
23andMe: USF professor warns of privacy risks
23andMe is a popular company that offers genomic analysis for customers using a saliva sample. They offer ancestry testing and health and ancestry testing for 100-200 dollars. My guest for this show, ...
5 Jul 201716min
