Everything you wanted to know about rabies
Rabies is among the deadliest communicable diseases in the world with a case-fatality rate of ~100% with out post exposure treatment and vaccination. People usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid...
4 Jul 201744min
Powassan virus: The spread is inevitable
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, Durland Fish, PhD joined me to discuss the tickborne virus, Powassan. Dr. Fish talked about the history of Powassan, signs and s...
3 Jul 201715min
Raccoon roundworm: The rare and potentially lethal zoonosis
Baylisascaris procyonis is a roundworm found in the small intestines of raccoons. Humans get infected, albeit rarely (30-something cases have been reported; however, it is probably more common than do...
1 Jul 201747min
Antibiotics: Skin infections and the FDA approval of Baxdela
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new antibiotic into the arsenal for treating serious acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Its called delafloxacin and goes ...
1 Jul 20178min
Lyme: Q & A with Paul Auwaerter, MD
Lyme disease expert, Clinical Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Paul Auwaerter joined me to answer questions about Lyme disease diagnosti...
30 Jun 201737min
The ABCs of melanoma
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States and melanoma is the most dangerous type. In fact, Melanoma kills an estimated more than 10,000 people in the US annually. Board-certi...
29 Jun 20179min
A look at the neglected tropical disease, Chagas disease
The parasitic infection, Chagas disease, was first discovered in 1909 by Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated more than 10,000 people die every y...
29 Jun 201720min
Hantavirus: An interview with Dr Paul Ettestad
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with a hantavirus. Since 1993, some 700 cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome have ...
27 Jun 201710min
