Raw water: 'In defiance of everything science tells us'
Fads and movements on what we do and don't put in our bodies seem to plague the US and latest one has originated out of California. There has been a huge demand in Silicon Valley for very expensive "r...
9 Jan 20187min
Measles: The ABCs of this very contagious viral disease
In this podcast from a Outbreak News This Week Radio Show interview from Jun. 2016, we examine the ABCs of the extremely contagious viral disease, measles. I am joined by registered nurse, infection c...
6 Jan 201823min
The growing anti-vaccine movement: A discussion with Dr Peter Hotez
The successes of vaccines in the battle with infectious diseases is quite clear with the dramatic drop in measles deaths, the elimination of smallpox and the near elimination of polio, just to name a ...
5 Jan 201813min
Infectious diseases year-in-review 2017 with Dr Judy Stone
Antibiotic resistance, Sexually transmitted diseases,Vaccine preventable diseases and septic shock. These important infectious disease topics and others were featured in a recent "Year-in-review"artic...
5 Jan 201823min
The Donald Trump neurosyphilis article: Should a physician comment on this from a distance?
Nearly one year ago, an infectious disease physician named Dr. Steven Beutler wrote a piece in the New Republic where he asked the speculative question--Many mental health professionals believe the pr...
4 Jan 201810min
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Increasing spread predicted
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is caused by a dangerous tick-borne virus, (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family, that is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asian countries s...
1 Jan 201817min
A syphilis primer
Syphilis numbers are growing around the US and around the world as more and more states and countries release data. In this interview from Apr. 2016, I speak to the Director of Communications for the ...
1 Jan 201818min
Foodborne parasites in the US
In this podcast, I pulled out a radio interview from the 4th of July 2016 weekend where the discussion was on foodborne parasites found in the United States. I was joined by microbiologist and the man...
30 Dec 201736min
