Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A personal story
In this podcast episode, originally from the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show in Mar. 2017, I look at the rare condition, usually brought on by medications or infections, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (S...
29 Dec 201711min
Anti-vaccine arguments rebutted
About three years ago, the website, VacTruth.com published an article entitled, "10 Reasons Not To Vaccinate", which laid out such arguments like "Vaccine do NOT work", "Are vaccines cause a host of '...
28 Dec 201736min
Bats, White-nose syndrome and Bat Conservation International
According to the USGS, White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emergent fungal disease of hibernating bats that has spread from the northeastern to the central United States at an alarming rate. Since the win...
27 Dec 201720min
Hashimoto's disease Q & A
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States with some 200,000 cases reported annually. It is an autoimmune d...
27 Dec 201723min
Vaccine history: Cell strain WI-38
According to a paper published in AIMS Public Health earlier this year--We estimate the number of lives saved and morbidity reduction associated with the discovery of the first human cell strain used ...
26 Dec 201725min
Lyme disease: New research on Borrelia burgdorferi persistence
The efficacy and accepted regimen of antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease has been a point of significant contention among physicians and patients. Newly published research finds that the Lyme bacter...
23 Dec 20178min
Naegleria fowleri: Study on death estimates, treatment success and the northward expansion of infections
Naegleria fowleri is a protozoan parasite , more specifically an amoeba. This lethal parasite is commonly referred to as the "brain eating amoeba" in mainstream media. It is generally considered a rar...
19 Dec 201713min
Outbreaks and the role of health promotion
What is health promotion and what is its role and importance in disease outbreaks? Author of the new book, Health Promotion in Disease Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, Glenn Laverack, PhD joined me o...
16 Dec 201726min
