Measles: Counties with highest outbreak risk with Sahotra Sarkar, PhD
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated numbers of measles cases in the United States and through May 10, 839 measles cases have been reported in 23 states. This is...
14 Maj 20196min
Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species and Balamuthia mandrillaris: Uncommon, accidental, yet high consequence
On this week's Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I had the opportunity to spend the whole hour discussing the three most commonly diagnosed free-living amoeba species that infect humans: Naegleria ...
10 Maj 201950min
History of Bioterrorism with Dr Lawrence Roberge
Bioterrorism expert and Senior lecturer at Western New England University in Springfield, Lawrence Roberge, PhD joined me on the show to look at the history of bioterrorism--from antiquity to contempo...
10 Maj 201941min
Chagas disease, kissing bugs and the OSU survey
The parasitic disease, Chagas disease, and the vector, the kissing bug, have been in US media a lot recently after the CDC published an MMWR about finding the bug in Delaware. My guest today is curren...
9 Maj 201915min
Outbreak News This Week: Dengue fever, Measles outbreaks are expensive
On this weeks program, I take a look a the surge of dengue fever cases in the Americas and southeast Asia. A primer of dengue fever and severe dengue is also introduced. Measles does not just have ind...
4 Maj 201950min
Lyme 'persister' bacteria and a three-antibiotic cocktail: A study
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria caused severe symptoms in a mouse model, which may account for the persistent...
1 Maj 201920min
Bacteriophages and 'The Perfect Predator'
Pan-resistant superbugs, world travel, a love story and the use of a virus to treat a life-threatening infection--and its all absolutely true. The makings of a great book. On this week's program, I am...
26 Apr 201920min
Acanthamoeba case in Michigan with Shahzad Mian, M.D.
The University of Michigan health blog recently reported on a Acanthamoeba case in a Lansing , Michigan woman. She was initially diagnosed as having pink eye; however, things got worse and after going...
24 Apr 201911min
