Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 1-13-19
On today's show, I touch on some Florida news to include the suspected norovirus outbreak onboard the Royal Caribbean vessel, Oasis of the Seas, which as of today has accounted for some 600 GI cases i...
13 Jan 201950min
Rabies: The fatal Virginia case and some important lessons
Rabies is a topic we report on on the website often and have discussed on the podcast several times. Last May, we reported on a human rabies death in a Virginia resident who traveled overseas, where s...
12 Jan 201915min
Chikungunya and Lyme vaccine candidates with Valneva CEO Thomas Lingelbach
The biotech company, Valneva announced this month about the promising work and progress on two vaccine candidates--the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya and Lyme disease. On today's show I am joined b...
30 Dec 201810min
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show: 2018 Year in Review
On the final show of the year, I do my annual year in review with a look at the top 10 most important infectious disease news stories of the year, in my opinion of course. In addition, I unveil the to...
30 Dec 201850min
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Chagas disease and schistosomiasis
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)– a diverse group of communicable diseases that prevail in tropical and subtropical conditions in 149 countries – af...
22 Dec 201850min
Lyme disease, the Federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group and an IDSA letter with Timothy Sellati, PhD
The Federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group recently released their first report to Congress about one year after the panel first convened. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) responded...
22 Dec 201815min
Lyme bacteria persister forms, antibiotics and essential oils with Dr. Ying Zhang
Lyme disease is the most common vector borne-disease in the United States with approximately 300,000 cases reported annually. It is caused by the spirochetal organism Borrelia burgdorferi. While the m...
19 Dec 201817min
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 12-16-18
On today's show, I look at a recent study from the Journal of Wildlife Management that looks at the population estimates and management options for introduced rhesus macaques in Florida. When you talk...
16 Dec 201850min
