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
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
