Healthcare-associated infections: A discussion with Dr Rodney Rohde
Everything in life carries some risk it seems and this includes becoming an inpatient in a hospital. There are a number of risks associated with hospitals and one is acquiring infections--Hospitals ar...
6 Aug 201748min
Vaccine refusal: What's behind it and how we become better ambassadors for vaccination
An anti-vaccine sentiment is alive and well in the US and abroad. This is not a new phenomena, but it has seen a resurgence in the past 20 odd years. What are the arguments, who are the cast of charac...
5 Aug 201716min
Can kids be too clean? An interview with 'Let Them Eat Dirt' coauthor, B. Brett Finlay
The modern lifestyle of those in the developed world and it's emphasis on hyper-cleanliness, is taking a toll on children's lifelong health--Kids not being exposed to good microbes, the over-use of an...
2 Aug 201720min
Parasites 101: Cyclospora
Just in the past week, I reported on cyclospora outbreaks in Ontario, Canada and Texas and an increase in cases in New York City on the website, outbreaknewstoday.com. Parasitologist and author of the...
1 Aug 201717min
The story behind the Toxic Shock Syndrome outbreak investigation of the late 70s-early 80s
CIDRAP Director and author of the book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH discussed this investigation from nearly four decades ago. In 1980, 890 cases of Toxi...
31 Juli 20177min
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and other prion diseases
Epidemiologist with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ryan Maddox, PhD, joined me to discuss Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseas...
30 Juli 201710min
Coyote tapeworm in Alberta: 5th human case reported
A relatively rare tapeworm has popped up in several patients in Alberta, Canada in the past few years, which may not sound like much; however, the only other human case in Canada was in 1928 in Manito...
29 Juli 201718min
Health care options: Direct Care
Who said health care must be expensive and essentially dominated by the US government and insurance companies? Free market options are out there and this sector is growing as the government-insurance ...
28 Juli 201724min
