Outbreak News Radio

Countries in southeast Asia are seeing an increase in dengue fever this year- Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia to name a few. In the Philippines, 102,619 dengue cases were reported fro...

16 Aug 202223min

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of several priority diseases listed by the World Health Organization that pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential and/or whet...

11 Jun 202215min

On today's podcast, we'll be discussing monkeypox. What used to be an obscure, tropical disease is now a household name. Joining me in the Q & A is Dr. Rodney Rohde from Texas State University.

4 Jun 20221h 1min

Bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria–were successfully used for the first time to treat an antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection to allow a cystic fibrosis patient to rece...

17 Mai 202223min

In early March, the Israel Ministry of Health reported on a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) case in an unvaccinated child from Jerusalem. Since then, a number of additional case...

20 Apr 202225min

Chagas disease is also known as "American Trypanosomiasis." It's caused by a blood parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by kissing bugs. Chagas disease affects people as well as dog...

1 Mar 202213min

My guest today writes, "In many places around the world, malaria is closely linked to illegal gold mining" in a recent article in the BMC blog, BugBitten titled, "A story of two fevers: when malaria i...

7 Feb 202218min

In previous interviews, I've looked at the topic of what is a clinical laboratory scientist during the annual Lab Week observance. Today, I want to narrow the topic to the specialty of Microbiology in...

17 Jan 202218min