Medical history: 1918 influenza pandemic, Yellow fever in the US in the 18th and 19th centuries
On this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I put together a show on two of the most important and interesting topics in medical history--the 1918 influenza pandemic and the yellow fever outbreak in the Uni...
22 Nov 201850min
Naegleria fowleri and the Jordan Smelski Foundation for Amoeba Awareness
The Outbreak News This Week Radio Show is prerecorded every Thursday and airs Sundays at 1 pm ET in the Tampa Bay area and worldwide streaming. I don't typically put out the podcast of the show until ...
17 Nov 201849min
Bernie Sanders single payer health plan vs. the Canadian system: Some significant differences
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been the most outspoken advocate for a single payer health care system in the US, or a "Medicare for all" system. In fact, he is frequently citing the Canadian syste...
16 Nov 201810min
Trachoma: The SAFE strategy, the successes and a look forward to elimination
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. This bacterial neglected tropical disease is targeted to be eliminated as a public health problem in 2020. My guest today says in a pos...
14 Nov 20189min
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 11-18-18
Measles, measles and more measles. On today's show, I look at the measles situation here in the states and in Israel and Asia. I also look at a paper that demonstrates the importance of herd immunity....
11 Nov 201850min
African swine fever, China and the risk to the US
African swine fever, or ASF, appeared for the first time in China over the summer and since that time, more than 50 outbreaks of ASF have been reported in domestic pigs in 13 provinces of China. Back ...
8 Nov 201810min
African swine fever, China and the risk to the US
African swine fever, or ASF, appeared for the first time in China over the summer and since that time, more than 50 outbreaks of ASF have been reported in domestic pigs in 13 provinces of China. Back ...
8 Nov 201810min
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 11-4-18
Crazy things in the media this week, and it's not politics--that's one of the major things I look at on the show today--anti-vaxx article being pulled and the massive Twitter backlash, fear mongering,...
4 Nov 201849min
