July is International Group B Strep Awareness Month
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), group B strep is the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in a newborn's first week of life. July is International Group B strep aw...
10 Juli 201725min
Legionnaires' disease and Legionella, Part Two
Scientist and engineer, Sarah Ferrari, who is a member of the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease, a coalition of subject matter experts and stakeholders formed to promote best practices on Legi...
10 Juli 201716min
Legionnaires' disease and Legionella, Part One
Legionnaires' disease is caused by the bacterium, Legionella. The bacterium was named after an outbreak in 1976, when many people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion got sick ...
9 Juli 201718min
Lyme disease: Borrelia biofilm in the body demonstrated
An article published last year in the European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology, an international, peer-reviewed online journal, was the first to demonstrate the presence of Borrelia biofilm in ...
8 Juli 20177min
Multiple recurring C. diff infections rising: An interview with Dr James Lewis
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found evidence that the most difficult C. difficile cases, known as multiple recurring C. difficile infections (...
7 Juli 201712min
Lyme disease: The Borrelia mayonii discovery
A recent study published in the Entomological Society of America's Journal of Medical Entomology demonstrates the duration of attachment of a single nymphal blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) needed...
6 Juli 201711min
23andMe: USF professor warns of privacy risks
23andMe is a popular company that offers genomic analysis for customers using a saliva sample. They offer ancestry testing and health and ancestry testing for 100-200 dollars. My guest for this show, ...
5 Juli 201716min
Everything you wanted to know about rabies
Rabies is among the deadliest communicable diseases in the world with a case-fatality rate of ~100% with out post exposure treatment and vaccination. People usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid...
4 Juli 201744min
