Risk Wire - Episode 4 - Otilia Mårdh - When Gonorrhoea Fights Back
Gonorrhoea has developed resistance to almost every antibiotic used against it. So what happens when the treatments we still rely on start t...
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Episode 77 - Céline Gossner - What’s Biting Europe? Mosquitoes On The Move
On World Mosquito Day , we’re taking a closer look at Europe’s changing mosquito landscape and what it means for public health. Mosquitoes c...
Episode 76 - Aleksandra Kaźmierczak & Celine Gossner - Not Just A Hotter Summer - Climate Change and Health
Climate change is already affecting our health, often in ways we don't realise. Beyond hotter summers and more frequent heatwaves, it is cre...
Episode 75 - Angeliki Melidou & Katriina Willgert - Could Bird Flu Become The Next Pandemic?
Public health podcast | Avian influenza | H5N1 | Pandemic preparedness---Avian influenza continues to pose a challenge for animal and public...
Episode 74 - Esther Kukielka-Zunzunegui - Tiny Bites, Big Consequences
Public health podcast | Tick-borne diseases | Lyme disease | Tick-borne encephalitis Tick-borne diseases affect thousands of people in Europ...
Episode 73 - Theresa Enkirch & Maximilian Riess - Signals Below the Surface - Wastewater Surveillance
What can wastewater reveal about the spread of infectious diseases? In this episode you’ll learn: how wastewater surveillance works what pat...
Episode 72 - Senia Rosales-Klintz - Hide and Seek: The Reality of Tuberculosis in Europe
Tuberculosis remains a significant public health challenge in Europe, despite often being considered a disease of the past. In this episode...
Episode 71 - Helena de Carvalho Gomes - Cervical Cancer Then & Now - The Path to Elimination
In this episode of ECDC On Air, we speak with ECDC's Helena de Carvalho Gomes - Deputy Head of Unit for Scientific Evidence and Communicatio...
Risk Wire - Episode 3 - When Salmonella Crosses Borders
This is a third episode of our ECDC: On Air podcast sub-series - the "Risk Wire" - focusing on Risk Assessments ECDC publishes. This time we...
Episode 69 - A. Collins & G. Amore - Foodborne diseases: What’s really making you sick
In this episode of ECDC On Air, we are joined by Aine Collins and Giusi Amore - experts from ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority (EF...
Episode 68 - Rita Figueira & Andreas Hoefer - A Network of Laboratory Excellence
On today's episode, we discuss EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) with Andreas Hoefer from ECDC and Rita Figuera from the European Commission...
Episode 67 - Angeliki Melidou - Winter Viruses: The triple threat explained
In this episode of ECDC On Air, we discuss the seasonal spread of respiratory viruses with ECDC's Principal Expert in Respiratory Viruses -...
Episode 66 - Diamantis Plachouras - The Silent Spread - Europe’s C. auris Challenge
In this episode of ECDC On Air , we talk to ECDC's Head of Section - Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections - Dr Diam...
Episode 65 - All you Need to Know about Traineeships at ECDC
In this episode of ECDC On Air, trainees from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control share their unique experiences and insi...
Risk Wire - Episode 2 - Diphtheria in Europe: Why is ECDC Raising the Flag?
In this special episode of ECDC On Air, Bruno Ciancio - Head of Unit - Directly Transmitted and Vaccine-preventable Disease at ECDC, discuss...
Risk Wire - Episode 1 - Linda Trönnberg & Theresa Enkirch - Hepatitis A Spike in Europe: What’s Behind the Surge?
Why are hepatitis A cases rising sharply in parts of Europe - and what can public health professionals do about it? In this episode of ECDC...
Episode 62 - Andrea Würz & Sarah Earnshaw Blomquist - The 5 Cs of Vaccination
In this episode of #ECDCOnAir, the discussion revolves around vaccination acceptance, exploring the factors influencing people's health choi...
Episode 61 - Maria Keramarou - The Big Measles Comeback
In this episode of ECDC: On Air, Maria Keramarou, ECDC's expert in vaccine-preventable diseases, discusses the rising cases of measles in Eu...
Episode 60 - Charlotte Deogan - Europe's SDG Reality Check
In this episode, we explore Europe's progress toward the 2030 SDGs with Charlotte Deogan, expert in communicable diseases at ECDC. This epis...
Episode 59 - Veronica Cristea - Beyond numbers: Understanding TB
Marking World TB Day 2025, this episode explores the data on tuberculosis in Europe based on the latest surveillance report, published recen...