Dengue cases surge in the Tampa Bay area
A quick look at the dengue situation in Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida.
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Drug-resistant Gonorrhea: An urgent threat to public health worldwide
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the bacterium that causes gonorrhea) has become one of the most urgent antimicrobial resistant threats...
Outbreak News This Week: Ebola, swine flu, dengue, malaria and more
I look at outbreaks around the world over the past week from every continent: Ebola in DRC, malaria in DRC, Lassa in Nigeria, JE in Nepal, p...
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread at an 'alarming and unprecedented rate'
In this news video, I go over the latest numbers from the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, I...
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the increased risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) coinfections
Women who test positive for bacterial vaginosis (BV) were over three times more likely to also test positive for one or more non-viral sexua...
Psilocybin-assisted therapy and severe PTSD
The first U.S. clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy in veterans with PTSD who got no relief from conventional treatments has establ...
Heartland virus disease
In this April 2014 interview, Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS, EIS Officer & Neurologist with CDC's Arboviral Diseases Branch discusses the new Hear...
Kidney stones: The tiny concretion that causes so much pain
On today's show, I'll be looking at is very common medical problem- kidney stones- a problem so common that about 1 in 10 people in the Unit...
Naegleria fowleri awareness: Kyle Lewis and Heidi LaMeyer
In this September 2013 radio interview, I talk to Jeremy Lewis of Kyle Cares Amoeba Awareness and Heidi LaMeyer of Swim Above Water, about t...
Cyclospora Flashback: The 2013 Iowa outbreak wth Medical Director and State Epidemiologist, Dr Patricia Quinlisk
In a July 2013 interview on the Tampa-based, Outbreak News This Week radio show, I talk to Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa Dept. of Public Healt...
Cyclospora outbreak 2026
An active surveillance investigation is underway by the CDC, FDA and state health departments regarding a nationwide surge of cyclosporiasis...
Lyme disease, antiphospholipid antibodies and the future of diagnostics?
Current Lyme disease tests look for antibodies produced by the immune system in response to Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria transmitted to hum...
Michigan reports rapid rise in Cyclospora
In this newscast, I talk about the rapidly growing cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, especially in the southeast part of the state. I also ta...
Antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance and the Revenge of the Microbes
In a 2025 WHO report on global antibiotic resistance, they revealed that one in six bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 were completely r...
Alpha-gal syndrome, or Red Meat Allergy
As tick populations grow and their ranges expand, the number of people being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is rising. So what is a...
Screwworm 101 with Lee Haines, PhD
The New World screwworm has returned to the United States as the first case was reported in Texas on June 3, Since then, a number of additio...
Human Screwworm in Honduras, Ebola update, measles in Bangladesh and Guatemala, Manitoba Hepatitis A
In this news report, I give an Ebola update, human screwworm in Honduras, measles in Bangladesh and Guatemala, hepatitis A in Manitoba, Cana...
Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, Diphtheria in Haiti and more news: Outbreak News Radio
On today's news report, I look at the large dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, Florida reports new travel associated dengue and chikungunya, diph...
Outbreak News Radio: Ebola in the DRC, Powassan in New Hampshire, Taiwan Japanese encephalitis
On this episode of Outbreak News Radio, I look at the latest from Africa and the Ebola outbreak, a Powassan virus case in New Hampshire, Jap...
India: Shigella outbreak and Nipah virus case in Kerala state
In this report, I look at the shigella outbreak and the new Nipah virus case reported in Kerala state in southern India.