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Disease Detectives
by Disease Detectives
Join Dr Foster-Roe, applied epidemiologist and infectious disease enthusiast, for gripping stories of real-world outbreak investigations. Through conversations with fellow Disease Detectives, uncover the clues, dead ends, breakthroughs and lessons behind outbreaks that changed public health.For our regular news segment and bonus content, join us on Patreon: https://linktr.ee/diseasedetectivespod
Episodes
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Situation Report - What's going on in Russia? - October 12th 2026
What's going on in Russia? What is Pneumonic Plague? Why are people concerned about a lab leak? Join Dr Foster-Roe in a special episode for a summary of what we know so far and some context and history that might help you understand why so many people are interested in this case. Music as always…
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - October 9th 2026
EIS 75th anniversary special This week Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe discusses the Epidemiology Intelligence Service (EIS) to celebrate the 75th anniversary and some hopeful news since it's defunding in 2025. public health. This episode discusses some ongoing investigations by the US CDC unpicking the...
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - October 2nd 2026
Welcome back to episode 7 of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest international epidemiology and infectious disease news. This episode starts with some updates from the Frankfurt Malaria outbreak, Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Thailand and DRC's Ebola...
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - September 18th 2026
Welcome back to episode 6 of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest epidemiology and infectious disease news from around the world. This episode discusses Malaria in Mumbai and Frankfurt, Dengue in Florida and a home made chemical weapon scare in Michigan. Merryn provides...
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - September 4th 2026
Welcome back to episode 5 of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest epidemiology and infectious disease news from around the world. This episode covers a number of active gastro outbreak investigations in Türkiye, the UK, Vietnam and an update on Cyclospora in the US....
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - August 21st 2026
Welcome back to episode four of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest epidemiology and infectious disease news from around the world. This episode covers leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic, Chandipura virus in India, measles at a Swedish folk festival, how Ebola is...
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[PREVIEW] Situation Report - August 14th 2026
Welcome back to episode three of the SitRep Today Dr Merryn Foster-Roe recaps news surrounding the recent US executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines and recommendation to separate the MMR shot. While Dr Foster-Roe refrains from directly commenting on politics, it is acknowledged that...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Dr Foster-Roe, applied epidemiologist and infectious disease enthusiast, for gripping stories of real-world outbreak investigations. Through conversations with fellow Disease Detectives, uncover the clues, dead ends, breakthroughs and lessons behind outbreaks that changed public health.For our regular news segment and bonus content, join us on Patreon: https://linktr.ee/diseasedetectivespod
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Join Dr Foster-Roe, applied epidemiologist and infectious disease enthusiast, for gripping stories of real-world outbreak investigations. Through conversations with fellow Disease Detectives, uncover the clues, dead ends, breakthroughs and lessons behind outbreaks that changed public health.For our...
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