All Episodes

BREAKING NEWS: Hantavirus Explained - Should We Be Worried?

Ep 38: Is Nipah Virus Really a Pandemic Threat? What This Deadly Virus Reveals About Clickbait and Risk Perception

Ep 37: Flu is Surging: Season Updates, What H3N2 Subclade K Means, and How Well the Flu Shot is Holding Up

Ep 36: John Snow and Why Public Health History Matters

Ep 35: Meat Allergy from a Tick Bite? Alpha-Gal Syndrome Explained and How to Prevent It

Ep 34: How to Land Your Dream Job in Public Health + Sample Networking Emails & List of Job Titles

Ep 33: Diphtheria and Dog Sleds: Racing Antitoxin Across Alaska in 1925

Disease Detective Word of the Week: Epidemiology

Disease Detective Word of the Week: Zoonosis

Disease Detective Word of the Week: Fomite

Ep 32: Is This the Most Overlooked Life-Saving Tool in Global Newborn Health? (kw: neonatal jaundice, phototherapy, bilirubin, kernicterus)

Ep 31: Vaccines and Autism - What the Science Really Says

Breaking News: Earthquake in Myanmar & Thailand – Public Health on the Frontlines

Ep 30: Why Early Peanut Introduction is a Public Health Game Changer - a LEAP Study Overview (Peanut Allergy Study)

Thank You, CDC Federal Workers & Contractors + What Does CDC Actually Do?

Ep 29: Norovirus: The Perfect Human Pathogen

Ep 28: Measles: The Science, MMR Vaccine, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and History

H5 Bird Flu Updates: Will it jump? What is going on with raw milk?

BREAKING NEWS: WHO Investigates Mysterious Illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Referred to as 'Disease X')

Ep 27: Morning Sickness - The Science, Epidemiology, and History of Nausea and Vomiting During Pregnancy (NVP) and Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)

Ep 26: Hurricanes & Public Health: Emergency Preparedness Saves Lives (kw: Helene Milton Katrina Bhola Cyclones Typhoons)

Ep 25: Public Health Meets the NFL: 2024 Kickoff Rules and CTE Data (kw: football, head injury, concussions)

Ep: 24 The September 11th Health Crisis: The Ongoing Impact of 9/11 related illnesses (kw: 9/11 terrorist attacks, WTC, world trade center, nyc)

Episode 23: Eastern Equine Encephalitis -What is EEE and What’s Going on in Massachusetts?

Global Health Alert: WHO Declares Mpox Emergency, CDC Issues Warning (kw: monkeypox virus)

Ep 22: The First Vaccine: Edward Jenner, Cowpox, and the Fight Against Smallpox

Ep 21: Childbed Fever and Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis: A Tragic Lesson in Hand Hygiene

Ep 20: Patient-Initiated Second Opinions and Healthcare Outcomes (Spoiler: you should get one!)

Ep 19: Splash Pads & Pathogens: How splash pads can be dangerous if not properly treated. (kw: interactive fountains, spray pads, spray parks, wet decks, Naegleria fowleri, Cryptosporidium)

Ep 18: Bird Flu Update: Third case tied to multistate outbreak of A(H5N1) in U.S. dairy cows (kw: avian influenza)

Ep 17: Outbreak of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses in the U.S. (Two Human Cases)

Ep 16: Lyme disease, Borrelia bacteria, Ixodes ticks, and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

Ep 15: Nathan Straus and his Infant Milk Stations of NYC. The public health impact of milk pasteurization on infant mortality.

Ep 14: Alaskapox / Borealpox virus: Orthopoxviruses are sneaky!

Ep 13: Scurvy: the History, Science, and Importance of Vitamin C (sorry for the ums!)

Ep 12: Huge List of Public Health Job Titles & How to Apply

Ep 11: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster & the Public Health Consequences

Ep 10: Chikungunya Virus

Ep 9: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Rickettsia rickettsii, and the Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana

Ep 8: CDC Contractor Life + MPH School Application

Ep 7: Rat Lungworm Disease & Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia: the Science, My Personal Story, Epidemiology, and History

Ep 5: Zika Virus: 2015-2016 Outbreak, Science, Epidemiology, History, and more!

Ep 4: Dengue Fever: Science, Epidemiology, Transmission, & History

1.3.2024 Public Health News Updates + Job Openings Review: Mpox, Measles, Diphtheria Travel Advisories in Nigeria & Niger

12.27.23 Public Health News & Job Openings - Dengue, White Lung Clickbait, Malnutrition & more

12.20.23 Daily Public Health News Updates: Mpox spread, Hantavirus among Russian troops, and new Malaria vaccine

Public and Global News Updates 12.13.2023: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Sickle Cell Disease, Ozempic and More

12.11.23 This Week's Global and Public Health News

Mini ep: White Lung Syndrome: Clickbait or threat?

BREAKING NEWS: Clusters of Respiratory Illness in Children in Northern China

Ep 3: Wartime Public Health Challenges - The Forgotten Enemies

Episode 2: Rabies: vampires, werewolves, and zombies?

Episode 1: Epidemic Typhus & Rickettsia prowazekii

Intro to Transmissible: A Public Health Podcast