Dec 17, 2024
In this short podcast, I look at the situation with Guinea Worm disease (GWD) in 2024, the progress made and other diseases that have been eradicated or are closing in on eradication.
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Dec 11, 2024
On today’s Livestream special, the topic will be polio. We’ll look at, among other things- history, vaccines and the current global situation and the challenges.
Joining me will be two great guests to look at this important topic I have first time guest, Andrea Prinzi, PhD. Dr Prinzi is a field medical director of...
Dec 5, 2024
Officials with the Florida Department of Health reported four additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County during the last week of November. This brings the total autochthonous cases to 70 in the state since the beginning of the year.
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Dec 3, 2024
After recording just six cases of polio, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2023, Pakistan has already reached at least 59 polio cases this year, with a month still left to go.
In this podcast, I look at the current situation in Pakistan, the stumbling blocks and a brief history of polio.
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Nov 18, 2024
Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are closer to developing an oral vaccine for anthrax as demonstrated in a study published earlier this year in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife medicine.
Joining me to discuss this development is Chase Nunez, MS PhD, Jamie Benn, PhD,...