Aug 19, 2026
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the bacterium that causes gonorrhea) has become one of the most urgent antimicrobial resistant threats to public health worldwide. Clinicians expect to be confronted by rising rates of treatment failure in the years to come.
As gonorrhea rates rise and treatment options become...
Aug 17, 2026
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, polio in Afghanistan, Legionnaires' disease in France, Sri Lanka dengue, Dengue in TampaBay, Florida and more.
Aug 8, 2026
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 look at what some major health organizations, like MSF, WHO and Africa CDC, say about their concerns about the outbreak.
Lastly, I offer some good news about some suspected cases...
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the increased risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) coinfections
Aug 6, 2026
Women who test positive for bacterial vaginosis (BV) were over three times more likely to also test positive for one or more non-viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than women who test negative for BV, according to a new Health Trends® study from Quest Diagnostics and Hologic, Inc., published in the...
Aug 5, 2026
The first U.S. clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy in veterans with PTSD who got no relief from conventional treatments has established that the protocol is safe, causing no serious adverse events or increases in suicidal thinking or behavior.
In fact, the preliminary clinical results exceeded researchers’...