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Ep 81 Chagas disease: The Reverse Triple Discovery
Season 4
A nighttime “kiss” from a bug that casts a curse on its recipient in the form of a lifelong, and possibly fatal, illness. No, this isn’t some half-remembered fairy tale. It’s the true story of Chagas…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Ep 80 Dysentery loves a disaster
Season 4
While many of us know how deadly dysentery can be from playing countless hours of The Oregon Trail, there’s only so much that the classic game covered regarding this multifaceted disease. For instanc…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Ep 79 Hemophilia: A Hemorrhagic Disposition
Season 4
Bumps and bruises. Cuts and scrapes. Gashes and gouges. Injuries small and large are familiar to all of us, but what happens when part of our body’s innate healing ability is disrupted? What happens,…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Ep 78 Bartonella: Keep Calm and Carrión
Season 4
“Let’s do Bartonella next,” we said. “It’ll be straightforward and fun,” we promised ourselves. Turns out we were half right. In this fun but not quite straightforward episode, we tackle not one, not…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
Ep 77 Legionnaires' Disease: A Killer Mist
Season 4
Celebration wasn’t the only thing in the air in Philadelphia in July of 1976. Over the course of several days during the 58th Annual Convention of the American Legion, a killer mist spewed out of the…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
Ep 76 Chickenpox: There's always a 'but'
Season 4
Ah, chickenpox, that pesky old childhood illness. And that’s all it is, right? Just a mild, routine infection that we all used to catch until the vaccine came around? Not quite. In this episode, we l…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Ep 75 Mercury: The cost of progress
Season 4
When you think of mercury, what springs to mind? Is it the entrancing drop of shimmery liquid that flows from a broken thermometer, giving the metal the name quicksilver? Or is it the warnings of ove…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 20: Looking forward by looking back
Season 4
Over the past year and a half, we have learned so much about this virus, but there is still more to know. There always will be. We have seen the widespread impacts that the pandemic has had on all fa…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Ep 74 Naegleria fowleri: The "brain-eating amoeba"
Season 4
Every summer, when the warm weather rolls around and the local ponds and lakes heat up enough for a tempting dip, remember that there may be something else lurking in those waters besides the people …
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 19: Your Stories
Season 4
From virology to vaccines, from education to economics, and from disparities to disease, our Anatomy of a Pandemic series has covered many different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With such a broa…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago