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Ep 73 Puerperal Fever: Seriously, wash your hands
Season 4
Our sign-off, “wash your hands, ya filthy animals”, has never been more appropriate than with this episode on puerperal or childbed fever, now known as maternal peripartum infections. It took us over…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 18: Conservation & Pandemics
Season 4
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched all of our lives in incredibly varied ways, with no two experiences exactly alike. Despite this, we all probably share the same thought: how can we stop this from ha…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Ep 72 White-Nose Syndrome: How deep is your torpor?
Season 4
A fluffy white fungus and a little brown bat. A deafening silence and an uncertain future. In this episode, we explore one of the most devastating wildlife diseases in recent times, white-nose syndro…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 17: Frontline Mental Health
Season 4
This pandemic has certainly taken its toll on all of us, but one group that has been particularly hard hit are those who have been on the front lines, continuing to take care of patients even when PP…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Ep 71 Onchocerciasis/River Blindness: So many mysteries
Season 4
In this classic TPWKY episode we travel down rivers and into worm-laden nodes as we take a look at the complex world of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne parasite that causes river blindness. Joi…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 16: Disparities, Take 2
Season 4
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minorities, especially here in the United States. Higher infection, hospitalization, and death rates due to COVID-19 have been …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Ep 70 Henrietta Lacks: HeLa, There, & Everywhere
Season 4
Of the many topics our podcast has covered in the past, from smallpox to scurvy, vaccines to birth control and beyond, one factor has linked nearly all of them: HeLa cells. These cells and the woman …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 15: Disease, Take 2
Season 4
We’re over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and our understanding of this virus and the disease it causes has grown immensely. And while we’ve learned so much about the spectrum of disease severity…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep 69 Huntington’s disease: Let’s talk frankly
Season 4
Despite being one of the earliest recognized genetic diseases, many aspects of Huntington’s disease remain shrouded in mystery. This stems in part from our limited grasp on how our own minds work but…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep 68 Coccidioidomycosis: It’s never a spider bite
Season 4
Don’t be daunted by the length of this disease name or just how difficult it looks to pronounce. By the end of the episode, you’ll be saying it right along with us, and bonus, you’ll also be armed wi…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago