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Ep 67 HPV: My wart be with you
Season 4
The world of human papillomaviruses is vast and varied, and causing cervical cancer is just one of the many roles these viruses can take on. From their carcinogenic tendencies to their more benign wa…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ep 66 The Outs and Ins of Organ Transplantation
Season 4
From the first skin grafts to the future of 3D printed organs, the science of organ transplantation has always seemed like something out of a sci-fi novel. How on earth can an organ from one person b…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ep 65 Sweating Sickness: Ready, Sweat, Go!
Season 4
Here’s a pop quiz for all of you: what disease makes you sweat profusely, run a slight fever, develop body aches and a pounding head and then makes you drop dead within hours of symptom onset? If you…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 64 Rubella: Timing is Everything
Season 4
For many of us, rubella has simply come to mean the R in MMR, the routine childhood measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. But that hasn’t always been the case. There was once a time when the rubella v…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
COVID-19 Chapter 14: Virology, Take 2
Season 4
The fourteenth installment of our Anatomy of a Pandemic series on COVID-19 dives into what we’ve learned about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Curious about the new strains or variants ma…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Ep 63 Poison Ivy: It's Just Us
Season 4
Our first crossover episode this season with Dr. Matt Candeias of In Defense of Plants stars everyone’s favorite irritating plant-originated substance: urushiol! Join us for a light-hearted deep dive…
Published on 5 years ago
COVID-19 Chapter 13: Vaccines, Take 2
Season 4
We’re back with another episode in our Anatomy of a Pandemic series on COVID-19. This time, our subject matter is the one everyone has been waiting for: vaccines. In this episode, with the help of tw…
Published on 5 years ago
Ep 62 Leishmaniasis, Relationship Status: It's Complicated
Season 4
The neglected tropical disease known as leishmaniasis is really more of a collection of diseases caused by a variety of parasites transmitted through the bite of a diversity of sandfly species. Sound…
Published on 5 years ago
COVID-19 Chapter 12: Control, Take 2
Season 4
That’s right, we are rebooting our Anatomy of a Pandemic series in which we cover various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic that has held the world in its grip since early 2020. Since our first episod…
Published on 5 years ago
Ep 61 Typhoid: There's Something About Mary
Season 4
Your long wait is finally over - the season four premiere of This Podcast Will Kill You has arrived! And to mark the special occasion, we’re taking on a topic that is both classic TPWKY material as w…
Published on 5 years ago