Outbreak News Radio

A quick look at the dengue situation in Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida.

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...

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 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...

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...

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 this April 2014 interview, Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS, EIS Officer & Neurologist with CDC's Arboviral Diseases Branch discusses the new Heartland virus disease with Outbreak News This Week Radio Show host Robert Herriman

On today's show, I'll be looking at is very common medical problem- kidney stones- a problem so common that about 1 in 10 people in the United States suffer from them over their lifetime. Joining me today to discuss...

In this September 2013 radio interview, I talk to Jeremy Lewis of Kyle Cares Amoeba Awareness and Heidi LaMeyer of Swim Above Water, about their personal stories with the tragic deaths of their respective children and...

In a July 2013 interview on the Tampa-based, Outbreak News This Week radio show, I talk to Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa Dept. of Public Health Medical Director and State Epidemiologist, about the large cyclospora...

An active surveillance investigation is underway by the CDC, FDA and state health departments regarding a nationwide surge of cyclosporiasis cases, a parasitic infection. Dozens of states are affected, and of particular...

Current Lyme disease tests look for antibodies produced by the immune system in response to Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria transmitted to humans by infected blacklegged ticks. My guest today says, "The problem is that...

In this newscast, I talk about the rapidly growing cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, especially in the southeast part of the state. I also talk about a little history of the parasite here in the US and go over some...

In a 2025 WHO report on global antibiotic resistance, they revealed that one in six bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 were completely resistant to standard antibiotic treatments. Between 2018 and 2023, antibiotic...

As tick populations grow and their ranges expand, the number of people being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is rising. So what is alpha gal syndrome? Today I want to dive into this serious, potentially...