Outbreak News Radio

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 these antibodies don't have the right characteristics to be clinically useful". New research led by Tufts University School of Medicine suggests that a group of immune molecules calle...

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 recommendations from health officials.

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 resistance increased in over 40% of the monitored pathogen-antibiotic combinations. The average annual increase in resistance sits between 5% and 15%. Bacterial AMR was directly resp...

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 life-threatening type of food allergy that is associated with the bite of a tick. Joining me today is Cara Martone, Cara is a doctoral student at Tufts University who is currently doing her...

The New World screwworm has returned to the United States as the first case was reported in Texas on June 3, Since then, a number of additional cases have affected animals in Texas and New Mexico. What is the new world screwworm? How is it transmitted and how dangerous is it? And how will we get it under control? These are just a few of the questions I will pose to my expert guest. Joining me toda...

In this news report, I give an Ebola update, human screwworm in Honduras, measles in Bangladesh and Guatemala, hepatitis A in Manitoba, Canada and CCHF in Iraq.

On today's news report, I look at the large dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, Florida reports new travel associated dengue and chikungunya, diphtheria in Haiti, polio in Afghanistan, Virginia''s measles outbreak and dengue increases in Malaysia.

On this episode of Outbreak News Radio, I look at the latest from Africa and the Ebola outbreak, a Powassan virus case in New Hampshire, Japanese encephalitis in Asia and a H9N2 avian influenza case confirmed in Hong Kong.

In this report, I look at the shigella outbreak and the new Nipah virus case reported in Kerala state in southern India.

On today's livestream, I will update on the case count in the DRC Ebola outbreak, the screwworm situation in the southern US, measles in the US and Bangladesh and more.

In this first episode in the Microbiology 101 series, I look at the catalase test.

In this first episode in the Microbiology 101 series, I look at the catalase test.

In today's newscast I look at the latest on the screwworm detection in Texas, the latest numbers from the DRC Ebola outbreak and measles in the US.

In this news cast, I briefly talk about a cryptosporidium outbreak in Washoe County, Nevada, associated with animal yoga.

In this news report, I give updates on what I believe to be the two biggest infectious disease outbreak stories globally at this time- the Ebola outbreak in Africa and the Measles epidemic in Bangladesh,

In this video, I give a quick update on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But this video also serves as a reminder that there are many other infectious disease outbreaks in the country, year after year, and I'll briefly go over some of them.

In this update, I look at the latest on the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Africa.

In this report, I go over the latest news surrounding the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship, the MV Hontius.

In this news cast, I do an update on the hantavirus situation on board the MV Hondius.

In this livetream, I will look at some of the biggest news in infectious diseases and outbreaks across the globe.

A new University of Washington study has found that over a third of sampled coyotes across the Puget Sound region were infected with this parasitic tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis).

In this newscast, I look at three current outbreaks occurring in Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda- Lassa fever, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever and anthrax, respectively.

With the arrival of spring, Ukranian health officials are warning of the increased rosk of two infectious diseases: rabies and Lyme disease.

In this livestream, I look at some of the news related to infectious diseases and outbreak over the past week.

In this newscast, I look at the situation in England with sexually transmitted Shigella species, including antibiotic resistance, primarily among men who have sex with men.