Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)

Viral Load

Science EN ↓ 79 episodes

The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.

Author

Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)

Episodes

The Ebola Wars (part 2) 16.12.2019 38:33

Send a text On this week's Episode Brett and Andy dive back into the world of Ebola and tie in how your cell phone may be contributing to the spread of the deadly disease.

The Ebola Wars (part 1) 02.12.2019 46:00

Send a text On this week's episode Brett and Andy dive into the terrifying world of Ebola and how your cell phone could be helping to spread this deadly disease REFERENCES Feldmann, H., & Geisbert, T. W. (2011). Ebola haemorrhagic fever. The Lancet, 377(9768), 849-862. Leroy, E. M., Kumulungui, B., Pourrut, X., Rouquet, P., Hassanin, A., Yaba, P., ... & Swanepoel, R. (2005). Fruit bat...

Smallpox: Mummies and Doomsday Preppers 18.11.2019 50:21

Send a text Gone, but not forgotten! On this episode of Viral Load, Andy and Brett explore smallpox - the first disease in humans to be kicked off the planet. From mummies to the always sane world of doomsday preppers, this episode will be sure to make you second guess that next mosquito bite! REFERENCES http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-u...

Anthrax in the Arctic 01.11.2019 39:53

Send a text On the pilot episode of Viral Load Brett and Andy discuss Siberia, Anthrax, Climate change and how when all those things collide it's bad news for all of us. REFERENCES National Research Council. (2011). Review of the scientific approaches used during the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax letters. National Academies Press. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/...