By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Welcome to the new addition to my podcast family–Let’s Talk! This is a show about having a conversation, about getting to know people. On the inaugural program, I...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 There are five Plasmodium species that cause malaria with the vast majority of reported cases being due to Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium vivax is the second most common reported...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In today’s Outbreak News This Week Livestream, I’ll look at some recent polio news to include a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) case...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On today’s livestream, I’ll be looking at the human rabies case in Illinois, H5N6 avian influenza in China in 2021, dengue in South Asia and the outbreaks...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews World Rabies Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease. 28 September also marks...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic amoeba which is a single-celled living organism. It can cause a rare and devastating infection of the brain called primary amebic...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Million of these people are right here in the US. Lewy body dementia is the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation recognizing September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. The governor’s proclamation included important...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews There has been a number of suspected and confirmed anthrax outbreaks/infections in China recently, including an anthrax pneumonia case and a human fatality in a 14-year-old...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The cadre of threats facing the nation’s water management system is alarming and sobering. Arguably, no menace is more compelling and problematic than Legionella, a waterborne...