Episode 371. Topic: Creating the flu vaccine. Theme: Epidemiology. What does it take to create the annual flu vaccine? How do scientists decide what flu virus strains to include? How are different types of flu vaccine created? Check out episode 118 for how secret chickens are involved.

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Episode 370. Topic: R0. Theme: Epidemiology. How is virulence measured? How many people can one person with measles infect? Why do these numbers matter? What are R0 examples for other diseases?

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Episode 369. Topic: Infectious dose. Theme: Epidemiology. How many viruses or bacteria does it take to get you sick? How does this number change? What are some theorized infectious doses for common diseases? What about COVID-19?

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Episode 368. Topic: John Snow and cholera. Theme: Epidemiology. What is cholera and where did it originate? How did a physician named John Snow figure out how cholera was infecting a neighborhood? Is cholera still around today?

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Episode 367. Investigating myself. Topic: Tay-Sachs disease. What is  Tay-Sachs disease? What causes it and how common is it? Why is this disease only common in certain populations? Why are affected rates declining?

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Episode 366. Investigating myself. Topic: Sickle cell anemia. How does hemoglobin work? What happens when it is mutated like in sickle cell anemia? Why can carrying the disease be dangerous? Are there benefits to being a carrier?

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Episode 365. Investigating myself. Topic: Cystic fibrosis. Why is cystic fibrosis so common in northern European populations? How does the disease arise? And am I a carrier?

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Episode 364. Topic: The thylacine. Theme: Extinct animals. What ever happened to the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian tiger)? How did this animal evolve? Why was it hunted? When was it last seen?

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Episode 363. Topic: The great auk. Theme: Extinct animals. Is the great auk a type of penguin? how old is their relationship to humans? Where did they once live? Why were they hunted? When did they go extinct?

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Episode 362. Topic: The bison. Theme: Extinct animals. How did the American bison evolve? Is it actually extinct? How were they saved from sure extinction?

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