Bangladesh is experiencing the worst dengue outbreak, which has spread to all 64 districts in the country.

In July 2019, there were more cases reported than in any full year.

In this podcast, I look at the situation a little closer, the numbers, the serotypes, and the protests and criticisms of the government response.

Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, a mosquitoborne flavivirus, is the most common vaccine-preventable cause of encephalitis in Asia.

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated recommendations from it's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the JE vaccine.

Joining me today to discuss JE, the vaccine, travel and the updated recommendations is Susan Hills, MBBS. Dr. Hills is with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases with the CDC.

Last week in the journal, mBio, a team of experts issued a new call to action, urging state and federal entities to immediately fund research and develop new diagnostic tests targeting chronic wasting disease, or CWD.

Joining me to discuss this issue is the director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Michael Osterholm, PhD.

In a recent, very important article published in Foreign Policy, my guest Laurie Garrett writes about how the World Bank was holding back funds to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

An issue not very well known until her article.

To look at this situation and more is Laurie Garrett. Laurie is a former fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and the author of a number of really good books.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a one-year Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant for $225,000 in funding to Enable Biosciences to develop an improved Lyme disease test.

Columbia and Tulane universities are sub-awardees of the grant.

Joining me today to discuss this work is Monica Embers, Ph.D., Dr Embers is an assistant professor of bacteriology and parasitology at Tulane University.

It’s Cyclospora season in the United States as evidenced by an increasing number of outbreaks and clusters reported in recent weeks. In this podcast, I look at some publicized outbreaks and the work that people are doing to try to minimize these parasitic outbreaks. Related: Toxocara in the UK: A discussion with Dr Ian Wright […]

It's Cyclospora season in the United States as evidenced by an increasing number of outbreaks and clusters reported in recent weeks.

In this podcast, I look at some publicized outbreaks and the work that people are doing to try to minimize these parasitic outbreaks.

Bolivia is investigating an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever, which based on preliminary lab testing indicate the Arenavirus, Chapare virus.

In this podcast, I look at the current situation, the transmission, a study on the first such outbreak in 2003 and the CDC's travel advisory.

Last Monday, Philippines Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III declared a National Dengue Alert as the number continue to rise in many regions of the archipelago. On today’s news brief I look at the latest numbers for dengue in the country, the increases in costs incurred by the national health care system and states of […]

Last Monday, Philippines Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III declared a National Dengue Alert as the number continue to rise in many regions of the archipelago.

On today's news brief I look at the latest numbers for dengue in the country, the increases in costs incurred by the national health care system and states of calamity being declared from provinces in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.