On today's podcast I am joined by Scott O'Neill, PhD, scientist and CEO of the World Mosquito Program. In this interview, Dr. O'Neill discusses the ins and outs of the Wolbachia Method and the work of the World Mosquito Program in the battle against mosquito-borne diseases.

World Mosquito Program

Officials in Kerala state in southern India are reporting a fatal case of Nipah virus infection in a 14-year-old boy from Mallapuram district in Kerala.

In today's newscast, I look at an outbreak of cryptosporidium linked to raccoons at a Illinois wildlife rehab facility. I also talk a bit about the parasite.

In this short informational podcast, I look briefly at the health risks of aflatoxins.

With one-third of the households in the United States having cats as pets totally approximately 60 million, human exposure to cats can occasionally result in a variety of infections.

In this short podcast, I look at some of the infections you can get from cats.

In this podcast, I summarize some of the infections you can get from dogs.

In this newscast, I look at the hantavirus situation in Arizona and things you can do to prevent this serious infection.

In this newscast, I look at the first human West Nile virus infection/death in Oklahoma and discuss a little about the disease.

In this newscast, I look at the increasing trend in malaria cases in Ethiopia.

In this newscast, I look at some recent stories about outbreaks in South Korea and Italy, and the news from Hillevax about their vaccine for infants that did not meet its primary and secondary efficacy endpoints.