Patient Zero

By NHPR

Natural Sciences

What's Patient Zero about?

How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.

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Patient Zero episodes:

05.21.2020
BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme...
05.14.2020
BONUS: Patient Otzi
The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the record? Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero
05.07.2020
BONUS: Horses & Zebras
The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation. Certainty and science. Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero
10.03.2019
EP 7: The Reservoir
Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution. Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com
09.26.2019
Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B
An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. To get access to bonus episodes as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.
09.19.2019
Bonus – LYMErix
In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives? To get access to other bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.
09.12.2019
Ep 5: The Laser
When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untested treatments. To get access to bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular...
09.05.2019
Ep 4: The Bell Curve
Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history. Click here to donate $20 and get early, ad-free episodes of Patient Zero and bonus content.
08.29.2019
Ep 3: The Vector
A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't. Click here to donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.
08.22.2019
Ep 2: The Cluster
A meditation on the pace of science. An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy. Click here to donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.
08.15.2019
Ep 1: The Triangle
A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle. Click here to donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.
07.18.2019
Introducing Patient Zero
A first look at Patient Zero, a new podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio. Hosted by Taylor Quimby. Theme by Ty Gibbons. First episode drops mid-August. Find more at patientzeropodcast.com