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On part 2 of our STI saga we sat down with occupational therapist and real life love doctor Karen McCarthy PhD. We discuss dating in the age of apps and the stigma of the gifts that keep on giving.  For dating advice and more info on our guest head over to www.karenmccarthcoaching.com. 

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In the words of the late Charles Bukowski, "Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing." Join us as we embark on a journey of sex, pathogens, and in our first episode, we explore the world of sexually transmitted infections.

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• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16341329/,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sexually-transmitted-infections-(stis),https://www.cdc.gov/std/general/default.htm#:~:text=Human%20papillomavirus%20(HPV)%20is%20the,can%20be%20prevented%20with%20vaccines.,https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/these-four-new-stis-are-on-the-rise
• https://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-health/stds-and-stis-you-havent-heard-of.aspx
• https://nypost.com/2018/08/22/this-rare-std-can-rot-your-genitals-away/
• https://www.prevention.com/life/a20460248/the-weird-link-between-fracking-and-stds/
• https://www.rush.edu/news/6-surprising-facts-about-stds
• https://www.bustle.com/p/bizarre-std-treatments-from-history-49436 
• https://www.ranker.com/list/oldschool-std-euphemisms/travis-morgan
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-01-vw-3390-story.html
• https://www.thrillist.com/health/nation/the-wacky-ridiculous-histories-of-common-stds
• https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/std-slang-terms/
• https://www.bustle.com/articles/69554-26-amazing-historical-euphemisms-for-sex-because-you-could-stand-to-have-your-corn-ground
• https://www.everydayhealth.com/stds/rise-sharply-among-older-americans/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/style/sti-stigma-sexual-transmitted-infections.html 
• https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis-detailed.htm
• https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
• https://www.teenvogue.com/story/5-common-stds-youve-never-heard-of
• https://www.everydayhealth.com/stds/rise-sharply-among-older-americans/

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Tuberculosis  is one of the deadliest diseases in the world infecting over 100 Million people annually. Every episode we end by asking listeners to send in any episode suggestions they'd like to hear about in the future. Well ask and the disease guys will deliver! Tulane University student Anna Ryu has done amazing work with the Borgen project and wanted to shed some light on ways we can help to prevent further spread of this horrible disease through legislation. Brett breaks down the science behind why TB remains so deadly. While Andy dives back down the rabbit hole to find out if vampires deserve a closer look.
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• https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm#:~:text=TB%20in%20humans%20can%20be,China%20(2%2C300%20years%20ago).
• https://health.clevelandclinic.org/understanding-tuberculosis-6-facts-to-know/
• https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm
• https://www.history.com/news/the-disease-that-helped-put-colorado-on-the-map
• https://cmr.asm.org/content/24/2/351
• https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/tuberculosis#:~:text=About%20one%20quarter%20of%20the,likely%20to%20develop%20active%20TB.
• https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538667#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20has%20quarantined,Canada%2C%20possibly%20exposing%20other%20passengers.
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• https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/tbdisease.htm
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11954-man-quarantined-in-us-for-extreme-drug-resistant-tb/
• https://www.medindia.net/health_statistics/health_facts/interesting-facts-and-statistics-about-tuberculosis.htm
• https://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/07/12/tb.suit/
• https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538667#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20has%20quarantined,Canada%2C%20possibly%20exposing%20other%20passengers.
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• https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.html
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036676/

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Out with the old and in with the new! The 2020 dumpster fire is over and COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out. So, only one question remains: what new disease horrors does 2021 have in store for us?
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• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/health/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine.html
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2261805-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine/
• https://theconversation.com/how-covid-19-vaccines-will-get-from-the-factory-to-your-local-pharmacy-151362 
• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/03/942303736/how-rich-countries-are-hoarding-the-worlds-vaccines-in-charts
• https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/19/a-side-by-side-comparison-of-the-pfizer-biontech-and-moderna-vaccines/ 
• https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=53537.php 
• https://www.wionews.com/world/four-trial-volunteers-who-got-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-developed-bells-palsy-348547
• https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/04/943151549/and-now-for-an-important-message-convincing-you-to-get-the-coronavirus-vaccine
• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/03/942303736/how-rich-countries-are-hoarding-the-worlds-vaccines-in-charts
• https://theconversation.com/vaccines-against-sars-cov-2-will-have-side-effects-thats-a-good-thing-151090
• https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/does-it-matter-which-covid-19-vaccine-i-take/?ex_cid
• https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/once-you-get-the-covid-19-vaccine-can-you-still-infect-others/?ex_cid
• https://www.businessinsider.com/bolsonaro-claims-covid-19-vaccines-could-turn-people-into-crocodiles-2020-12
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/africa/drc-forest-new-virus-intl/
• https://www.fastcompany.com/90580784/this-is-where-the-next-pandemic-is-likely-to-emerge 

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This week we're continuing our nephrotic odyssey with a special interview with a kidney failure survivor and recent kidney transplant recipient Joe Mcguiggin. Joe pulls back the curtain on what it's like to be a recovering addict with kidney failure and we learn about a lesser-known disease that caused his kidney failure.

Check out Joe's interview on WCVB 5 which includes an interview with his transplant team from Tufts Medical Center.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/merrimack-valley-man-overcomes-addiction-kidney-failure/34907376?fbclid=IwAR1sEozvK1MykD4GppTJyTnc0fMzN43iZ0uzB5qLLxBuVjXzKPXx0eRXCMM

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We’re dipping our toes in the sea of non-communicable diseases. Join us as we venture into the surprisingly strange world of chronic kidney disease. We’ve got science, a special guest, and Snapple facts that will leave you thirsty for more. What do mangrove forests and cargo ships have to do with kidney disease in Bangladesh? Tune in to find out! And you thought only infectious diseases could be weird...silly you..
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• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/574564/kidney-facts
• https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e036086
• https://www.wri.org/blog/2015/02/satellite-data-reveals-state-world-s-mangrove-forests
• https://ejatlas.org/conflict/dirty-and-dangerous-shipbreaking-in-chittagong
• https://www.dmclinicalresearch.com/5-interesting-facts-about-the-kidney/#:~:text=The%20average%20kidney%20is%20as,1%20t0%202%20million%20nephrons.
• https://www.livescience.com/52047-kidneys.html
• https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/kidney-dialysis#1

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We may not all agree on side dishes or which dessert is best, but the one thing we do know: Thanksgiving and diseases go together like turkey and gravy. 

On this episode of Viral Load, we cover the diseases, both past & present, of the Thanksgiving holiday (or the last Thursday in November for the rest of the world).


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• https://www.poison.org/articles/2014-oct/happy-and-safe-thanksgiving
• https://www.southtampaimmediatecare.com/common-ailments-around-thanksgiving.html
• https://slate.com/technology/2012/11/leptospirosis-and-pilgrims-the-wampanoag-may-have-been-killed-off-by-an-infectious-disease.html
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/11/151121-first-thanksgiving-pilgrims-native-americans-wampanoag-saints-and-strangers/#close
• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/dining/thanksgiving-native-americans.html
• https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/an-inquiring-professor-wanted-to-know-what-was-thanksgiving-like-during-the-1918-spanish-flu/article_4dd5094c-e439-57ff-9e66-20eebf2017c5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
• https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-31/european-colonization-americas-killed-10-percent-world-population-and-caused
• https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html#:~:text=When%20the%20Europeans%20arrived%2C%20carrying,estimated%2090%25%20of%20Native%20Americans
• http://inthepastlane.com/of-plague-and-pilgrims-how-a-devastating-epidemic-shaped-the-first-thanksgiving-nov-18-2012/
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/31/european-colonization-of-americas-helped-cause-climate-change
• https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0277379118307261?token=2068732179B4C8B10BB5F2272CDED703B1E7B1746EE3B84D4E18B2AA605D1700840BCFCDA956E6F66ABE512C7BCA52E2

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Take a trip down memory road (or trail?) with us. We're discussing the disease-riddled icon computer lab mainstay, 'The Oregon Trail'
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PLAY THE GAME  ***https://classicreload.com/oregon-trail.html ***

https://oregontrailcenter.org/pioneers-talk

https://apnews.com/article/24e7fbf1d0e84f05a069e8c4c3fcc78f

https://historicoregoncity.org/2019/04/02/doctors-and-diseases-on-the-oregon-trail/

https://www.henrystrobel.com/saintboniface/oregon-trail-diary.pdf

https://octa-trails.org/articles/life-and-death-on-the-oregon-trail/

https://www.kshs.org/teachers/professional/pdfs/r._rey_4th_grade_loc_2011.pdf

https://www.tor.com/2013/11/06/the-oregon-trail-diary-of-willa-porter-andy-marino/

https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5315&context=open_access_etds

https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/11/quiz-diseases-oregon-trail/

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We know what you're thinking "2020 has been less than optimal".  Well try and find solace in the fact that you aren’t waking up today only to find yourself buried alive. 

On this particle we discuss the devastating Yellow Fever Outbreak in Savannah Georgia in 1820. As well as the possible origin of an insectoid monster that has been terrorizing West Africa for over  700 years. 
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• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/10/31/415535913/how-yellow-fever-turned-new-orleans-into-the-city-of-the-dead
• https://genteelandbard.com/savannah-ghost-stories/2018/11/7/the-ghosts-of-colonial-park-cemetery
• https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/05/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-philly-yellow-fever-epidemic/
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In honor of Halloween, we’ve put together a spooktacular sampler of some of the diseases that are the real reason for the season! First, we explore the pathogen-riddled, Irish origins of Dracula. Then, we discuss Cotard Syndrome, otherwise known as the “Walking Corpse Syndrome”.
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