It’s Breaking Out all over the World. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses how climate change is presenting itself with increasing incidents of floods, droughts, wildfires and extreme weather all around the world. Is there any place that’s exempt? What can we do to change the agenda […]
Let’s Look at Burkholderia Pseudomallei (Likable Science)
In Humans – Melioidosis or Whitmore’s Disease. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ethan Allen. Our panel discusses, Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei), a Gram-negative, bipolar, aerobic, motile rod-shaped bacterium. It is a soil-dwelling bacterium endemic in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, particularly in Thailand and northern Australia. It is […]
Strategies to Prevent Spillover of Disease (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
The Global Work of STOP Spillover. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ken Howe. The guest is Richard Choularton. STOP Spillover is a global consortium funded by USAID and led by Tufts University that is working to understand and address the risks posed by known zoonotic viruses with the potential to spill […]
Pandemics Weren’t Born Yesterday (History is Here to Help)
They Existed in Classical Times. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Robert Littman. Archeology, especially in Egypt, has revealed pandemics thousands of years ago. What does archeology tell us about them, and how sure can we be. What is the state of the science that can reveal this to us. […]
How to Thrive in Your Sedentary Lifestyle (Much More on Medicine)
Sitting for long periods at a time doesn’t have to cause disease. We will discuss the harms of sitting for lengthy periods of time as an author, office worker, traveler, and in other settings; the specific diseases caused by sitting; and what one can do to prevent blood clots and other sitting-related maladies. The host […]
Understanding Flu and Vaccines (Likable Science)
Flu presents unique challenges among diseases in terms of evolving rapidly and thus requiring constant revisions of vaccines. What causes the flu? What are symptoms and general prognosis of flu cases? How do these differ among different strains of flu? What was special about the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic? The host for this episode is […]
Changing Climates, Harming Health (Likable Science)
Subtle, incremental changes in our weather patterns and longer-term climates around the Earth are now starting to have a cumulative and negative impact on people’s health. Climate change is driving a global shift in health and disease patterns in at least the following areas: 1) Extreme Weather Events and Storms 2) Vector Born Disease 3) […]
The Department of Health on Rat Lung Worm
Sarah Park, Epidemiologist at the Hawaii State Department of Health, joins Community Matters to discuss Rat Lung worm in Hawaii. We learn about: (a) the biology and life cycle of the worm, (b) how it is contracted, (c) how the disease progresses, (d) what can be done to avoid contracting it, (e) what can be […]
Viruses and the Future of Viral Tools with Dr. Dexter Poon
We’ll examine viruses in general – what they are and how they ‘live.’ We discuss current research on viruses, and some of the myriad investigations into these strange entities that exist on the border of living and non-living. And we’ll look to the future, seeing how the use of viruses in biomedicine is growing, and […]
Stop Flu at School with Ron Balajadia
Host Jay Fidell speaks with Ron Balajadia (Immunization Branch Chief, Hawaii State Department of Health) about flu prevention in schools. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.