Category: Season 3

Fifty episodes. That’s fifty (sometimes) deadly viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and poisons. And don’t forget the fifty quarantinis to accompany each! What […]

In 2019, eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, made headlines in much of the US as cases skyrocketed […]

You don’t look surprised to see this in your podcast feed – or is that just the botox? This week we’re taking […]

It’s back to your regularly scheduled programming this week with an episode on schistosomiasis (aka bilharzia), that scourge both ancient and modern. […]

Everyone loves a good poop story, don’t they? We certainly hope so, because our good friend Katie shares a fantastic one to […]

From its discovery only 30 years ago to the recent development of an effective treatment, the short life of the Hepatitis C […]

[TRIGGER WARNING: see below]  Whooping cough, that terrible childhood scourge, has been making an alarming comeback due to lapses in vaccination coverage […]

Our first vector-borne disease episode of season 3 and our first mosquito-borne pathogen in quite some time, dengue virus proves itself to […]