A little over two years into a pandemic, the last thing you probably want to see is headlines announcing yet another disease […]

We’ve all been there: doubled over in pain as stomach cramps grip your guts; the panicked shuffle to the nearest bathroom; the […]

It’s been years since our first (and, until now, only) vitamin-centric episode on scurvy, and we’re thrilled to be dipping our toes […]

Our snake venom episode last week took us down some fascinating roads, from the pathophysiological effects of these compounds to the snake […]

How do you feel about snakes? Intrigued or terrified? In awe or creeped out? Of course, those aren’t the only options; the […]

Our tapeworm episode last week mentioned the remarkable finding of tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year old shark coprolite, that is, fossilized […]

We can probably all agree that the thought of a tapeworm hiding out in your gut is not a pleasant one. Nor […]

The classic tale of epidemiology almost always begins with public health hero John Snow traipsing all over London to track down the […]

[CW: Firsthand account includes description of the death of an infant. Skip approximately first 3 minutes to avoid.] What comes to mind […]

Chlamydia trachomatis may have stolen the show in our last episode, but there are many other Chlamydiae that deserve some time under […]