Infectious Science Podcast

New Episode! "Climate Change and the Rise and Spread of Pathogens"

Send us a text The climate isn’t just warming—it’s reorganizing the rules of biology. We explore how rising temperatures, deforestation, wildfire smoke, and thawing permafrost are reshaping the risk landscape for malaria parasites, heat-trained fungi, spillover-prone viruses, and resilient bacteria. From Kenyan highlands that became friendlier to Anopheles mosquitoes, to urban heat islands that may condition fungi to tolerate our body temperature, to the sobering lesson of Siberia’s anthrax o...

Climate Change and the Rise and Spread of Pathogens Explore how climate change reshapes the risk of spreading malaria, fungi, viruses, and bacteria threatening global health.

New Episode! "Botulism: Medicine, Menace, and a Masterclass in Food Safety"

Send us a text Imagine a toxin so potent that a few nanograms can shut down a muscle—and yet, in the right hands, it eases migraines and calms spasms. We take you from the sausage-linked origins of botulism to the science of spores, food safety, infant risks, wound contamination, and the carefully controlled medical use of botulinum toxin. Along the way, we unpack how this anaerobic bacterium survives heat, why improperly canned foods can become dangerous, and what really happens at the neuro...

One Health, infectious disease, zoonosis, emerging viruses Public health podcast about emerging diseases, zoonosis, and the One Health approach to educate the public.

New Episode! "From Four Corners to Hollywood: Tracing Hantavirus's Deadly Path"

A hidden killer lurks in the humble dust of forgotten cabins and outbuildings across America. World-renowned virologist Dr. Thomas Ksiazek takes us behind the scenes of the landmark 1993 Four Corners outbreak, where hantaviru...

From Four Corners to Hollywood: Tracing Hantavirus's Deadly Path A hidden killer lurks in the humble dust of forgotten cabins and outbuildings across America. World-renowned virologist Dr. Thomas Ksiazek takes us behind the scene…

New Episode! "Googling the Flu: How Your Search History Became a Public Health Tool"

What if your Google searches could predict disease outbreaks before traditional surveillance methods? That's exactly what happened during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic when researchers discovered online search patterns matched CDC d...

Googling the Flu: How Your Search History Became a Public Health Tool What if your Google searches could predict disease outbreaks before traditional surveillance methods? That's exactly what happened during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic whe…