One World, One Health Podcast
1) The Invisible Second Threat to Cancer Patients – Drug-Resistant Infections
Send us a text It’s a common scenario for a cancer patient. They’re undergoing treatment and get what’s known as a peripherally inserted central catheter or PICC (pronounced “pick”) line to make it mo...Show More
2) When Fear Spreads Faster Than Facts – Autism, Vaccines, and Measles
Send us a text It’s a really bad year for measles. Cases are spiking in countries where children should have been fully vaccinated, such as the United States, Canada, and Mexico. More than 1,000 cases...Show More
3) Cut Deep – What's at stake in the gutting of U.S. biodefense?
Send us a text Zombie movies may score at the box office and shows about dangerous contagions including “The Last of Us” may be a hit on streaming services, but preparedness for disasters is no winner...Show More
4) From Seals to People – What H5N1 in Patagonia Foretells
Send us a text The scene on the beach was horrific. Thousands of mothers and baby elephant seals lay in the sand, taken out by a deadly virus. Dr. Marcela Uhart and her colleagues were shocked by what...Show More
5) Can Microplastics Spread Killer Bacteria?
Send us a text Plastic is everywhere. So are drug-resistant microbes. What happens when the two team up? A raft of new studies show that bacteria can grow well on plastics, especially on microplastics...Show More
6) Cuts, Tariffs, and Tightening Borders – Trump's United States and Global Health
Send us a text It’s been a dire year for global health. Almost as soon as he took office as president of the United States, Donald Trump said he would withdraw the country from membership in the World...Show More
7) Clearing the Air – Can Pollution Affect Kid's Grades?
Send us a text Air pollution is a big killer. Air pollution of all kinds helped kill 4.2 million people globally in 2019, according to the World Health Organization. It can damage nearly every organ i...Show More
8) From Young Adult Romance to the World's Deadliest Infectious Disease – Writer John Green takes on TB
Send us a text It’s hard to overstate how popular writer John Green is. His most famous book, The Fault in Our Stars – a novel about teenagers with cancer, young love, and fate – has sold tens of mill...Show More
9) Fighting the Rise of Anti-Science
Send us a text People have always doubted science. In the 17th century, Galileo was sentenced to house arrest by the Catholic Church for reporting his observations that the sun is at the center of the...Show More
10) Spotty Coverage – Filling trust gaps in measles vaccination
Send us a text Measles is an extremely infectious virus that can both kill and cripple children. Luckily, there are highly effective vaccines to prevent the disease. The World Health Organization reco...Show More