Miranda Mordue and Matthew Hecker are the final guest hosts from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course. Their topic is the 2nd major coronavirus zoonotic disease that is still a problem in parts of the world - MERS.

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MERS - A Recent, Ongoing But Overshadowed Coronavirus Epidemic

Denise Hart and Madyson Morris take us back almost two decades to the first big coronavirus scare - SARS!

SARS - The First Coronavirus Near-Pandemic

Keegan Rankin and Torey Coward keep their bug zappers ready to go as they discuss the mosquito-borne viral disease Zika.

Zika - The World Traveler Builds Up to a Scare

Alexus Acton and Rachna Prasad dig through the history, biochemistry and genomics of one of humanity’s scariest disease - Ebola.

Out of the Woods: Ebola as a Zoonotic Viral Disease

Alysa Giudici and Rachel Jerkins wear long sleeves and pants while they discuss the mosquito-transmitted zoonotic West Nile Fever which impacts birds, humans and horses.

Alexander the Great, Watch Out for the Dead Birds!

Giselle Bahena and Diamond Johnson guest host an episode on one of humanity’s oldest zoonotic diseases - rabies.

The Insane Zoonotic Trip That is Rabies

Brad sets the table for the last set of 2020 Hiram College Genetics course guest podcasts.

Trailer: Zoonotic Viral Diseases

Brad adds on to Emily & Tim’s excellent introduction to HIV and AIDS.

Update on Current HIV Treatments

Emily Harris and Tim Murton guest host this episode focused on the viral pandemic that defined the late 20th century - HIV and AIDS.

HIV & AIDS - The Killer That Robs Us of Our Immune Defenses

Sheree Nobles and Josh Gregory from the 2020 Genetics course tie together genital warts, several types of human cancer, and a group of closely related viruses known to many as simply HPV.

HPV - The Trigger Behind Several Cancers

Abbey Anderson and Sammie Mansfield from the 2020 Genetics course shine light on a virus and its disease that has long lurked in the shadows - Hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C - Until Now, the Silent Hepatitis Epidemic

Brad jumps in with a trailer for 4 episodes dealing with viruses that are transmitted by sex and transfer of bodily fluids.

Trailer - Sexually Transmitted & Blood-borne Viruses

Ciara Love and Cara Katzendorn from the 2020 Hiram Genetics course illuminate a virus spread by blood and other bodily fluids and the disease that it causes - Hepatitis B.

Hepatitis B - B for Blood and Other Bodily Fluids

Kiyana Caver and Brittany Weaver walk us through the devastating history of polio and a hopeful happy ending in the near future.

Soon We Can Say Goodbye to Polio

Mit Patel and Andrew Pemberton, from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course, bring us an ancient human scourge that is here no more - the only pathogen wiped from the planet so far. Let us hope that smallpox stays a scourge of our past.

Viral Pathogen No More - See Ya Smallpox

Podcast associated with Hiram College Genetics course. Focus is on the history of genomics and how a genomic view of life has impacted basic science as well as applied fields such as medicine and agriculture.

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