Leprosy probably brings to mind skin falling from the bone and people cast away into quarantined colonies. It is among the most stigmatized diseases in history, that I can think of. In this episode, we cover the past, present, and future of this ancient foe..sourceshttps://www.who.int/health-topics/leprosy#tab=tab_1https://www.seeker.com/where-do-leper-colonies-still-exist-2015107873.htmlhttps://www.history.com/news/leprosy-colonies-us-quarantine#:~:text=Kalaupapa%20was%20one%20of%20a,by%20the%20far%20the%20largest. https://www.newbedfordguide.com/massachusetts-leper-colony-penikese-frank-parker/2019/08/28 https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/56275-strange-facts-about-leprosy.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/56426-leprosy-symptoms-treatment.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/search?searchTerm=Leprosyhttps://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/symptoms/index.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/51665-florida-leprosy-cases-armadillos.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/56825-red-squirrels-harbor-leprosy-causing-bacteria.htmlhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/armadillos-leprosy-humans/https://www.livescience.com/52792-armadillos-leprosy-bacteria-spreading-southern-us.htmlhttp://web.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2005/Leprosy/history.htm

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MMMBop - Hansen's disease (Leprosy)

The search continues for the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19—and the pathway that it took to leap from animals to humans, resulting in 129 million infections and more than 2.8 million deaths....and counting. The World Health Organization recently released a report from a team of international researchers that traveled to China to investigate four possible origin scenarios. Tune in to find out what this 300-page monster has to tell us. Trigger alert: there will be bats.

Episode 53: COVID-19 - Origins

Brett and Andy dive into the hot topics in the world of diseases for this viral particle (minisode). In an homage to the My Favorite Murder pod, each host chooses a recent disease story and presents without the other knowing what the subject matter will be. Tune in to find out the terrifying facts the guys uncovered this week. ....sources ..https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/19/979314118/next-pandemic-scientists-fear-another-coronavirus-could-jump-from-animals-to-hum .https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/15/977527808/who-points-to-wildlife-farms-in-southwest-china-as-likely-source-of-pandemic

Viral Particle: Stay Out of the Forest

On part 2 of our STI saga we sat down with occupational therapist and real life love doctor Karen McCarthy PhD. We discuss dating in the age of apps and the stigma of the gifts that keep on giving.  For dating advice and more info on our guest head over to www.karenmccarthcoaching.com. 

An Interview with the Love Doctor - Sexually Transmitted Infections part 2

In the words of the late Charles Bukowski, "Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing." Join us as we embark on a journey of sex, pathogens, and in our first episode, we explore the world of sexually transmitted infections.sources - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16341329/,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sexually-transmitted-infections-(stis),https://www.cdc.gov/std/general/default.htm#:~:text=Human%20papillomavirus%20(HPV)%20is%20the,can%20be%20prevented%20with%20vaccines.,https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/these-four-new-stis-are-on-the-risehttps://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-health/stds-and-stis-you-havent-heard-of.aspxhttps://nypost.com/2018/08/22/this-rare-std-can-rot-your-genitals-away/https://www.prevention.com/life/a20460248/the-weird-link-between-fracking-and-stds/https://www.rush.edu/news/6-surprising-facts-about-stdshttps://www.bustle.com/p/bizarre-std-treatments-from-history-49436 https://www.ranker.com/list/oldschool-std-euphemisms/travis-morganhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-01-vw-3390-story.htmlhttps://www.thrillist.com/health/nation/the-wacky-ridiculous-histories-of-common-stdshttps://www.stdcheck.com/blog/std-slang-terms/https://www.bustle.com/articles/69554-26-amazing-historical-euphemisms-for-sex-because-you-could-stand-to-have-your-corn-groundhttps://www.everydayhealth.com/stds/rise-sharply-among-older-americans/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/style/sti-stigma-sexual-transmitted-infections.html https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis-detailed.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htmhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/5-common-stds-youve-never-heard-ofhttps://www.everydayhealth.com/stds/rise-sharply-among-older-americans/

Consider the Merkin: Sexually Transmitted Infections part 1

Tuberculosis  is one of the deadliest diseases in the world infecting over 100 Million people annually. Every episode we end by asking listeners to send in any episode suggestions they'd like to hear about in the future. Well ask and the disease guys will deliver! Tulane University student Anna Ryu has done amazing work with the Borgen project and wanted to shed some light on ways we can help to prevent further spread of this horrible disease through legislation. Brett breaks down the science behind why TB remains so deadly. While Andy dives back down the rabbit hole to find out if vampires deserve a closer look..sources..https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm#:~:text=TB%20in%20humans%20can%20be,China%20(2%2C300%20years%20ago).https://health.clevelandclinic.org/understanding-tuberculosis-6-facts-to-know/https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htmhttps://www.history.com/news/the-disease-that-helped-put-colorado-on-the-maphttps://cmr.asm.org/content/24/2/351https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/tuberculosis#:~:text=About%20one%20quarter%20of%20the,likely%20to%20develop%20active%20TB.https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538667#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20has%20quarantined,Canada%2C%20possibly%20exposing%20other%20passengers.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524552/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00281/fullhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524552/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00281/fullhttps://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/tbdisease.htmhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11954-man-quarantined-in-us-for-extreme-drug-resistant-tb/https://www.medindia.net/health_statistics/health_facts/interesting-facts-and-statistics-about-tuberculosis.htmhttps://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/07/12/tb.suit/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538667#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20has%20quarantined,Canada%2C%20possibly%20exposing%20other%20passengers.https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20170328/passenger-with-xdrtb-died-on-3hour-flight-from-turkey-to-germanyhttps://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000436/p0000436.asphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_tuberculosis_scarehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-020-0179-xhttps://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036676/

Tuberculosis: Consumption Gumption

Out with the old and in with the new! The 2020 dumpster fire is over and COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out. So, only one question remains: what new disease horrors does 2021 have in store for us?...sources ..https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/health/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine.htmlhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2261805-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine/https://theconversation.com/how-covid-19-vaccines-will-get-from-the-factory-to-your-local-pharmacy-151362 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/03/942303736/how-rich-countries-are-hoarding-the-worlds-vaccines-in-chartshttps://www.statnews.com/2020/12/19/a-side-by-side-comparison-of-the-pfizer-biontech-and-moderna-vaccines/ https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=53537.php https://www.wionews.com/world/four-trial-volunteers-who-got-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-developed-bells-palsy-348547https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/04/943151549/and-now-for-an-important-message-convincing-you-to-get-the-coronavirus-vaccinehttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/03/942303736/how-rich-countries-are-hoarding-the-worlds-vaccines-in-chartshttps://theconversation.com/vaccines-against-sars-cov-2-will-have-side-effects-thats-a-good-thing-151090https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/does-it-matter-which-covid-19-vaccine-i-take/?ex_cidhttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/once-you-get-the-covid-19-vaccine-can-you-still-infect-others/?ex_cidhttps://www.businessinsider.com/bolsonaro-claims-covid-19-vaccines-could-turn-people-into-crocodiles-2020-12https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/africa/drc-forest-new-virus-intl/https://www.fastcompany.com/90580784/this-is-where-the-next-pandemic-is-likely-to-emerge 

Vaccination Station: Herd immunity, Misinformation, and the next pandemic

This week we're continuing our nephrotic odyssey with a special interview with a kidney failure survivor and recent kidney transplant recipient Joe Mcguiggin. Joe pulls back the curtain on what it's like to be a recovering addict with kidney failure and we learn about a lesser-known disease that caused his kidney failure.Check out Joe's interview on WCVB 5 which includes an interview with his transplant team from Tufts Medical Center.https://www.wcvb.com/article/merrimack-valley-man-overcomes-addiction-kidney-failure/34907376?fbclid=IwAR1sEozvK1MykD4GppTJyTnc0fMzN43iZ0uzB5qLLxBuVjXzKPXx0eRXCMM

Chronic Kidney Disease Part 2: A Survivor's perspective

We’re dipping our toes in the sea of non-communicable diseases. Join us as we venture into the surprisingly strange world of chronic kidney disease. We’ve got science, a special guest, and Snapple facts that will leave you thirsty for more. What do mangrove forests and cargo ships have to do with kidney disease in Bangladesh? Tune in to find out! And you thought only infectious diseases could be weird...silly you.....sources .https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/574564/kidney-factshttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e036086https://www.wri.org/blog/2015/02/satellite-data-reveals-state-world-s-mangrove-forestshttps://ejatlas.org/conflict/dirty-and-dangerous-shipbreaking-in-chittagonghttps://www.dmclinicalresearch.com/5-interesting-facts-about-the-kidney/#:~:text=The%20average%20kidney%20is%20as,1%20t0%202%20million%20nephrons.https://www.livescience.com/52047-kidneys.htmlhttps://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/kidney-dialysis#1

Chronic Kidney Disease Part 1: Nephrons, Ship Breakers, and Transplant Tourism

We may not all agree on side dishes or which dessert is best, but the one thing we do know: Thanksgiving and diseases go together like turkey and gravy. On this episode of Viral Load, we cover the diseases, both past and present, of the Thanksgiving holiday (or the last Thursday of November for everyone else).Sources:.https://www.poison.org/articles/2014-oct/happy-and-safe-thanksgivinghttps://www.southtampaimmediatecare.com/common-ailments-around-thanksgiving.htmlhttps://slate.com/technology/2012/11/leptospirosis-and-pilgrims-the-wampanoag-may-have-been-killed-off-by-an-infectious-disease.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/11/151121-first-thanksgiving-pilgrims-native-americans-wampanoag-saints-and-strangers/#closehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/dining/thanksgiving-native-americans.htmlhttps://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/an-inquiring-professor-wanted-to-know-what-was-thanksgiving-like-during-the-1918-spanish-flu/article_4dd5094c-e439-57ff-9e66-20eebf2017c5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-sharehttps://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-31/european-colonization-americas-killed-10-percent-world-population-and-causedhttps://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html#:~:text=When%20the%20Europeans%20arrived%2C%20carrying,estimated%2090%25%20of%20Native%20Americanshttp://inthepastlane.com/of-plague-and-pilgrims-how-a-devastating-epidemic-shaped-the-first-thanksgiving-nov-18-2012/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/31/european-colonization-of-americas-helped-cause-climate-changehttps://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0277379118307261?token=2068732179B4C8B10BB5F2272CDED703B1E7B1746EE3B84D4E18B2AA605D1700840BCFCDA956E6F66ABE512C7BCA52E2

Pilgrim Pathogens: The Diseases of Thanksgiving

If you are like us you were part of the first generation of computer addicts and the gateway drug was Oregon Trail. A quiet little game where entire wagon trains died of dysentery faster than you could hit your mac II space bar. On this episode we dive into the diseases that kept every third grader up at night and how on earth we became known as the "Oregon Trail generation" almost 200 years after the Great Emigration. ...sources PLAY THE GAME  ***https://classicreload.com/oregon-trail.html ***https://oregontrailcenter.org/pioneers-talkhttps://apnews.com/article/24e7fbf1d0e84f05a069e8c4c3fcc78fhttps://historicoregoncity.org/2019/04/02/doctors-and-diseases-on-the-oregon-trail/https://www.henrystrobel.com/saintboniface/oregon-trail-diary.pdfhttps://octa-trails.org/articles/life-and-death-on-the-oregon-trail/https://www.kshs.org/teachers/professional/pdfs/r._rey_4th_grade_loc_2011.pdfhttps://www.tor.com/2013/11/06/the-oregon-trail-diary-of-willa-porter-andy-marino/https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5315&context=open_access_etdshttps://www.statnews.com/2017/05/11/quiz-diseases-oregon-trail/

You Died of Dysentery: Diseases of the Oregon Trail (game)

We know what you're thinking "man 2020 has been less than optimal".  Well don't be sad, just be happy you aren't being buried alive hoping an underpaid overworked grave yard worker hears your bell before it's too late. On this particle we discuss the 1820 Yellow Fever Outbreak in Savannah Georgia and how an insectoid monster has been terrorizing West Africa for over seven centuries. ....sources ...https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/10/31/415535913/how-yellow-fever-turned-new-orleans-into-the-city-of-the-deadhttps://genteelandbard.com/savannah-ghost-stories/2018/11/7/the-ghosts-of-colonial-park-cemeteryhttps://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/05/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-philly-yellow-fever-epidemic/

Viral Particle: Saved by the Bell

In honor of Halloween, we’ve put together a spooktacular sampler of some of the diseases that are the real reason for the season! First, we explore the pathogen-riddled, Irish origins of Dracula. Then, we discuss Cotard Syndrome, otherwise known as the “Walking Corpse Syndrome”.....sources ..

Halloween Special: Dracula Origins and Walking Corpses

I know what your thinking 2020 has been a piece of cake and you have nothing to worry about. Well you're in luck this week we dive into the stagnant waters of your nightmares and bring you Naegleria  the brain eating amoeba! Sources: https://www.popsci.com/story/science/brain-eating-amoeba-rare-infection/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/naegleria-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20375470https://www.insider.com/rise-of-brain-eating-amoeba-naegleria-fowleri-in-us-waters-2020-7https://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0110Yoder JS, et al., 2012. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis deaths associated with sinus irrigation using contaminated tap water. Clin Infect Dis 55: e79–e85Siddiqui R, Khan NA, 2014. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri: an old enemy presenting new challenges. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8: e3017.Centers for Disease Control (2013) Primary amebic meningoencephalitis associated with ritual nasal rinsing - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 62 (45) 903.https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/treatment.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/54281-amoeba-definition.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471492219302673?casa_token=FKYW41d3NWkAAAAA:1yB8YZaFfUiSP02gSgTsyxUD7pxZhPGX7gMKr3mxUO8owSYsUcVwJ_cOB0U3VCFqmV7l0qmoaA

Brain Eating Amoebas

COVID-19 knows no bounds! After prancing around Parliament with Boris Johnson COVID decided to hit the big time and took a romp in the White House rose garden. Donald Trump President of the United States tests positive for COVID-19. On this episode we chronicle the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S and examine how exactly we ended up with a super spreader event at the white house. .....sources https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-comments/https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/politics/trump-covid-battle/

Mr. COVID Goes to Washington

Hosts: Brett Bayles & Andy Pupa Explore the weird, dark, and fun world of disease on a changing planet.

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