Infectious diseases – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
by Johns Hopkins Medicine · 10 episodes
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What are the barriers to testing for hepatitis C in emergency departments? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Hepatitis C is a worldwide problem, with millions of people infected who don’t even know it. We do have effective treatment and untreated infection can result in liver failure and…
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What’s the best strategy for staying ahead of emerging flu strains? Elizabeth Tracey reports
H5N1 is shorthand for the strain of influenza that’s been worrying some public health experts this summer since being found in multiple herds of cows. Now at least two people have…
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What is the best strategy to mitigate the impact of fungal infections in people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Fungal infections of people are on the rise, Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor and author of “Will the Fungi Win?” states. That’s true because climate change is stimulatin…
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Worrisome fungal infections are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What is the human thermal barrier? As Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor, describes in his new book, “Will the Fungi Win?” it is our normal body temperature, and it has bee…
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Fungi are becoming more adapted to hot temperatures, and that may lead to more human infections, Elizabeth Tra…
The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be among the hottest on record, and for fungi, that may be just the stimulus needed to enable them to effectively infect humans. That’s accordin…
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Devastation of food crops is one of fungi’s biggest threats to people, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Most of the world’s population is dependent on grains for survival, and if fungal attacks on these food sources continue to increase, starvation of many of us is possible. That’s a…
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Fungi are worth your attention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What’s your favorite fungus? You might say mushrooms and stop there, since for most of us a broad knowledge of fungi is lacking. Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor and auth…
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Illnesses spread by mosquitoes and ticks are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that over the last decade plus illnesses conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, so called vector-borne infection…
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Older men don’t respond as well to vaccination as older women, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Giving Covid vaccines to adults aged 75 and older has shown that while they do respond with antibodies, that response lasts a much shorter time than in younger people. Johns Hopkin…
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How do vaccine responses compare among older and younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Vaccination against Covid-19 in a group of adults older than 75 years of age has shown that while they do produce antibodies in response, they differ from what is seen in younger p…
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Older adults may need Covid boosters more often, Elizabeth Tracey reports
People older than 75 experience a robust antibody response to Covid vaccines but it fades quickly, research by Sean Leng, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Leng: Now…
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Specific types of immune responses fade quickly in older people immunized against Covid-19, Elizabeth Tracey r…
We know that Covid viruses bind to a cell surface protein known as ACE2, and that antibodies can block the virus at this location as well bind directly to the virus, so called neut…
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What are the dynamics of Covid vaccination in older adults? Elizabeth Tracey reports
More than 300 people a day are still dying of Covid infection, the most recent data indicate, and the majority of them are older people. Sean Leng, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hop…
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Does getting a flu vaccine reduce your risk of stroke? Elizabeth Tracey reports
People who received the flu vaccine experienced fewer strokes in the subsequent flu season than those who didn’t, a new study finds. Anna Durbin, an infectious disease expert at Jo…
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Even when you’re vaccinated keeping up with other measures to prevent infectious disease is a good idea, Eliza…
Don’t throw out your mask yet. That’s the advice of Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert Anna Durbin, as cases of Covid climb in Europe and the flu gets underway here in the US.…
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Now is the time to get both your Covid booster and the flu vaccine, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Fall is here, and with it more indoor activities and more viruses circulating, including Covid and the flu. Anna Durbin, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says everyon…
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Why don’t currently developed Covid vaccines cover all the variants? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Today’s Covid vaccines are based on eliciting antibodies, proteins that circulate in the blood and bind to the virus. Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert Anna Durbin says tryin…