Ep 110 Influenza, Take 2: Fowl Play

An accurate diagnosis can give us so much. It can give us a path forward. It can give us answers to long-standing questions. And it can give us much-needed hope. Yet many people around the world wait years to receive an accurate diagnosis, which can take a profound physical and e ...  Show more

It comes on sneakily. You become aware of your stomach. You break out in a cold sweat. Your mouth fills with saliva. And before you know it, you’re leaning over the side of the boat (or out of the car, or into the airplane sick bag), barfing up your breakfast. Motion sickness. We ...  Show more

In this episode I cover influenza.

If you want to follow along with written notes on influenza go to https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/infectiousdisease/influenza/ or find the infectious dise ...

The U.S. is grappling with a recently discovered outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cows, driven by the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. It's the first instance that the bird flu virus has been detected in US cattle. How concerned should we be about drinking milk or even eating ch ...  Show more

An update on the current bird flu outbreak: it’s still infecting wild birds, mammals and now several farmworkers in the United States. The virus does not appear to be transmitted between humans, but can we prevent further spread? And what are public health officials doing to cont ...  Show more

This episode covers influenza.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/infectiousdisease/influenza/ or in the infectious diseases section of the 2nd edition of the Zer ...