Patient Zero
PRX
How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Podcasts
Networks:
PRX
Description:
How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.
Twitter:
@patientzeropod
Language:
English
Contact:
6032288910
Episodes
BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
5/21/2020
Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme AMA!
Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero
Duration:00:45:52
BONUS: Patient Otzi
5/14/2020
The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the
record?
Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero
Duration:00:17:07
BONUS: Horses & Zebras
5/7/2020
The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation.
Certainty and science.
Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero
Duration:00:19:00
EP 7: The Reservoir
10/3/2019
Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.
Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com
Duration:00:52:00
Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B
9/26/2019
An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld.
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Duration:00:47:55
Bonus – LYMErix
9/19/2019
In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?
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Duration:00:14:34
Ep 5: The Laser
9/12/2019
When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untested treatments.
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Duration:00:45:10
Ep 4: The Bell Curve
9/5/2019
Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history.
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Duration:00:42:07
Ep 3: The Vector
8/29/2019
A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't.
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Duration:00:26:50
Ep 2: The Cluster
8/22/2019
A meditation on the pace of science. An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.
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Duration:00:51:40
Ep 1: The Triangle
8/15/2019
A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle.
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Duration:00:41:41
Introducing Patient Zero
7/18/2019
A first look at Patient Zero, a new podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio.
Hosted by Taylor Quimby. Theme by Ty Gibbons.
First episode drops mid-August. Find more at patientzeropodcast.com
Duration:00:03:15