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Patient Zero

Patient Zero

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Frequency: 1 episode/28d. Total Eps: 12

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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.
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BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

Season 1

jeudi 21 mai 2020Duration 43:56

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

Ep 2: The Cluster

Season 1

jeudi 22 août 2019Duration 51:30

A meditation on the pace of science.  An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.

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Ep 1: The Triangle

Season 1

jeudi 15 août 2019Duration 41:07

 A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle.

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Introducing Patient Zero

Season 1

jeudi 18 juillet 2019Duration 03:14

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

BONUS: Patient Otzi

Season 1

jeudi 14 mai 2020Duration 15:39

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

BONUS: Horses & Zebras

Season 1

jeudi 7 mai 2020Duration 17:32

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

EP 7: The Reservoir

Season 1

jeudi 3 octobre 2019Duration 51:58

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.

 

 Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com

Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B

Season 1

jeudi 26 septembre 2019Duration 47:54

An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld.

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Bonus – LYMErix

Season 1

jeudi 19 septembre 2019Duration 14:34

In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?

 

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Ep 5: The Laser

Season 1

jeudi 12 septembre 2019Duration 45:07

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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