(Episode 6) Join us for a trip around the world and back in this week’s episode of Microbe Matters! Globetrotting can be an exhilarating and fulfilling experience, but it can also present new potential health risks. We sit down with Carolyn Fernandes, MD, FIDSA, to discuss travel health services and the importance of preparedness when traveling… Read more

(Episode 5) Microbe Matters returns with an all new season of bugs, drugs, and more! As the world starts to ease its restrictions initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic, its inhabitants are left to wonder what will come next. This season, we explore the various roles vaccines play in infection prevention, travel health, socio-political movements, and… Read more

(Episode 4) This episode, we switch gears a little bit to talk about sex!  Tony sits down with Dr. Ken Ho, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Linda Nabha, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Pitt as well. So far in our pilot season, we’ve discussed the threat that antibiotic resistance poses… Read more

(Episode 3) Fungal-infected zombies have overrun the media lately with the success of the TV series, The Last of Us, but a fungi apocalypse isn’t likely on the horizon for humanity. However, there is a fungus on clinical radar that does pose a threat to public health. Recently, the CDC has raised concern over a… Read more

(Episode 2) As antimicrobial resistance continues to grow and evolve, researchers and clinicians are looking towards a different approach to treating drug-resistant infections. Bacteriophages are viruses that attack bacteria but were widely dismissed in modern western medicine in favor of antibiotics- until now.  In this episode, Tony interviews Daria Van Tyne, PhD and Ghady Haidar,… Read more

(Episode 1) There seems to be a lot of buzz surrounding the notion of the “super bug” in today’s news. But what exactly is a super bug? The term is used to describe microorganisms that have developed resistance to antibiotics. The CDC has described antimicrobial resistance as a top 10 threat to global health. In… Read more