Outbreak News Interviews

Ringworm. Is it a worm at all? No, in fact it is a fungus and a pretty common one at that. Board-certified dermatologist and founder of the Forman Dermatology and Skin Cancer Institute in Tampa, FL, Seth Forman, MD joined me to discuss the issue of "tinea" or “dermatophytosis" to include symptoms, risk, diagnosis and treatment.

Maddie’s® Clinical Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD joined me for a discussion on the ABC's of canine influenza, or "dog flu".

Dr Floron (Buddy) C. Faries, Professor & Extension Veterinarian, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and with the National Center for Foreign Animal & Zoonotic Disease Defense, joined Robert Herriman for a thorough look at anthrax for a 2013 interview.

Roger S. Nasci, PhD, Chief of the Arboviral Diseases Branch in the Division of Vector-Borne diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joined me to discuss Chikungunya in late 2013, soon after the first locally transmitted cases were reported in the Americas.

CDC expert, Jennifer Cope, MD, MPH joined me for a discussion on the "brain-eating amoeba", Naegleria fowleri during the summer of 2013.

New Mexico State Public Health Veterinarian, Dr. Paul Ettestad joined me for this 2013 interview about the plague, specifically in the US.