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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. This season, we take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn…

New Hampshire Public Radio

  • May 21, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 33m AVG DURATION
  • 12 EPISODES


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BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 43:52


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

BONUS: Patient Otzi

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 15:38


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

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 17:30


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

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 51:54


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

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 47:49


An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. To get access to bonus episodes as well as early access to our regular episodes, clickhere. 

Bonus – LYMErix

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 14:34


In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?   To get access to other bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here. 

Ep 5: The Laser

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 45:03


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. To get access to bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.

Ep 4: The Bell Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 39:30


Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history. Click hereto donate $20 and get early, ad-free episodes of Patient Zero and bonus content. 

Ep 3: The Vector

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 25:41


A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't. Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content. 

Ep 2: The Cluster

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 51:26


A meditation on the pace of science.  An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy. Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.

Ep 1: The Triangle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 41:04


 A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle. Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content. 

Introducing Patient Zero

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 3:14


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

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