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Tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection that mainly infects the lungs, is believed to have caused more deaths than famines and wars combined. Although it is often seen as an ailment of the past, a total of 1.4 million people died from TB in 2019. Worldwide, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause from a single infectious agent (above HIV/AIDS). Thierry Bernard, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of QIAGEN, and Davide Manissero, MD, the company's Chief Medical Officer, Infection & Immune Diagnostics, talk with SWINY co-chair David Levine about the challenges of detecting and treating tuberculosis.
July 13, 2021: The Fight against Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Disease
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Investigative journalist Katherine Eban talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about her latest article in Vanity Fair, “The Lab-Leak Theory, Inside the Fight to Unlock COVID-19’s Origins.” In her own investigation into the lab leak theory and whether it’s credible, Katherine spent months investigating the story, conducting dozens of interviews and reviewing hundreds of pages of U.S. government documents, including internal memos, meeting minutes and emails. The Lab-Leak Theory, Inside the Fight to Unlock COVID-19’s Origins: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins
July 8, 2021: Did SARS-CoV-2 Leak from a Lab? A Virtual Conversation with Katherine Eban
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Marshall Allen, a reporter for ProPublica who investigates why we pay so much for health care in the United States and get so little in return, talks to SWINY co-chair David Levine about his new book, Never Pay The Fist Bill And Other Ways to Fight the Healthcare System and Win (published June 22 by Penguin Random House) and how consumers can get the affordable healthcare they need.
June 28, 2021: Never Pay the First Bill: A Virtual Conversation with Marshall Allen of Propublica
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Dr. Lisa Damour, psychologist, mom, and author of two New York Times bestsellers, talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about her work on eating disorders in teenage girls and the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of male and female teenagers.
June 24, 2021: COVID-19 & Mental Health of Teenagers: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Lisa Damour
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Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor, UCSD Department of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at the University of California, San Diego, talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about the threat of lethal, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and how phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, can kill even the most lethal bacteria. and how she saved her husband’s life from a superbug using phage therapy. She also discusses the book she wrote with her husband, Thomas Patterson, about their experiences, The Perfect Predator; A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir, that was published by Hachette Books in 2019.
June 17, 2021: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, Author of The Perfect Predator
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Science comedians Brian Malow and Kasha Patel talk with SWINY co-chair David Levine about science, comedy, and performing during a pandemic. About Brian Malow: In addition to performing and giving science communication talks for the NSF, AAAS, NASA, Johns Hopkins, Lawrence Berkeley and Los Alamos National Labs and others, Brian Malow has produced science videos for Time Magazine and audio pieces for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk radio. He works annually with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Germany, producing interviews with Nobel laureates and young scientists. Brian can be found at: YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/sciencecomedian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sciencecomedian Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sciencecomedian https://wwwsciencecomedian.com About Kasha Patel: Kasha Patel fills the unknown demand of Indian female comics from West Virginia. Now based in DC, she is a stand-up comedian and writer who focuses her jokes on her life as an Indian-American and science. Founder of the comedy production company DC Science Comedy, Kasha produces and hosts one of the nation’s only frequently occurring science-themed comedy shows where scientists, writers, comedians, and singers grace the stage. She also hosts and acts as emcee for monthly book-themed comedy shows, weekly mics, and special events. Kasha can be found at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/KashaPatel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kashablanca/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kashablanca DC Science Comedy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DCsciencecomedy/ Science Comedy Paradox: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TTA6C2wqzXbl8gR21oRTc 0:00 Intro 03:51 David and Brian 18:23 David and Kasha 39:05 Q&A
June 8, 2021: A Night of Comic Relief with Science Comedians Brian Malow and Kasha Patel
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Dr. John Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, an expert on vaccine research, talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about the "Indian variant" of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, all aspects of the booster shots for COVID-19, the controversy surrounding the origin of SARS-CoV-2, and more.
June 3, 2021: COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters & Variants: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. John Moore
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