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Patient Zero

Patient Zero

NHPR

Life Sciences, Lyme Disease, Society & Culture, Science, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

Overview

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.

25 Episodes

Introducing: What Remains

A new miniseries about death, dignity, and the Samuel G. Morton Cranial Collection.

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2024

Introducing “The Youth Development Center”

From the station that brought you Patient Zero, a powerful new series about one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history.

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2024

Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

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

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2020

BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

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

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2020

Patient Otzi

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

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2020

BONUS: Patient Otzi

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

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2020

Horses & Zebras

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

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2020

BONUS: Horses & Zebras

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

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2020

The Reservoir

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.    Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2019

EP 7: The Reservoir

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution. Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2019

The Non-A Non-B

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, click here.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2019

Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B

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, click here.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2019

LYMErix

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2019

Bonus – LYMErix

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.

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2019

The Laser

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.

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2019

Ep 5: The Laser

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.

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2019

The Bell Curve

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2019

Ep 4: The Bell Curve

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2019

The Vector

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

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2019

Ep 3: The Vector

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

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2019

The Cluster

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

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2019

Ep 2: The Cluster

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

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2019

The Triangle

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

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2019

Ep 1: The Triangle

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

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2019

Introducing Patient Zero

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

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2019

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