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Goats gone wild. When bats attack. Feral otters. Bloodthirsty beavers. And raccoons with a taste for flesh. No, we’re not extending Halloween into November. This week on Health Wanted, we’re talking about the potential return of rabies. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We also talk with professor and researcher, Dr. Amanda Gross about her work to develop next generation rabies vaccines and treatments, as well as Dr. Ryan Wallace, lead of the CDC’s rabies program, about the prevalence of rabies in the U.S. and the world. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could cleaning your toothbrush with baking soda and vinegar damage your teeth enamel? Would a gluten-free diet be helpful to manage arthritis? And our Sick of the Week. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

mRNA vaccines have been accused of a lot of things: making you a magnet, turning you into a 5G receiver, and even causing “turbo cancer.” But what if, instead of causing cancer (which they don’t), they could protect you from it? This week on Health Wanted, we're discussing whether mRNA technology could be the key to finding a cancer vaccine. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Dr. Catherine J. Wu about how therapeutic cancer vaccines work, what treatment may look like in the real world, and the work her lab is doing to develop cancer vaccines. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI is predicting the likelihood of you dying from cancer; does it work? And our Sick of the Week in the form of an infectious disease roundup. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oh, hang on here real quick; my mouth is dry. Let me get a quick sip here…of your blood, ya science-loving virgin! Ha-HA I’m just goofing. This week on Health Wanted, we’re celebrating Halloween by staying young and beautiful forever! Or maybe we’re purging ourselves of evil. Or making an unbreakable pact! Any way you slice it… It's all about bloooooood! For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Dr. Allan Doctor about what happens in our bodies when we lose too much blood and how artificial blood may be a stopgap for people experiencing blood loss who can’t get to a hospital quick enough for a transfusion. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is the impact on public health when freight lines and overnight delivery services switch to AVs? How often do you need to clean the water tank of a coffee machine? Should I be bracing for higher premiums and deductibles? And our Sick of the Week. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s sexy, it’s hip, it’s healthy, it's wreaking havoc on the environment, and it costs way more than just getting it from the sink. This week on Health Wanted, we’re talking about the strange obsession with bottled water. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Click here, email it to [email protected],  or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit healthwanted.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.