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Welcome to Infectious Dose — evidence-based conversations about infectious disease, vaccines, and public health.
New episodes drop every Tuesday at midnight (CST). Listen on your favorite podcast app, or explore companion blog posts with transcripts, citations, and primary sources.
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Infectious Dose also includes Outbreak After Dark — a monthly, campfire-style series exploring infectious disease through history, folklore, and atmosphere.
Browse the latest episodes, the full archive, or the Vaccine Safety Series for focused deep dives.
Recent Episodes
Coming up in July, we’re looking back at the moments that changed the course of infectious disease.
From one of the most successful parasite eradication campaigns in history to the military’s long battle against epidemics and the first vaccine, we’ll explore the turning points that transformed how humanity fights disease. These are the stories of ideas that reshaped medicine, lives that were saved because someone questioned what everyone else accepted, and discoveries whose impact is still unfolding today.
At the end of the month, we’ll step back into the Prohibition era for an evening at the speakeasy, where medicine looked very different—and many of the advances we now take for granted were still just beyond the horizon.
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Listeners Say
I am a scientist and I found this to be highly informative and beautifully explained. I highly recommend this even if you know some about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Grace-V, PhD
This was an excellent explanation for mRNA. I am pleased to add that after having listened, I felt completely confident getting my covid vaccine. Can't wait for more episodes.
glamam1972
A fantastic explainer on measles by The Infectious Dose. I can't recommend this one loudly enough. Take a listen!
Judy Minkoff, PhD
I'm a layperson, not a scientist and definitely not a virus or vaccine expert. I felt substantially more informed about the vaccines after listening to this information.
Mike D from Detroit
This was great! Thanks for answering my question in such detail. Also, the RFKjr debunk session was tops!
Patrick Passarelli, MD
Blogs and Podcasts Worth Your Time
Check out these blogs and podcasts on virology and infectious disease by real scientists conveying accurate information! These are just some I really like, they are not paying me to be here. They don't even know they're here. Hopefully they don't mind.
Helpful Articles
Here are papers or articles you might find helpful. They've all been cited in my episodes but are linked here for your convenience. Click on the PubMed icon to the right, to do your own search of science papers. Featured papers will change periodically.
mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19 as Trailblazers for Other Human Infectious Diseases
A review of how the measles vaccine is made, how it works, and that it is safe.
Read all about the bogus data behind claims that launched a worldwide scare over the MMR vaccine and how the appearance of a link with autism was manufactured at a London medical school