EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

About EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

Eradicating Smallpox: The Heroes that Wiped out a 3,000-Year-Old Virus One of humanity’s greatest triumphs is the eradication of smallpox. This new eight-episode docuseries, “Eradicating Smallpox,” explores this remarkable feat and uncovers striking parallels and contrasts to recent history in the shadows of the covid-19 pandemic. Host Céline Gounder brings decades of experience working on HIV in Brazil and South Africa, Ebola during the outbreak in New Guinea, and covid-19 in New York City at the height of the pandemic. She travels to India and Bangladesh to bring never-before-heard stories from the front lines of the battle to wipe smallpox off the face of the Earth. “Epidemic” launched in early 2020 and quickly became a key source of reporting on the rapidly unfolding coronavirus pandemic. The show premiered at No. 1 in health and fitness and No. 1 in medicine on the Apple Podcast charts.

Publisher

KFF Health News and JUST HUMAN PRODUCTIONS

Category

health & fitness · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Feb 2020

Latest episode

9 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

96 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Dec 2024

   BONUS / WORLD Channel Presents: Silence in Sikeston

   We’re sharing the first episode of “Silence in Sikeston,” a new podcast from KFF Health News and WORLD The 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. The 2020 police shooting of Denzel Taylor. Two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart by a public health threat of their time. Silence in Sikeston explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on our health — from hives, high blood pressure, inflammation and heart disease to struggles with mental health. All four episodes of Silence of Sikeston are available now on Apple, Spotify, or PRX

2. 

   7 Nov 2023

   S2E8 / The Scars of Smallpox

   The series finale of “Epidemic: Eradicating Smallpox” is a visit to the home of Rahima Banu, the last person with a documented case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox. When the virus was declared eradicated, she became a symbol of one of the greatest victories in global public health. What happened to Rahima Banu afterward?

3. 

   24 Oct 2023

   S2E7 / What Good Is a Vaccine When There Is No Rice?

   What good is a vaccine when there is no rice? Episode 7 of “Eradicating Smallpox” explores the barriers public health workers face in communities where people’s basic needs aren’t being met.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

1,001 ratings

Spotify

3.8 / 5

21 ratings

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