Healthcare Show Notes: You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. This episode is going to be a little different since I’m going to give you a glimpse into my life. I normally try to keep my personal life out of the podcast, or at least limit it to entertaining anec...
Aug 04, 2024•33 min•Season 8Ep. 6
You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod This has been my podversary episode. Three years ago, I had an idea that I could mix my passion for infectious disease with history and help others understand how governments, citizens and researchers view disease. Two years ago, I added the 100 Seconds to Midnight episodes to introduce the concept of global disaste...
Apr 28, 2024•35 min•Season 8Ep. 5
You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod When I was in college, I had a Microbiology professor who swore that cats were out to kill us all. She told everyone in any class that she taught that cats carried every disease known to man and they were going to pass them all to us. Cats were single-handedly going to end humankind. Now, she knew this ...
Apr 21, 2024•30 min•Season 8Ep. 4
You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod I wanted to take a moment to discuss some recent happenings in the world of epidemiology. I’m going to talk about some diseases that I’ve addressed in previous episodes, and some that I haven’t touched on yet, but all of them have been in the news recently. I won’t be getting into the etiology and patho...
Apr 07, 2024•29 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Brain Eating Amoeba Show Notes: You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod This season is called “Creepy Crawlies” and today, I’m going to be talking about one of the strangest and most dangerous among them, Naegleria fowleri. This animal is the brain eater that’s made a huge splash, pun intended, in the media over the last couple of years. Whil...
Mar 10, 2024•31 min•Season 8Ep. 2
You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Today, we’re going to talk about whipworm. I chose this particular parasite because my dog, Sweet Pea was diagnosed with it a few weeks ago despite having worm meds every month. We’ll begin this story, as usual, with etiology and pathology. Whipworm is a parasitic roundworm. Its scientific name is Trichuris trichiur...
Feb 25, 2024•30 min•Season 8Ep. 1
You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod This episode is the season finale of “Countdown”, and that sentiment has been announced by the Board of Atomic Scientists. They made the announcement on January 23, 2024. They have referred to this time as a moment of historic danger. “This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Ato...
Feb 11, 2024•32 min•Season 7Ep. 7
You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Bees pollinate about a third of the fruits, nuts and vegetables that we eat every day. There are about 20,000 bee species in the world and 4,000 of those species are in the US. More than 2,000 of the US species are in decline and half are facing extinction. Today, I’m going to talk about bees and their importance as...
Jan 24, 2024•35 min•Season 7Ep. 6
There have been rumors about Yellowstone being overdue for a super volcanic eruption circulating for years, but is there actually a timer on super eruptions? Can we predict that? And what would the consequences of a super eruption be? It’s 90 Seconds to Midnight and the earth is rumbling with volcanic activity. Could any of these eruptions mean the end of life as we know it? You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100...
Jan 04, 2024•32 min•Season 7Ep. 5
This is the story of how one of the fiercest defense systems in the world ended up tracking Santa every Christmas Eve. Music by: Rupert Sachs
Dec 25, 2023•10 min
The US doesn’t experience much terrorism, we’ve had several attacks on US soil, but for the most part, we’ve had far less than other countries experience. In modern day terrorist attacks, the goal is to spread fear by directing violence against innocent victims. These attacks can be initiated by a government, a radical group, liberationists or “freedom fighters”. They attack anywhere with no warning making people wonder, “Could I be next?” You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100se...
Dec 13, 2023•39 min•Season 7Ep. 4
I’m often asked to talk about Global Warming, my answer to that is that I do. I talk about it in almost every 100 Seconds to Midnight episode. Global Warming either influences or affects just about everything that makes the clock tick down in one way or another. Today, I’m going to talk about global warming again. Specifically, how it affects infectious disease. It’s 90 seconds to midnight and across the world, the temperature is rising. Not only are old diseases rearing their heads, but new dis...
Nov 25, 2023•33 min•Season 7Ep. 3
For hundreds of years before Germ Theory was discovered, people were trying to find an explanation for the plagues and pestilence that followed them. As millions succumbed to the Black Plague, leprosy, rabies, and tuberculosis, there was no rhyme or reason for the death and destruction. They didn’t understand bacteria, viruses or parasites. Even through the 1800s, people thought that disease was caused by the wrath of some vengeful god, or a curse from an evil foe. Not only that, but they believ...
Oct 28, 2023•27 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Resources: In the US: 1-800-662-4357 https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/index.html International Helplines for Suicide Prevention and Drug Addiction: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ https://www.smartrecoveryinternational.org/ It’s 90 seconds to midnight and people from every age group, every socioeconomic background, every geographic corner of the world are being sucked into the vortex of addiction. While I don’t condone the wholesale...
Oct 14, 2023•47 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Parker Garlitz of True Leaf Market came on the show to talk about the many benefits of cover crops for your home garden. It was a joy to speak with him and learn about the benefits of cover crops. Cover crops improve soil structure and prevent erosion. Whether you’re planting backyard gardens, containers or raised beds, cover crops will keep your soil healthy.Cover crops are inexpensive to grow. It costs less than $25 for most backyard gardens and the improvement in next year’s harvest will save...
Aug 27, 2023•22 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last 50 years we’ve lost more than 4,000 species that are vital to their habitats. These animals played an important role in the support of their ecosystems. Some were predators and some were prey, but they all had one natural enemy: Man. As humans grew in numbers, these animals were overhunted, exposed to pesticides, and driven into smaller and smaller habitats. The land was needed for the King ...
Aug 13, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. I changed my mind mid-script. I decided that I needed to finish this season with a 100 Seconds to Midnight Episode on extinction. I thought that would be more appropriate, so this week, I’m going to talk about the last disease in this season. We’re going to look at Whirling Disease in Fish. Let’s begin with etiology and pathology. This will be a new pathogen for us. Myxobolus cerebralis is a myxozoan pa...
Jul 29, 2023•32 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. Before we get started, I want to welcome my latest Patron to the family. Welcome Elizabeth! I’m so happy to have you here! I thought that since we talked about White Nose Disease in bats last time, we could just hop on over to Frog Fungal Disease this time. There is nothing like going to the river in spring. The frogs are sending their mating calls back and forth. The males are trying to sing their best songs to attract females, and ...
Jul 15, 2023•32 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last episode, I briefly mentioned White Nose Syndrome. It’s a terrible disease that has killed off about 90% of some species of bats in North America. If you haven’t listened to the last episode, I suggest that you go back and give that one a listen before we start this one. It gives a pretty good overview of the importance of bats to several ecosystems and to people. If you have listened to that...
Jun 25, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Bats are the base of several ecosystems and without them those ecosystems would fail, and with them, several food sources would also fail, but bats also carry some of the most deadly diseases known to mankind. SARS, MERS, coronavirus, Ebola, they all have natural reservoirs in bats. Because people fear them, maybe because they carry disease, maybe they have visions of Dracula in their heads, maybe because they don’t understand how invaluable they are, bats have become targets of people who consi...
Jun 10, 2023•31 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Rabbits, hares and pikas belong to a family of animals called “Lagomorphs” or order Lagomorpha. Rabbits and hares belong to the family Leporidae and pikas belong to the family Ochotonidae. While rabbits and hares have long ears, a short tail and very strong hind limbs that give them that characteristic bounding motion, pikas are smaller, have shorter, rounded ears, no external tail to speak of and smaller hind limbs that give them more of a scampering motion. Lagomorphs are small to medium-sized...
May 27, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 4
For hundreds of years, man has been the greatest destroyer of the planet. As the highest being on the food chain, our impact on the environment is the greatest contributor to the loss of species worldwide. Breeding grounds are being destroyed and access to resources is diminishing due to industrial and residential development, logging, crop farming, livestock grazing, mining, road and dam building and pesticide use. All of this in the name of progress. This topic is one that really hits me where...
May 14, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Who’s Who Outside of the Zoo has begun! Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. Here we are in Season Six. This season is dedicated to wildlife disease and conservation. I’ve been trying to keep seasons at about 8 episodes, but this one may run a little longer. There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to wildlife disease and conservation and the way that they come together. I’ll be introducing some things that we haven’t talked about previou...
Apr 29, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 2
The Great Dilemma Show Notes: This is my second podversary. I’ve been in your ears and, hopefully, in your head for two years now, and I thought it important that you know about the things that go into each subject I talk about, whether it be an infectious disease that has the potential to kill millions if unleashed upon the population or a global crisis that looms over us. Every episode I struggle with questions. I research each topic carefully and I try to find solutions. This is something tha...
Apr 15, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Often, the term food poisoning is used for both foodborne illnesses and foodborne intoxication. Today, I’m going to explain the difference between the two and talk about the burden that these illnesses have on societies, especially in the developing world. About 6.5 million in the US experience the effects of a foodborne pathogen at least once a year, but most of them go unreported since people think they just have the “stomach flu”. Newsflash, that was no flu, that was a foodborne pathogen. Thi...
Apr 01, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Mary sent me an email with a news article attached. The article said that 47% of people don’t think that life will ever get back to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. If you listen to the smallpox episodes, the Spanish flu episode and the polio episode, many of the same things happened that happened during the Covid pandemic. Schools were shut down, social distancing was a thing, people wore masks, they were encouraged to stay home, there was grocery delivery, there were vaccine mandates and th...
Mar 18, 2023•40 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Disinformation is a war waged on the citizens of countries in order to promote dissent and division among the people. We’re all vulnerable. We’re all targets. We’re all in a war that we don’t understand. How is this war waged? Through something seemingly so innocuous, so mundane, so enticing. Social media. It’s 90 seconds to midnight and this war has gone on since the dawn of time, but now, operatives are using bots, AI technology and PR firms to spread disinformation that’s harmful for governme...
Mar 05, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Campy Show Notes: Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net . I also have an email address for the show at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . Feel free to interact with me in either place! I’m going to be doing a special 100 Seconds to Midnight episode in Season 7. I’d like those of you who had experiences growing up during the Cold War to talk about those experiences. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, I can arrange that. If you’d rather just write your stor...
Feb 18, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 7
It’s 90 seconds to midnight, my friends and we need to talk. Contact me at the website: www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. Join my mailing list. There are so many ways to interact with me on that site that there’s no excuse not to! I also have a dedicated email for Cause of Death, you can reach me at jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod 90 Seconds to Midnight Show Not...
Feb 04, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 6
E. coli Show Notes: Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net . I also have an email address for the show at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net . My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Etiology and Pathology and History: https://elifesciences.org/articles/05826 https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/diarrheagenic-ecoli.html https://about-ecoli.com/ https://about-ecoli.com/ecoli_hemolytic_uremic_syndrome https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-de...
Jan 22, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 5
