Blue Streak Science Podcast

On This Week’s Show Anti-vaccination movement hits the big-time Gardening on the moon Silencing a type of brain cell can reduce pain Mitochondria kicking bacteria butts Science News with Dr. Amrita Sule, and Nevena Hristozova Anti-Vaccine Movement Joins Ebola, Drug Resistance on List of Top Global Threats Amrita Sule Every year the World health organization (WHO) comes up with a list of issues which threaten global health. This year they’ve laid out a list of 10 problems which need attention from the WHO, and their health partners.   Some of the issues in the list were pandemic flu, dengue, climate change, and superbugs. But guess who has also made it to the list? Anti-vaxxers! The anti-vaccine movement, which has mostly been prevalent in the United States, is now an international concern and poses a significant threat to the whole world. The WHO’s list refers to it as “vaccine hesitancy.” A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the number of unvaccinated children und