Cause of Death - 100 Seconds to Midnight

To Live or Die Part 2: Having Insurance Isn’t the Same as Getting Care The cancer is gone. The nose is reconstructed. The bills? Still here. In Part 1, I told you how getting cancer surgery became a scramble to raise money—even though I had health insurance. This time, I’m finishing that story. Reconstruction and recovery went well, my plastic surgeon promised me the sexiest nose in Springfield, and I’m still waiting on that last part. I also still owe about $600 on the surgery. Further treatment for the scar is considered cosmetic under my coverage, so my insurance won’t pay for it. Then we pick up the history: Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, employer health plans, the Affordable Care Act and the rules shaping access today. We look at deductibles, upfront payment demands, coverage decisions and the companies handling healthcare money. The point is simple: a service can be covered by a policy and still be financially out of reach for the patient. I’m advocating for universal access to healthcare in the US. I’m open to different ways of getting there. We’ll examine public financing, regulated insurance systems and a public option—and ask whether each approach actually gets people the care they need without financial hardship. And our “What if?”: what happens to the next person who needs surgery but doesn’t have an audience, a fundraiser or friends who can afford to help? Research note: medical expenses and illness-related income loss can contribute to bankruptcy. Studies use different definitions and methods; this episode does not claim that healthcare is definitively the leading cause. Policy details reflect September 30, 2026. 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Everything is connected. Even your nose and a federal statute, apparently. Website: https://www.causeofdeath100secs.net Email: Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net Linktree: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Instagram: @CauseofDeathpod Threads: @causeofdeathpodcast Facebook: @COD100Secs Twitter/X: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Listen on all major podcast platforms. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Every contribution, subscription, review and share helps the show reach more people. “Time Off” by Damma Beatz Proud member of the Darkcast Network. Darkcast on Twitter/X: @darkcastnetwork Darkcast on Facebook: @DarkcastNetwork Jackie is also a member of the Southern Gothic Network. If this episode made you think, pass it along. 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Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to MidnightEpisode: S8 E7: 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Apocalypse Has Entered the Podcast The Doomsday Clock has never been closer to midnight. On January 27, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Clock from 89 seconds to midnight to 85 seconds—the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. But the Clock isn’t predicting the end of the world. It’s a warning. This year, that warning comes from several directions at once: nuclear weapons, climate change, biological threats, artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies, and the erosion of international cooperation. The frightening part isn’t simply that these risks exist. It’s that they increasingly interact with one another. The Doomsday Clock: What Does It Actually Mean? The Doomsday Clock grew out of the Manhattan Project. In 1945, scientists who had helped develop the atomic bomb formed the organization that became the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 1947, artist Martyl Langsdorf designed its famous magazine cover: a clock set at seven minutes to midnight. Originally focused on nuclear danger, the Clock later expanded to include climate change, biological threats and disruptive technologies. In 2026, the Bulletin also emphasized a risk underlying all of them: weakening international cooperation. The Clock isn’t telling us catastrophe is inevitable. It’s telling us we are running out of margin for error. Risk #1: Nuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons are the original reason the Clock exists, and they remain an immediate catastrophic risk. The Bulletin pointed to continuing conflicts and nuclear brinkmanship, deteriorating arms-control relationships and modernization of nuclear arsenals. The concern isn’t simply how many weapons exist; communication and systems designed to prevent escalation have weakened. The Bulletin calls for renewed dialogue, restraint and international cooperation to reduce nuclear risk. Risk #2: Climate Change Climate change is already changing systems on which civilization depends. Global temperatures remain extraordinarily high, atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to reach record levels, and a warming atmosphere and ocean contribute to both flooding and drought. The effects can cascade through water supplies, food security, migration and infrastructure. Then there is another growing pressure: data centers. The Data Center Connection AI and other computational technologies require enormous computing power, electricity and cooling. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s 2025 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report, published in June 2026, estimates data centers could account for 11.8% of U.S. electricity consumption by 2030, with modeled scenarios ranging from 9.5% to 15.3%. Cooling can require water, while electricity generation can have an indirect water footprint. That matters especially where water is already scarce. Water Scarcity: The Bigger Picture The Middle East and North Africa show how climate, technology and water scarcity can collide. The World Bank identifies MENA as a hotspot of unsustainable water use. Meanwhile, Gulf countries are investing heavily in AI and data-center infrastructure while confronting severe water constraints. The Rio Grande offers another example. It is already stressed by drought, reduced snowpack, heat, reservoir conditions, agriculture and groundwater pressures, while data-center development adds new attention to industrial water use in New Mexico. Important distinction: data centers did not cause the Rio Grande’s water crisis. The question is how we responsibly add new water and energy demands where those resources are already stressed. Risk #3: Biological Threats The Bulletin identified several biological concerns. Mirror Life: Scientists have raised concerns about synthetic organisms built from molecular structures that are mirror images of those found in nature. A self-replicating mirror organism could potentially evade biological systems and defenses; the Bulletin characterized this as a potentially existential risk. AI-Designed Biological Threats: AI can help design proteins and biological systems, offering enormous benefits but also potential for misuse. Biological Weapons: International controls depend heavily on cooperation and shared norms, safeguards the Bulletin warned have weakened. Public Health Preparedness: Natural disease can also become catastrophic when surveillance, preparedness, expertise and public trust are inadequate. Risk #4: Artificial Intelligence & Disruptive Technologies AI can amplify other risks. It can accelerate biological research, influence military decision-making, contribute to misinformation and be incorporated into systems where mistakes could have extraordinary consequences. The Bulletin has specifically raised concerns about AI in military systems, including nuclear command and control. It also warns about degradation of the information environment: collective action becomes harder when people cannot agree on basic facts. The Risk Beneath the Risks Perhaps the most important part of the 2026 announcement isn’t any individual threat. It’s the loss of cooperation. Nuclear weapons, climate change, biological threats and AI don’t respect national borders. A virus doesn’t stop at a border. Carbon dioxide doesn’t stop at a border. A nuclear exchange doesn’t stay neatly contained. AI-generated information can cross the world in seconds. The question is whether humanity can cooperate well enough to manage problems no country can control alone. So… Are We Doomed? No. Midnight is not destiny. The Bulletin identifies actions that could reduce these risks, including renewing nuclear arms-control negotiations; strengthening biotechnology safeguards; establishing safeguards against AI-assisted biological threats; reducing fossil-fuel consumption and investing in climate resilience; developing international rules for military AI; protecting nuclear command-and-control systems from unsafe AI integration; rebuilding public-health preparedness and biological surveillance; improving data-center efficiency and sustainability; managing water resources more effectively; and restoring international cooperation and diplomatic communication. The Clock is a warning—not a prediction. Warnings are useful precisely because there is still time to respond. The Bigger Question The question isn’t:“How close are we to midnight?” The better question is:“What are we going to do with the time we have left?” The history of the Clock is, in many ways, a history of technological capability moving faster than our ability to govern it. We invented the atomic bomb before we figured out how to live with it.We’re developing artificial intelligence faster than we understand all of its consequences.We’re altering the climate faster than we’re adapting our infrastructure.We’re gaining unprecedented biological capabilities while struggling to maintain the institutions that protect us from biological threats. The technology isn’t necessarily the problem. The problem is whether our ability to manage the technology can keep pace with our ability to create it. And that’s why the Clock is sitting at 85 seconds. Not because midnight is inevitable. Because the margin for error is getting smaller. Sources & Further Reading The Doomsday ClockBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — 2026 Doomsday Clock StatementBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Nuclear RiskBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Climate ChangeBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Biological ThreatsBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Disruptive TechnologiesBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Doomsday Clock TimelineBulletin of the Atomic Scientists — Doomsday Clock FAQ Climate, Water & Data CentersLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — United States Data Center Energy Usage Report: 2025 UpdateWorld Bank — Beyond Scarcity: Water Security in the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank — Finding Institutional Solutions to Water Scarcity in MENAWorld Bank — Electricity and Water Access in MENAUAE Government — WaterUAE Government — Water Security Strategy 2036UAE Energy & Water Atlas — Water SecurityMiddle East Council on Global Affairs — AI, Data Centers, Water & Energy in the Gulf The Rio GrandeMeta — Restoring Water in Our Data Center CommunitiesMeta — 2024 Volumetric Water Benefits ReportFact Check — Meta’s New Mexico Data Center and the Rio Grande About Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight explores threats that could bring civilization to the brink—and the people, science and solutions that might keep us from getting there. 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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 anecdotes that are related to whatever topic I’ve chosen to teach you about. This time, you’re going to be immersed in a personal journey that I’ve been experiencing over the last couple of years. This story will hopefully, give you all some insight about the American healthcare system and the ways that it fails us. It’s 90 Seconds to Midnight and in one of the most powerful countries in the world, only two classes of people can afford healthcare, the very rich and the very poor. I’ve taken the link to my GoFundMe out since I’ve met my goal. Thank you all so much for donating. https://agentsync.io/blog/loa/the-history-of-health-insurance-past-present-and-future https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spending-healthcare-changed-time/#Annual%20change%20in%20price%20and%20quantity%20indexes%20of%20health%20services,%201980-2022,%20index%20numbers%202017=100 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK500098/ https://developmentalpolitics.org/platform-of-policy-recommendations/homelessness-in-the-u-s/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw2Je1BhAgEiwAp3KY71ecsxQGxcCSgQ_9r1NC6z_hyPTyzahtd011WpvpffS2uHLdELsT4BoCRCUQAvD_BwE https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/medical-debt-is-forcing-people-into-homelessness https://consumers4qualitycare.org/medical-debt-puts-housing-out-of-reach-for-millions-of-consumers/#:~:text=Nearly%20half%20of%20those%20people,likelihood%20of%20experiencing%20poor%20health.   Music: Time Off by Damma Beatz You can reach me on: Instagram: @CauseofDeathpod Threads: @causeofdeathpodcast FB: @COD100Secs Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: www.causeofdeath100secs.net You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 disaster. This year, I’m sprinkling in a bit of humor to break up the infectious disease and disaster. Show Notes for Dragons: “Don’t Slay the Dragons” by Dr. Ben Dover “The Dangers of Dragons: Elimination of an Invasive Species” by Dr. Fran Kenstien Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Missing Magnolias Creepy Tapas Disturbing Interests Special Guests: Jason Usry  as Dr. Ben Dover - https://www.santamaybe.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882426/ Nina Innstead as Dr. Fran Kenstien – https://www.ninainnsted.com/ https://www.alreadygonepodcast.com/ CJ John as Puff the Magic Dragon – https://beyondtherainbowpodcast.com/ Thank you all for lending your voices to this episode! I’m grateful for all of you. Music: Time Off by Damma Beatz You can reach me on: Instagram: @CauseofDeathpod Threads: @causeofdeathpodcast FB: @COD100Secs Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: www.causeofdeath100secs.net You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. I am also a proud member of the Ossa Collective Network. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight can be found on all major podcast platforms. Tags: #causeofdeath100secs #dragons #invasive species #wildlifeconservation #podversary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 wasn’t true and if you’ve listened to any of my past episodes, you know it’s not true, but today, I’m going to talk about a parasite that cats carry that could have a significant impact on cat owners. Toxoplasma gondii Show Notes: https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/toxoplasmosis/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/health_professionals/index.html#tx https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center/health-information/feline-health-topics/toxoplasmosis-cats https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162817/ https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1743814-overview?form=fpf https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00115-19 https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/extraintestinal-protozoa/toxoplasmosis https://www.cell.com/trends/parasitology/abstract/0169-4758(88)90018-X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109627/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/toxoplasma-gondii https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229969-overview?form=fpf https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-04528-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24092-x https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-04445-z https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/congenital-toxoplasmosis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41537-022-00292-2 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00345.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19744303/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01276.x https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229969-overview?scode=msp&st=fpf&anfErrHint=true&icd=login_error_gg_mismatch_fpf&client=205502&urlCache=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbWVkaWNpbmUubWVkc2NhcGUuY29tL2FydGljbGUvMjI5OTY5LW92ZXJ2aWV3P2Zvcm09ZnBmJnNjb2RlPW1zcCZzdD1mcGYmc29jaWFsU2l0ZT1nb29nbGU&su=EXUHB2/fkQ9sBjQl7hkqDIHTs0Xd4JxI8gikIGYJMIgmCZ+wTe/gcdb9CztGtN/y&form=login https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01276.x https://www.scielo.br/j/mioc/a/c3zTqcQyh8DMhN3NpCddHGs/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24416205_Toxoplasma_gondii_1908-2008_homage_to_Nicolle_Manceaux_and_Splendore https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Toxoplasma-gondii%3A-1908-2008%2C-homage-to-Nicolle%2C-Ferguson/fe26b8691f59bebf521dd5530b978b23240e68d5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909001064 https://www.academia.edu/61852031/Toxoplasma_gondii_1908_2008_homage_to_Nicolle_Manceaux_and_Splendore https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229969-overview?form=fpf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-2476-1_27 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19430635/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3535705/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-2476-1_27 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-6-334 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909000964 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909000964#bib76 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909000964#bib102 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909001064 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909000940 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751909000605... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 pathology of these diseases in this episode. If I haven’t talked about some of these yet, they’re on the list, so I’ll address that when the full episode drops. Update Show Notes: Atypical Canine Respiratory Disease https://www.newsweek.com/dog-respiratory-illness-map-update-spread-more-states-1864961 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/13/mysterious-dog-respiratory-illness-update/72576739007/ https://news.yahoo.com/potentially-fatal-mystery-illness-dogs-060159255.html https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/01/mystery-dog-illness-pandemic/677047/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-finds-no-novel-pathogens-genetic-testing-mystery-illness-dogs-2023-12-22/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/well/family/dog-respiratory-illness-safety.html https://today.umd.edu/a-mysterious-illness-is-spreading-among-dogs-nationwide-heres-what-you-need-to-know https://www.today.com/health/mystery-dog-illness-2023-rcna125553 https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/pet-insurance/mystery-dog-illness/#:~:text=Source%3A%20Pexels-,What%20Is%20the%20Mystery%20Respiratory%20Illness%20in%20Dogs%3F,are%20familiar%20with%20kennel%20cough. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/veterinarians-warn-mystery-illness-killing-215133668.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACW7Uiy5HxjmcaF_D2-9o6GtGfm7nAlb4yFctYG-nBn8ZuRRj2zUIbIt0Ee3BkLxcLsMm9sNrIKQL5rnE0pFuq9kJQCpVbNxBDlq8s5orvebvkQdldpZUyPjwlgtcNyM67E9i3DIL-__We_mNiJ1Bzz-QAv0gptdCA6HJff0_Woj https://gazette.com/life/pets/dog-respiratory-illness-in-decline-in-colorado-springs-nationwide/article_57fcffde-d4fd-11ee-8e3a-ab7269181439.html https://roanokevet.com/the-mysterious-dog-disease-key-facts/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/05/mysterious-canine-respiratory-disease-colorado-decreasing-dogs-cough/ Bird Flu Outbreak https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-flu-may-be-spreading-cows-milking-and-herd-transport https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/04/1242711884/bird-flu-h5n1-cattle-eggs-humans-vaccine https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/04/1242711884/bird-flu-h5n1-cattle-eggs-humans-vaccine https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/growing-concerns-about-bird-flu-cases-in-u-s-farm-animals-and-risk-to-humans https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/h5n1-analysis-texas.htm https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/tests-confirm-avian-flu-new-mexico-dairy-farm-probe-finds-cats-positive https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-04/bird-flu-in-cows-and-a-human-worries-scientists-time-for-vigilance?embedded-checkout=true https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/05/bird-flu-cdc-urges-doctors-watch-for-h5n1-in-farm-workers/ https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/bird-flu-spreads-to-cattle-raising-fears-on-farms-9293b953 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/mammals.htm https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/dshs-reports-first-human-case-avian-influenza-texas https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0401-avian-flu.html Syphilis Studies https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/health/syphilis-cdc.html#:~:text=With%20more%20than%2084%20cases,rounded%20out%20the%20top%20five.) https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2022/default.htm https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stats.htm https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/30/syphilis-rates-epidemic-united-states/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. While this organism thrives in temperatures above 80° Fahrenheit, it can be found in lake or river sediment at temperatures well below that. The mortality rate for PAM is roughly 97% with only four people out of 157 having survived in the US between 1962 and 2022. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350905632_Naegleria_fowleri_Sources_of_infection_pathophysiology_diagnosis_and_management_a_review https://www.thoughtco.com/the-life-of-an-amoeba-4054288 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-cells-373361 https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/general.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/index.html https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/infections/Pages/naegleria-fowleri-the-brain-eating-amoeba-how-to-prevent-this-rare-infection.aspx https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535447/ https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/naegleria/index.html https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p01085.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9964342/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/naegleria-fowleri.html https://www.tceq.texas.gov/toxicology/q-a/amoeba https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/why-brain-eating-amoeba-infections-are-becoming-more-common.html https://weather.com/health/video/rare-brain-eating-amoeba-cases-could-rise-due-to-climate-change?cm_ven=PS_GGL_DSA_09162019_1&par=MK_GGL&tpcc=mktg-search-Google-acquisition&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAuYuvBhApEiwAzq_YiUAkKam_smsl0ezdn7j4gstP7QyZTDtoE5uFzjHC_5siNsBL80-DpxoCdt4QAvD_BwE https://www.science.org/content/article/repurposed-drug-battles-brain-eating-amoeba https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7783332/ https://byjus.com/biology/amoeba/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31612525/#:~:text=Though%20the%20exact%20pathogenesis%20of,pathogen%20invading%20the%20host%20CNS. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604384/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X16305897 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00232 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1440-1681.13192 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/223910-overview?form=fpf https://academic.oup.com/femspd/article/51/2/243/888715 https://academic.oup.com/f https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/aac.01293-15 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/naegleria-fowleri https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11684-021-0865-2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350905632_Naegleria_fowleri_Sources_of_infection_pathophysiology_diagnosis_and_management_a_review https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Reported-cases-of-primary-amebic-meningoencephalitis-n-381-by-country-of-exposure-No_fig1_341190198 https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Parasitologists_United_J/Parasitologists_United_J_2012_5_2_93_104.pdf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-73772-5_88 https://www.academia.edu/70102030/A_Review_on_Global_Distribution_of_Primary_Amoebic_Meningoencephalitis_PAM_Caused_By_Naegleria_Fowleri_The_Brain_Eating_Amoeba https://acsw.dypvp.edu.in/documents/Study-Material/Microbiology-TYBSc/Entamoeba-histolytica.pdf https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/5100/420-002-epitrends2019-03.pdf https://acsw.dypvp.edu.in/documents/Study-Material/Microbiology-TYBSc/Entamoeba-histolytica.pdf   Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Rogue Darkness Hands Off My Podcast Weird True Crime... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 trichiura, it’s phylum is Nematoda, Class Enoplea, Domain Eukaryota. It’s in the Family Trichuridae, Genus Trichuris and Kingdom Animalia. The body of the worm is shaped like a whip with a long, thick handle-like structure at one end, the anus, that tapers off to a thin whip-like structure at the other end. It’s this end that attaches to the cecum, but we’ll get to that. For those of you who love my dog, she’s a special guest on this episode. She’s talking about her experience with whipworm. And her birthday party. Whipworm Show Notes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507843/ https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1000631-clinical?form=fpf https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/whipworm/gen_info/faqs.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/whipworm/health_professionals/index.html#:~:text=Whipworm%20is%20effectively%20treated%20with,should%20be%20taken%20with%20food. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/whipworm/index.html https://nexgard.com.au/products/heartgard#:~:text=Do%20heartworm%20tablets%20kill%20all,added%20to%20your%20deworming%20program. https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/about-us/psv/articles/what-have-you-forgotten-about-whipworms https://www.marvistavet.com/whipworms.pml https://us.virbac.com/home/health-topics/whipworms.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/trichuris https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29334-0 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.637570/full Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Atomic Scientists leave the hands of the Doomsday Clock unchanged due to ominous trends that continue to point the world toward global catastrophe.” Countdown, the Finale Show Notes: The January 23rd announcement of the Science and Security Board: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/ https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/nuclear-risk/ https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide#:~:text=Nine%20countries%20possess%20nuclear%20weapons,is%20close%20to%2013%2C000%20weapons. https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWOyENFzF9Rcw4CyCkeD-ubxbexrclYhy_iQrf0Bta0HfvjW6AvwvIuBoC7EgQAvD_BwE https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/opinion/inevitability.html https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/breakthrough.html https://www.nti.org/area/nuclear/ https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/nuclear-weapons?CMP=ILC-refresh https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/us-frets-over-irans-accelerated-uranium-enrichment-programme https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/real-russian-nuclear-threat https://time.com/6323059/us-china-russia-nuclear-threat/ https://www.ntiindex.org/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/as-the-us-faces-down-new-nuclear-threats-will-cold-war-solutions-work-once-again/ https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/solutions https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/05/04/rattling-nuclear-saber-what-russia-s-nuclear-threats-really-mean-pub-89689 https://www.icanw.org/will_putin_use_nuclear_weapons https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/nuclear-proliferation/nuclear-world https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/return-nuclear-escalation https://fas.org/initiative/status-world-nuclear-forces/ https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/israel-war-on-gaza/ https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide?utm_source=googlegrants&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=GSP&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnpqmexpLcMY3Kgo1EpbsSYGLtOrs0OOvQMPK48EMT9AOzH1qM9hDhxoCGUgQAvD_BwE https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-kim-jong-un-us-missile-tests-threat-nuclear-war/ https://thebulletin.org/2023/11/why-a-russian-nuclear-expert-thinks-the-doomsday-clock-should-move-away-from-midnight/ https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15250.doc.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50068.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-s-plans-to-modernize-nuclear-weapons-are-dangerous-and-unnecessary/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=tfd_dsa&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfniXvPhGsmExdPF0TbFL-t-I1wROwuKtLzwaMVVRIf1CBqutWoXxr2xoCCY0QAvD_BwE https://gsinstitute.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnrsJFQ-KeYi8Jfd1tus-ZaiPBG5eowGF0UR1lt8ClNqIFI6oVxfDFhoCfQAQAvD_BwE https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWOyENFzF9Rcw4CyCkeD-ubxbexrclYhy_iQrf0Bta0HfvjW6AvwvIuBoC7EgQAvD_BwE https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide#:~:text=Nine%20countries%20possess%20nuclear%20weapons,is%20close%20to%2013%2C000%20weapons. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264435/number-of-nuclear-warheads-worldwide/ http://nuclearrisk.org/3likely.php https://cepa.org/article/the-china-russia-axis-moves-into-high-gear/ https://news.mit.edu/2023/foreign-policy-scholars-examine-china-russia-relationship-1117 https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/11/china-russia-alliance-cooperation-brics-sco-economy-military-war-ukraine-putin-xi/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 pollinators, and what would happen if they weren’t around anymore. It’s 90 seconds to midnight and not only could several ecosystems fail, but we could face a critical global food shortage if we don’t save one important pollinator, the bee. Bees and the Environment Show Notes: https://thebeeconservancy.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhomtBhDgARIsABcaYymaDOkotGVKmcrYVl8HQ6GM3FVGzqx7Vi-QscOpxktLO81aNxRKDJkaAj2eEALw_wcB https://defenders.org/blog/2021/05/bee-biodiversity?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_campaign=prospecting&utm_content=Grant-EvergreenBlog-beeforbiodiversity&supporter.appealCode=3WDW2300PJXXX&en_og_source=FY23_Google_Grant&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhomtBhDgARIsABcaYym8RorfWy94JD4m9VOFxhwCpefWCIDQhwvaTibNOS4NVpv6IW8e__8aAgNLEALw_wcB https://www.ivo.vet/blog/the-decline-of-pollinators-and-why-it-matters?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhomtBhDgARIsABcaYylF9qklR6vmcrtBSpn4csYxGDCUaC2LVwWHgB_-VrJ_L8Ig42HDoKUaArejEALw_wcB https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/why-bees-are-essential-people-and-planet#:~:text=Bees%20are%20part%20of%20the,propolis%20and%20honey%20bee%20venom. https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/the-environmentalist-the-coolest-things-bees-do-for-the-planet-and-humans/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140502-what-if-bees-went-extinct https://www.britannica.com/story/what-would-happen-if-all-the-bees-died https://www.nrdc.org/stories/world-without-bees-heres-what-happens-if-bees-go-extinct Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Volcanic Eruptions Show Notes: https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/42/what-do-volcanoes-have-to-do-with-climate-change/#:~:text=Volcanic%20eruptions%20are%20often%20discussed,by%20more%20than%20100%20times https://byjus.com/ias-questions/what-are-the-3-main-causes-of-volcanic-eruptions/ https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/volcanoes/facts.html#:~:text=Volcanoes%20spew%20hot%2C%20dangerous%20gases,drinking%20water%20contamination%2C%20and%20wildfires. https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/climate-change/what-causes-the-earths-climate-to-change/#:~:text=Volcanoes%20affect%20the%20climate%20through,interacts%20with%20the%20volcanic%20material. https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcanoes-can-affect-climate https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/340/graphic-volcanoes-and-climate-change/ https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/how-volcanoes-influence-climate https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/effect-of-volcanic-eruptions-significantly-underestimated-in-climate-projections https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/get-ready-for-more-volcanic-eruptions-as-the-planet-warms/ https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/october/lethal-climate-change-millions-of-years-ago-was-due-to-volcanic-.html https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3204/tonga-eruption-blasted-unprecedented-amount-of-water-into-stratosphere/ https://www.science.org/content/article/massive-volcanoes-could-cool-earth-more-warming-world https://www.pdx.edu/news/new-research-shows-climate-change-will-increase-impacts-volcanic-eruptions https://theweek.com/world/495053/6-volcanoes-that-could-shut-down-the-world https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/when-sleeping-giant-awakes/ https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/questions-about-future-volcanic-activity-yellowstone https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2019/03/25/volcanoes-are-never-overdue-for-an-eruption-heres-why/?sh=58f65cc433a5 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/campi-flegrei-volcano-closer-to-erution-last-erupted-1538-researchers/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a-supervolcano.html https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-a-supervolcano-what-a-supereruption https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/-super-volcanoes.htm https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/questions-about-supervolcanoes https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/questions-about-supervolcanoes https://geologyscience.com/gallery/geologic-lists/10-most-powerful-super-volcanoes/?amp https://www.nationalgeographic.org/forces-nature/volcanoes.html#:~:text=Magma%20rises%20from%20the%20hot,were%20formed%20in%20this%20way. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/forces-nature/volcanoes.html#:~:text=Magma%20rises%20from%20the%20hot,were%20formed%20in%20this%20way. https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/eruption/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00842-1 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/2023/dec/italys-campi-flegrei-volcano-ready-erupt https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-erupts-third-time-2023/ https://pbsinternational.org/programs/kilauea-hawaii-on-fire/ https://apnews.com/article/kilauea-volcano-erupts-acbd84358872fafe63b3244af7d4d2a9 https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/science/recent-eruption-september-10-16-2023#:~:text=USGS%20Volcanoes&text=Overview-,K%C4%ABlauea%20was%20erupting%20at%20the%20summit%20most%20recently%20from%20September,Hawai'i%20Volcanoes%20National%20Park. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21166-8... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Terrorism Show Notes: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.soc.30.012703.110510 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315083483/history-terrorism-walter-laqueur https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article-abstract/31/1/49/11864/The-Strategies-of-Terrorism https://www.unodc.org/documents/e4j/18-04932_CT_Mod_01_ebook_FINALpdf.pdf https://www.pogo.org/investigations/brief-history-of-terrorism https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=94 https://web.archive.org/web/20071012153928/http://cdi.org/program/issue/index.cfm?ProgramID=39&issueid=138 https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/terrorism-very-brief-history https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/terrorism/module-1/key-issues/brief-history.html https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203426159-78/terrorism-david-rapoport https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-5930.1990.tb00261.x https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/hoff17476/html https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-terrorism-index-2023 https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks/The-attacks https://ourworldindata.org/terrorism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 diseases are making their way into humanity. They’re coming with a vengeance, and we are not prepared. 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 Global Warming and Disease Show Notes: https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/index.html#:~:text=As%20global%20temperatures%20rise%2C%20deadly,imported%20into%20the%20United%20States. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8604175/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11019462/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21664978/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18819664/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18681214/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18681214/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18819677/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18819679/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18819675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006314/ Anthrax Paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29915251/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19536444/ https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/deadly-diseases-are-spiking-because-climate-change?gclid=CjwKCAiA6byqBhAWEiwAnGCA4GDfVOv8Nmezp9yKc2fGvWZC85NXW3bB6Lv7QVpEmyQwDtCHOr5xEhoCixAQAvD_BwE https://meridian.allenpress.com/journal-of-parasitology/article-abstract/86/6/1174/5955/GLOBAL-CHANGE-AND-EMERGING-INFECTIOUS-DISEASES https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1433112804800056 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766891/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02167-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00639-z https://www.cfr.org/article/perilous-pathogens-how-climate-change-increasing-threat-diseases https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-023-01102-2 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/climate-change-is-increasing-the-risk-of-infectious-diseases-worldwide/ https://www.bmj.com/communicable-diseases https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(21)00220-2/fulltext Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 believed that the people who contracted these diseases were possessed of some demon. They turned into vampires or werewolves. 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 Show Notes for Demons and Disease: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.11.10.908 https://www.getty.edu/news/meet-the-mesopotamian-demons/ https://www.academia.edu/34656971/Demons_and_Illness_from_Antiquity_to_the_Early_Modern_Period https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/belief-in-evil-spirits-evolved-as-way-to-control-disease-outbreaks-study-1.4665164?cache= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350895109_Demons_and_Disease https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520928770-007/pdf https://www.history.com/news/how-infectious-diseases-spread-myth-superstition-theories https://greekreporter.com/2021/02/21/apollo-vs-agamemnon-the-plague-in-ancient-greece-was-divine-wrath/ https://www.history.com/news/mysterious-illnesses-mass-hysteria https://www.harvestbiblechurch.net/content.cfm?page_content=blogs_include.cfm&friendly_name=leprosy-a-picture-of-sin https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine/Japan https://dc.cod.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1657&context=essai https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000068634 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 legalization of every drug available, I do condone decriminalization and treatment. The US has begun to move in that direction, but it moves slowly and contrary to popular belief, not all people are created equal. Drug treatment isn’t available to all. Marginalized communities, especially, people of color and the impoverished are left behind. Contact me at the website: http://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 mailto:jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod Show Notes for the Opioid Crisis: Resources: In the US: 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/ Notes for the episode: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11916-018-0670-z https://www.nber.org/papers/w28067 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025619617309230 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/china-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17152761/ https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/opium-poppy#:~:text=The%20earliest%20reference%20to%20opium,it%20on%20to%20the%20Egyptians. https://www.britannica.com/topic/drug-use/Hallucinogenic-drugs https://drugtimeline.ca/ https://www.banyantreatmentcenter.com/2020/12/11/history-of-drug-abuse-massachusetts/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/history-of-substance-abuse/ https://sbtreatment.com/addiction/ https://recoveryfirst.org/blog/about-addiction/world-history-of-drug-use/ https://evolvetreatment.com/blog/history-drug-use/ https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1953-01-01_2_page004.html https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/medicine/diseases/pathology/drug-addiction-and-drug-abuse/history https://www.historydefined.net/drug-use-ww2/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-americas-19th-century-opiate-addiction-180967673/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17152761/ https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/141189NCJRS.pdf https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/opium-poppy#:~:text=The%20earliest%20reference%20to%20opium,it%20on%20to%20the%20Egyptians. https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/7-1-drug-use-in-history/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/buyers/socialhistory.html https://drugabuse.com/addiction/history-drug-abuse/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202501/ https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/digital_library/campaign/564806/82/76C_564806_82_03.pdf https://jamesclear.com/heroin-habits https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/16/archives/gi-heroin-addiction-epidemic-in-vietnam-gi-heroin-addiction-is.html https://prhome.defense.gov/Portals/52/Documents/RFM/Readiness/DDRP/docs/35%20Final%20Report.%20The%20Vietnam%20drug%20user%20returns.pdf https://www.history.com/news/drug-use-in-vietnam https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/19/lessons-learned-and-lost-vietnam-era-addiction-study/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 even more money!True Leaf Market has been the choice for over a million growers for Heirloom and Organic garden seeds since 1974. It’s the only place that I buy seeds for my plants.They have a great selection of seeds , including their all-purpose garden cover crop mix.I have a deal for you! True Leaf Market is offering my listeners $10 off any order of $50 or more. Free shipping is included on orders of $75 or more!Go to www.trueleafmarket.comand use promo code COFD10 to start rehabilitating your garden today.That’s www.trueleafmarket.comand use promo code COFD10 for $10 off any order of $50 or more.Limit one use per customer, offer expires October 31, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of the Beasts. It’s 90 seconds to midnight, and our wildlife suffers under the heavy burden of human encroachment. From logging to drilling for oil, overdevelopment of wild lands to water diversion, animals are disappearing, never to be seen again. 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 Bats, Disease and the Environment Show Notes: Extinction Research: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/going-going-gone/what-causes-extinction https://www.livescience.com/60436-most-valuable-treasures-still-missing-lost.html https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bearesa.htm https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis https://www.endangered.org/animals/grizzly-bear/ https://hslf.org/blog/2023/02/no-time-strip-endangered-species-protections-grizzly-bears https://defenders.org/newsroom/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-announces-status-review-of-grizzly-bears https://www.britannica.com/list/titanosaurs-8-of-the-worlds-biggest-dinosaurs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds https://www.huffpost.com/entry/11-extinct-animals_n_4078988 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/extinction-crisis-puts-1-million-species-brink-2022-12-23/ https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/index.html https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/xerces-blue/ https://xerces.org/about-xerces https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/world/xerces-blue-butterfly-extinction-scn/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/science/this-butterfly-was-the-first-in-north-america-that-people-made-extinct.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/fenders-blue-butterfly-endangered-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/g201/recently-extinct-animals-list/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_d_bm_prog_org_us_g201&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zMEgzdsX4G_B0hVaB5u1cYWZ6Jo8D3gg8-CjOfNV73XJriPBpv2KlUaAgt9EALw_wcB https://www.endangered.org/importance-of-the-endangered-species-act/#:~:text=Each%20species%20that%20is%20lost,air%2C%20water%2C%20or%20land. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/north-atlantic-right-whale/ https://action.ifaw.org/page/125964/action/1?cid=7013k000001He0e&ms=UONDC230426104&utm_term=&utm_campaign=cv_narw-petition_pmax_sol8&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=9570516196&hsa_cam=19977023648&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zOgJihwnUnucHKXzta3X9PiGrBGkLODoWMiYf3h6ZL11q_TKz_gFDkaAmt-EALw_wcB https://wwf.ca/species/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.ifaw.org/animals/north-atlantic-right-whale https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.mass.gov/doc/north-atlantic-right-whale/download https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/11/01/north-atlantic-right-whale-count/ https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/fewer-366-north-atlantic-right-whales-are-left-new-study-shows... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 parasite. Whirling disease is caused by the actinosporean spores of the parasite Myxobolus cerebralis. This parasite has a complex two-host lifecycle. The parasite alternates between the sludge worm, Tubifex tubifex and the salmonid host. I’ve hit 15,000 downloads! That’s a big deal. I never thought this podcast would attract as many listeners as it does and I want to thank everyone for coming back and passing the word. 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 You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Whirling Disease Show Notes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25993890/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24383542/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17436949/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14533670/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34603313/ https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-017-2347-6 https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aah.10014 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096954 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22151695/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19284888/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9914926/ https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/whirling-disease.htm https://wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-diseases.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 they’re measuring up the other males to see if they really want to battle for the female they’ve chosen. Frogs are both a keystone species and an indicator species in their environments. Keystone species are vital to their environments. If we lose a keystone species, the entire ecosystem will fail. Frogs provide food for several species including birds, fish, monkeys and snakes. As tadpoles, they eat algae which helps regulate blooms and reduce the risk of algal contamination. As they metamorphose from tadpoles into frogs, they become more carnivorous, and this means that they eat a lot of bugs. They can eat up to 100 insects in a day. O.K., so not quite as impressive as the bat, but still, that’s a lot of bugs. The larger the frog, the larger the prey. Some species can eat animals as big as snakes and birds. So, maybe you didn’t want to hear that part, but it does show that frogs are an important part of the food chain as predator and prey. Frogs are also an indicator species. If you listen to the Greed and Avarice episode on chemical spills and the environment, I talked a bit about researchers walking the stream where the train derailment occurred in Ohio. They were looking for dead fish and frogs. 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 You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Frog Fungal Disease Show Notes: https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(09)00241-9 https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1176765 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1286457910002480 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062146 https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v77/n2/p113-118 https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/c-disease_1.pdf https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.15.9031 https://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/chytrid-fungus/ https://savethefrogs.com/why-frogs/ https://auduboninternational.org/why-we-should-love-frogs-and-how-to-encourage-them-on-your-property/ https://phys.org/news/2017-05-frogs.html https://uspest.com/blog/know-frogs-important-ecosystem/ https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/family/2020/04/08/nature-center-notes-frogs-key-wncs-ecosystem/2883862001/ https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-527/CNRE-87.pdf Kilpatrick, A. Marm, et al. “The Ecology and Impact of Chytridiomycosis: An Emerging Disease of Amphibians.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 25, no. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 109–118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.011. Voyles, J., et al. “Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, a Cause of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines.” Science, vol. 326, no. 5952, 22 Oct. 2009, pp. 582–585, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176765. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/batrachochytrium https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00290/full Global Invasive Species Database (2023) Species profile: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=123 on 08-07-2023. https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/chytrid-fungus... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices