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Category: Infectious Disease

Measles re-emerges; caring for caregivers; preventive mastectomies: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023
January 20, 2023
Interviews with Jana Shaw, MD, Lisa Lai, MD, and Lauren Angelone

Vaccination can safely prevent a sometimes deadly disease
January 19, 2023
Interview with Jana Shaw, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist

How to care for aging parents; secrets of the microbiome: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023
January 13, 2023
Interviews with geriatrics chief Sharon Brangman, MD, and research scientist...

Ticks and diseases; understanding cluster headaches; vascular surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023
December 29, 2022
Interviews with researcher Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, neurologist Ioana Medrea,...

Researcher studies how long immunity lasts
December 9, 2022
Interview with Upstate research scientist Joel Wilmore, PhD

Warm weather patterns mean more human contact with ticks
December 9, 2022
Interview with tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD

Medical mission to Ukraine; protecting the knee joint; quest to defeat a virus: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022
December 2, 2022
Interview with otolaryngologist Sherard Tatum, MD, orthopedic surgeon Zachary...

Some ticks carry more than one disease
November 22, 2022
Interview with tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD

Volunteers in Syracuse are helping in quest toward treatment for dengue virus
November 15, 2022
Interview with Upstate research scientist Adam Waickman, PhD

How clinical trials work; preventing the common infection RSV; ADHD in adults: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022
November 4, 2022
Interviews with infectious disease specialists Stephen Thomas, MD, and Joe...

Flu season, COVID updates; marijuana in cancer treatment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022
October 28, 2022
Interviews with Upstate infectious disease chief Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, and...

COVID-19 concerns linger, especially for the medically vulnerable, as flu season nears
October 24, 2022
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, chief of infectious diseases at...

Flu vaccine recommended as this winter looks to be worse than previous flu seasons
October 24, 2022
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, Upstate's chief of infectious...

What medical trials accomplish, and how to volunteer for one
October 17, 2022
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, director of Upstate's Institute for Global...

Medication shows promise in preventing RSV, a sometimes deadly infection, in babies
October 17, 2022
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD

Explaining polio -- vaccines, new cases and post-polio syndrome: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022
September 19, 2022
Interviews with neurologist Jenny Meyer, MD, pediatric infectious disease...

Monkeypox update; testing an anti-seizure therapy; at-home option in ALS treatment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022
September 16, 2022
Interviews with infectious disease chief Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD;...

Polio's threat can be easily overcome by readily available vaccine
September 15, 2022
Interview with Leonard Weiner, MD, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases