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Category: Infectious Disease

Ethical challenges of the pandemic; safe sleeping for babies; dealing with ADHD: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021
September 30, 2021
Interviews with philosopher and bioethicist L. Syd M. Johnson, PhD,...

Tool helps unlock brain's secrets; explaining COVID booster shots, variants; taking a mental health day: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
September 24, 2021
Interviews with Upstate neuroscientists Stephen Glatt, PhD, and Jonathan Hess,...

COVID-19 vaccine boosters: why, when and for whom?
September 22, 2021
Interview with Upstate epidemiologist and physician Katie Anderson, MD, PhD

Dealing with inflammatory bowel disease; cutting HIV risk with a daily pill; treating epilepsy with devices, surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021
September 17, 2021
Interviews with surgeon Joseph Valentino, MD, education specialist Nicky...

A lesser-known tick-borne illness; training for public health; a spiritual caregiver for hospital patients: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
September 10, 2021
Interviews with infectious disease specialist Kristopher Paolino, MD, public...

PrEP: medication that prevents spread of HIV
September 2, 2021
Interview with Nicky Ruszkowski, education specialist in the Upstate department...

Explaining booster shots; testing wastewater for the coronavirus: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021
August 27, 2021
Interviews with Upstate infectious disease specialist Stephen Thomas, MD, and...

Anaplasmosis: a lesser-known disease spread by tick bites
August 26, 2021
Interview with Upstate infectious disease specialist Kris Paolino, MD

COVID-19's course and possible future, from an epidemiologist's vantage point
August 26, 2021
Interview with epidemiologist Brittany Kmush, PhD, of Syracuse University

Vaccine boosters and third doses: Why they are needed
August 23, 2021
Interview with Upstate's Stephen Thomas, MD, a specialist in infectious disease...

Wastewater analysis can reveal disease spread in a community
August 20, 2021
Interview with David Larsen, PhD, an epidemiologist at Syracuse University

Explaining the pandemic's staying power
August 19, 2021
Interview with public health experts Christopher Morley, PhD, and Telisa...

Protecting unvaccinated children as school starts
August 19, 2021
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Jana Shaw, MD

Explaining the delta variant and its risks; a new birth control gel; lung cancer recurrence: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021
August 5, 2021
Interviews with infectious disease chief Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD,...

Expert explains what the delta variant means in the battle against COVID-19
August 3, 2021
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, chief of infectious disease at...

Why herd immunity is elusive; tips for new hikers; what testing positive for HIV means: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 20, 2021
June 18, 2021
Interviews with infectious disease specialist Stephen Thomas, MD, associate...

Is herd immunity to COVID-19 possible?
June 11, 2021
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, director of Upstate's Institute for Global...

A Lyme disease test trial; how the coronavirus behaves and what it means: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 13, 202
June 11, 2021
Interviews with Upstate infectious disease experts Kristopher Paolino, MD, and...

Understanding the coronavirus, its mutations and the vaccines
June 9, 2021
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, chief of infectious disease at...

Participants sought to help develop new test for Lyme disease
June 9, 2021
Interview with Kristopher Paolino, MD, an assistant professor of medicine and of...