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Category: Infectious Disease

Studying diseases spread by ticks and mosquitoes; kidney transplants for kids; drugs that fight HIV: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 25, 2021
April 21, 2021
Interviews with researcher and tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD; surgeon...

Vector Biocontainment Lab focuses on diseases spread by ticks, mosquitoes
April 15, 2021
Interview with Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, professor of microbiology and...

Vaccines for children in testing phase; living-donor kidney transplants; the pandemic's effect on kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. April 4, 2021
April 2, 2021
Interviews with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD,...

Children 11 and younger are sought for COVID-19 vaccine trial
April 1, 2021
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD

How the coronavirus vaccines work and what to expect from them
March 19, 2021
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

Answers to how the coronavirus vaccines work, what to expect as vaccinations increase and other questions
March 17, 2021
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

New injection medication among various options to treat HIV infection
March 12, 2021
Interview with Upstate's Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, who specializes in the care...

Ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy; how HIV replicates; cancer screening in the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 14, 2021
March 12, 2021
Interviews with pediatric neurologist Nicole Brescia, MD, microbiologist Harry...

Upstate scientist explains HIV, the coronavirus and efforts to fight them
March 9, 2021
Interview with HIV researcher Harry E. Taylor, PhD, an assistant professor of...

How vaccines will attack COVID-19; hotline answers questions about the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021
January 8, 2021
Interviews with Upstate infectious disease expert Katie Anderson, MD, PhD, and...

Upstate hotline fields COVID-19 questions from the public
January 8, 2021
Interview with Upstate COVID-19 hotline co-directors Michele Caliva, left, and...

How the COVID-19 vaccines work and what lies ahead in the pandemic
January 7, 2021
Interview with Upstate infectious disease expert Katie Anderson, MD, PhD

Boosting one's spirits and energy in winter; insights into pandemics; regenerating the retina: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
December 31, 2020
Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD; authors and...

The pandemic, the vaccines and what's next: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020
December 4, 2020
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

A year into the coronavirus outbreak, what's known and what's likely to come
December 3, 2020
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

Ways to treat atrial fibrillation and faulty heart valves; the flu vaccine's importance this season: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020
September 18, 2020
Interviews with cardiac surgeon Stephen Waterford, MD, and Jarrod Bagatell, MD,...

Good nutrition in a stressful time; dealing with cancer during the pandemic; support for COVID-19 patients at home: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020
September 11, 2020
Interviews with Kaushal Nanavati, MD; Sam Benjamin, MD; and Amit Dhamoon, MD,...

A seasonal reminder: Flu vaccine is even more important during COVID-19 pandemic
August 28, 2020
Interview with Jarrod Bagatell, MD, medical director of employee and student...

A pediatrician’s view of kids returning to school this fall; preventing lead poisoning in children: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020
August 28, 2020
Interviews with Upstate pediatricians Jana Shaw, MD, and Travis Hobart, MD

Advice for returning to school during the pandemic
August 27, 2020
Interview with Jana Shaw, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at...