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Category: Public Health

Does monkeypox pose much of a risk in Central New York?
June 3, 2022
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, chief of infectious diseases at Upstate

Examining job-related diseases; effects of marijuana edibles; showing compassion: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 15, 2022
May 13, 2022
Interviews with occupational health physician Michael Lax, MD; toxicologist...

Online betting and compulsive behavior; treating TMJ, a jaw problem; how lead injures children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 8, 2022
May 6, 2022
Interviews with psychiatrist Sunny Aslam, MD, doctor of physical therapy Scott...

Job-related diseases and injuries a major problem in New York state, report says
April 22, 2022
Interview with Michael Lax, MD, medical director of Upstate's Occupational...

Explaining the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer; avoiding lead poisoning of children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022
February 25, 2022
Interviews with pediatric infectious disease specialist Manika Suryadevara, MD,...

Lead poisoning in children: its causes, effects and prevention
February 2, 2022
Interview with Upstate pediatrician Travis Hobart, MD

Interpreting the pandemic: Explaining the omicron variant and what daily COVID numbers reveal: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022
January 21, 2022
Interviews with Upstate virologist Stephen Thomas, MD, and public health...

Public health measures to track and battle virus, variants
January 11, 2022
Interview with Christopher Morley, PhD, chair of public health at Upstate

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

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...

Pandemic sparks interest in public health careers
September 3, 2021
Interview with Christopher Morley, PhD, Upstate's chair of public health and...

Suicide prevention program opens to young teens; explaining epilepsy; learning from the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021
September 2, 2021
Interviews with Upstate psychiatrist Robert Gregory, MD, Upstate neurologist...

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