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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

Delta variant trends; unvaccinated students; diabetes complications in young people: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021
August 20, 2021
Interviews with public health experts Telisa Stewart, DrPH, and Christopher...

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,...

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...

What researchers are learning from groups of patients on social media
May 17, 2021
Interview with Katja Reuter, PhD, a research assistant professor in public...

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