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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...

How the pandemic impacted cancer screenings
March 9, 2021
Interview with Laura Schad, executive coordinator of the department of public...

The pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups; historical echoes of personal freedom vs. public health: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
February 18, 2021
Interviews with Upstate Chief Diversity Officer Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, and...

Numbers help illustrate the pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups
February 17, 2021
Interview with Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, orthopedic surgeon and chief diversity...

Concept of 'medical liberty' stirred emotions in 19th-century Britain as well as in modern-day America
February 17, 2021
Interview with Haejoo Kim, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University

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

Mother-daughter research team compares COVID-19 to previous pandemics in new book
December 8, 2020
Interview with Allison Kavey, PhD, left, and her mother, Rae-Ellen Kavey, MD,...

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

How COVID-19 is affecting the homeless
October 2, 2020
Interview with Upstate's David Lehmann, MD, PharmD, who provides medical care to...

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,...

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...

Prevention is best defense again lead poisoning
August 27, 2020
Interview with Travis Hobart, MD, medical director of the Central/Eastern New...

Pandemic-related skin problems; staying well while working from home; helping colleges cope with COVID-19 restrictions: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020
August 20, 2020
Interviews with Upstate's dermatology chief Ramsay Farah, MD; assistant dean of...

Resources aim to help colleges deal with the pandemic
August 14, 2020
Interview with Alyssa Indelicato, top photo, and doctor of public health Telisa...

What’s known, what’s needed, what’s next in ‘marathon’ effort against pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 26, 2020
July 24, 2020
Interview with epidemiologists Brittany Kmush, PhD, and David Larsen, PhD, of...