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Dealing with cancer and a pandemic; an update on ticks as warm weather arrives: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 21, 2020
June 18, 2020
Interview with Upstate cancer specialist Sam Benjamin, MD, and Upstate...

What to expect from this year's tick season, and some prevention tips
June 18, 2020
Interview with Upstate researcher Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, an expert on...

COVID-19 and intensive care; tracking social distancing; domestic violence in a pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 7, 2020
June 5, 2020
Interviews with critical care specialist Jim Sexton, MD; public health expert...

Emergency preparedness basics; contact tracing explained; why well-child checkups matter: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 31, 2020
May 29, 2020
Interviews with Emergency Management Director Chris Dunham, Onondaga County...

Researchers use cellphone data to measure Central New Yorkers' social distancing
May 27, 2020
Interview with Upstate public health expert Christopher Morley, PhD

What is the role of a contact tracer?
May 21, 2020
Interview with Onondaga County Health Commissioner Indu Gupta, MD

What's been learned about the coronavirus; coping with loneliness, isolation in the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 3, 2020
May 1, 2020
Interviews with Upstate infectious disease chief Stephen Thomas, MD, and social...

Running a pop-up coronavirus hospital; explaining the COVID-19 'curve'; getting proper sleep when stressed: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 19, 2020
April 17, 2020
Interviews with Upstate emergency physician Christopher Tanski, MD, public...

How an epidemic's 'curve' is charted and what it means
April 16, 2020
Interview with Christopher Morley, PhD, chair of public health and preventive...

Pandemic preparations: How Upstate University Hospital handles a crisis
March 25, 2020
Interview with Upstate University Hospital CEO Robert Corona, DO

Understanding the spread of the novel coronavirus
March 11, 2020
Interview with Syracuse University epidemiologists David Larsen, PhD, left, and...

How the Upstate New York Poison Center fields more than 50,000 calls per year
February 6, 2020
Interview with Lee Livermore of the Upstate New York Poison Center

How breast cancer is detected and treated; suicide prevention efforts; trying to reduce chemotherapy's side effects: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020
February 6, 2020
Interviews with Upstate breast surgery chief Ranjna Sharma, MD; psychiatrists...

What to make of the coronavirus outbreak; vaping's dangers and common drugs of abuse: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020
January 31, 2020
Interviews with Stephen Thomas, MD, infectious disease chief at Upstate, and...

Varied efforts aim to prevent suicides in New York state
January 30, 2020
Interview with psychiatrists Seetha Ramanathan, MD, of Upstate, seated at...

Infectious disease specialist puts coronavirus outbreak in perspective
January 29, 2020
Interview with Stephen Thomas, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

What's been learned about illegal or abused drugs from the past year
January 24, 2020
Interview with toxicologist Christine Stork, PharmD, clinical director of the...

Why life expectancy is dwindling; endometrial cancer explained; exercise's value for people with diabetes: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020
January 10, 2020
Interviews with public health expert Christopher Morley, PhD, chief of...

Why is US life expectancy declining?
December 19, 2019
Interview with Christopher Morley, PhD

Toxicologist outlines vaping risks, including severe lung injury
December 11, 2019
Interview with toxicologist Jeanna Marraffa, PharmD, from the Upstate New York...