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July 1, 2020
Jason Bowling, MD, associate professor of infectious diseases, shares important facts about COVID-19 exposure and testing. He advises wearing a face mask, practicing social distancing and good hand hygiene to stop the spread.
July 1, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, discusses a new strain of the flu carried by pigs that has the potential to become a pandemic. She says this new flu virus is a mutated version of the swine flu that emerged in 2009. “This strain has been increasing since 2016 so it’s been a very gradual thing,” […]
July 1, 2020
Barth syndrome is a rare condition that occurs almost exclusively in males. Symptoms include an enlarged and weakened heart. The condition is present at birth or becomes evident early in life. Life expectancy is shortened and there is no treatment. The laboratory of Madesh Muniswamy, PhD, in the Long School of Medicine, found a clue […]
July 1, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, says wearing a cloth face mask or covering is great common sense and an extremely humanitarian thing to do during the pandemic. Read and watch the full story.
July 1, 2020
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, discusses a new strain of the flu carried by pigs. She says it’s a mutated version of the swine flu that emerged in 2009. “This strain has been increasing since 2016 so it’s been a very gradual thing,” said Patterson. Patterson says a timetable for when this virus could spread is […]
July 1, 2020
Know who is on your “quaran-team,” the small number of people with whom you come into contact with regularly, like your family, and stay 6 feet away from everyone else.
