Can I Administer the Influenza Vaccine to a Patient with Zika?
October 21st 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discusses if the influenza vaccine can be administered to a patient with Zika.
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Vertical Transmission of Zika: Should We Be Concerned?
October 19th 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discusses if vertical transmission of Zika is cause for concern.
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Borrelia mayonii: A New Lyme Disease-causing Bacteria
October 13th 2016Richard Krieger, MD, chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Chilton Medical Center, and infectious disease physician at ID care, discusses whether the new Lyme-carrying bacteria, Borrelia mayonii, has different effects than Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Do We Have Any New Information On Zika?
October 12th 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), explains how the Zika outbreak in Florida shed light on methods to control the spread of the virus.
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How Should Clinicians Manage Patients with “Chronic Lyme Disease?”
October 9th 2016Richard Krieger, MD, chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Chilton Medical Center, and infectious disease physician at ID care, explains how clinicians should manage patients with so-called “chronic Lyme disease.”
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Are US Cases Of Zika Different Than Non-US Cases?
October 8th 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discusses whether or not there are differences between US-acquired Zika and non-US acquired Zika virus cases.
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Why Are Clinicians the Ideal Voices to Talk About Public Health Preparedness With Their Patients?
September 29th 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), explains why healthcare providers are the ideal candidates to relay information about public health preparedness.
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Challenges of Enrolling Children in Clinical Trials
September 28th 2016Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, founding director, Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, professor of medicine at Rutgers University, discusses the challenges of conducting clinical trials as the threat of antibiotic resistance increases.
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Does Vertical Zika Transmission Occur With All Infected Pregnant Women?
September 27th 2016Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, director of WHO Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Research, Evandro Chagas Institute, discusses whether or not all Zika-infected pregnant women will infect their fetuses.
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