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Anchor lead: Why can’t a standard laboratory test be used to screen people for Ebola virus infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Why can’t a standard laboratory test known as ‘PCR’ determine whether someone is infected with Ebola virus rather than quarantining …
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This week’s topics include best medication for initial diabetes therapy, Ebola update, lowering blood pressure after stroke, and an LDL variant and aortic valve disease. Program notes: 0:41 Ebola update in NEJM 1:41 Case fatality rate 74% 2:39 Even with …
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Anchor lead: What can we learn from recent Ebola transmission domestically? Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone has 20/20 hindsight, the saying goes, and while that’s usually true, rigorous examination of recent cases of Ebola virus transmission here in the US is …
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Anchor lead: Why have nurses contracted Ebola in the western world? Elizabeth Tracey reports Two in Texas and one in Spain- how is it that nurses are developing Ebola infection while other members of the Western healthcare teams remain uninfected? …
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This week’s topics include fecal transplant capsules, stem cells for macular degeneration, exercise and depression in teens, and Ebola predictions. Program notes: 0:59 Ebola update from WHO 1:50 Case fatality of 70% 2:48 Domestic concerns 3:50 Public health message re:Ebola …
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Anchor lead: There are strategies to employ to avoid enterovirus infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports Two toddlers have died so far as enterovirus 68 sweeps the US. Even as concerns about Ebola virus escalate domestically, parents especially are concerned about enterovirus …
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Anchor lead: Children around the US are becoming infected with an enterovirus, Elizabeth Tracey reports While the world’s attention is focused on Ebola virus, another viral illness, enterovirus 68, has spread across the US, killing two young children so far, …
