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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, …
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Anchor lead: Why haven’t there been any new antibiotics in recent years? Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotic resistance is being tackled head on by the federal government with a new, comprehensive plan designed to address many aspects of the problem, from …
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Anchor lead: The federal government is now behind battling antibiotic resistant infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotic resistant organisms are big business, costing taxpayers millions in healthcare costs and accounting for many deaths annually. Now the federal government has stepped in …
