Influenza

Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health advocate, teaches at GWUniversity's Milken Institute School of Public Health. (GWU)

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Healthwatch: Dr. Leana Wen on winter viruses, mask & vax issues

Tom Hall

The emergency physician and public health advocate discusses the latest on continuing RSV, flu and COVID-19 threats, and answers your health questions.

A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans’ Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.

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The ‘tripledemic’ has landed: What it looks like, and what to do

Sara True

Early steep spikes of both RSV and the flu, combined with a burgeoning swell of COVID-19 cases, indicate that this moment has now arrived in Maryland.

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Healthwatch: Dr. Leana Wen on the COVID, RSV & Flu risks; legal weed

Tom Hall

The public health advocate joins us to discuss the triple infection threats we're facing as winter nears; plus, some cannabis caveats as MD voters consider legalizing recreational marijuana.

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The Daily Dose 10-14-20

Aaron Henkin

The city’s health commissioner says daily COVID cases are on the rise as flu season is upon us. Some parents of special needs students crash a meeting of…

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The Daily Dose 9-4-20

Mark Gunnery

As we head into Labor Day weekend, Maryland is now in phase three of Governor Hogan’s COVID-19 reopening plan. But what businesses and venues are open and…

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Influenza: The Master of Mutation

Sheilah Kast

We’ve heard it over and over: get your flu shot. If you’re older than six months, get your shot. The flu can be more than uncomfortable -- it can be…