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The Measles Outbreak: How Diagnostics Can Help Stem Infections
The Measles Outbreak: How Diagnostics Can Help Stem Infections
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
After being declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, measles has been making a comeback in recent years—the current caseload equals the entire number of cases in 2023. In this wide-ranging discussion, CLP’s director of business intelligence, Chris Wolski, and Rodney Rohde, PhD, Regents’ Professor in the Texas State University System, a University Distinguished Professor and Chair for the Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program in the College of Health Professions at Texas State University, discuss:The causes of the measles outbreakWhy measles should be taken seriously by the publicThe tension between individual rights and public healthHow and why measles is diagnosedThe long-term effects of measlesHow laboratory professionals can be advocates for good health information
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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