March 15, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, was featured as an expert source in a story on Medscape about animal model research showing that a new adjuvant, or ingredient, added to COVID-19 vaccines has shown promise for its ability to deliver the vaccine directly into lymph nodes.
March 16, 2021
Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is widely quoted in an article on Livestrong.com about the potential health challenges posed by snoring. She says there is evidence that loud snoring could lead to stroke.
March 24, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was one of the sources quoted in an article for Reuters Health on a study showing that in patients with moderate-severe COVID-19, recombinant super-compound interferon plus baseline antivirals was associated with a shorter time to clinical improvement than the same regimen using traditional interferon-alpha in an exploratory trial in China. Fichtenbaum said a lot more data and proof is needed before he would use this. And the lack of a control group that got just standard of care is a big weakness of this study.
December 4, 2020
Margaret Powers-Fletcher, MD, of the UC Division of Infectious Diseases was interviewed by several media outlets about the COMPASS study she is leading.
December 1, 2020
Jarelle Marshall, the first patient dosed in the UC/UC Health Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial was interviewed by CNN about his experience.
December 1, 2020
Northern Kentucky businessman Carl Fox is taking part in UC's Trailblazer study and is telling his story to WCPO-TV, Channel 9. The TRAILBLAZER study aims to change the parts of a patient’s white blood cells that HIV latches onto, and is led by Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
December 15, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases was interviewed by POPSUGAR for a story on whether people who have had the COVID-19 virus should get the vaccine.
December 14, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC Division of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by Spectrum News for a roundup of how the COVID-19 vaccines work.
July 6, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases talked to Popular Science Magazine about what summer activities are riskier than others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 3, 2020
Jarelle Marshall, the first volunteer dosed for the UC/UC Health Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial, was interviewed by USA Today for an article on people who are taking part in COVID-19 research.