November 6, 2023
The semi-annual changing of clocks by an hour in the spring in fall has detrimental health impacts and some experts say it's time for that practice to be put to bed. Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, spoke to WVXU on the topic.
February 22, 2023
A 53-year-old man in Germany is the third person to be cured of HIV. WKRC-TV, Local 12 interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to get his expert take on the news.
June 17, 2022
Research from the University of Cincinnati shows racial disparities exist for kidney transplant patients. The research created the Kidney Transplant Equity Index. Shimul Shah, MD, of the Department of Surgery at the UC College of Medicine was interviewed about the research by Spectrum News.
August 18, 2022
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery in the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health physician was interviewed by WVXU about the upcoming fall ragweed season.
August 29, 2022
The World Health Organization announced recently that breakthrough infections have been reported in people who had been vaccinated against monkeypox. Healthline reported there is limited data available on the efficacy of the JYNNEOS shot, so it will take time to understand how effective it is at preventing infection. Data from the 1980s has shown that the vaccine was at least 85% effective, however, some health experts expect that number to change in the current outbreak. One of the experts cited in the Healthline story was Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.
December 6, 2022
Hospital emergency departments in the Cincinnati-area are seeing a surge in patients who have flu symptoms and complications, pushing hospitals be near or at capacity, partially because flu is raging in the region. Hospitalizations for flu locally rose 107% last week. Cincinnati.com asked several local healthcare experts about what people should do as flu cases surge. One of those was Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.
December 2, 2022
Hospitals in the Cincinnati area are dealing with what some are calling a 'tripledemic' of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu. WLWT reported that according to the Health Collaborative, COVID-19 hospitalizations across Ohio counties in greater Cincinnati are at 176 patients. That's 41 more than Friday. About 180 people are hospitalized with the flu. It's a major spike from the week before. One of the experts cited by WLWT is Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.
November 21, 2023
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been more than 630 whooping cough cases in Ohio this year. That’s nearly six times the number the state experienced in all of last year- and it is by far more cases than any other state has had this year. In a story produced by Spectrum News, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine provides some background on whooping cough and why he thinks the numbers are going up.
November 13, 2023
With the arrival of fall and colder temperatures, we are seeing the arrival of the cold and flu season. Cincinnati.com posted a story focusing on colds and how long people with colds are contagious. They interviewed Katherine Schmidt, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
February 16, 2024
The number of pregnant women with syphilis is increasing in Ohio, impacting mothers and children. Spectrum News produced a story interviewing Meredith Pensak, MD and Carl Fichtenbaum, MD of the UC College of Medicine