Bonus: Lara Bryn discusses Hantavirus with NYS Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald

About this episode

Lara Bryn interviews NYS Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald about Hantavirus and the state's response to the outbreak.

Lara Bryn sits down with NYS Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald for a one-on-one interview about Hantavirus and how the state is coordinating with federal health agencies to manage the outbreak. They discuss the risk level for New Yorkers, how the exposed New Yorkers are handling their quarantine in Nebraska and how monitoring will continue moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Lara Bryn

Guest: Dr. James McDonald

Topics covered

• Hantavirus
• public health
• quarantine
• New York State
• health agencies
• outbreak management

Keywords

• Hantavirus
• NYS Health Commissioner
• quarantine
• outbreak
• public health
• New York

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Organizations: NYS Health Commissioner, federal health agencies

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