Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Monke...

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Private equity investment continues to expand across US health care. Current estimates put private equity ownership at almost 10% of hospitals and more than one-fifth of for-profit hospitals nationwide. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Sneha Kannan, MD, MS, assistant professo ...  Show more

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

A little over two years into a pandemic, the last thing you probably want to see is headlines announcing yet another disease spreading across the globe. And yet, here we are. Beginning in May 2022, an increasing number of cases of monkeypox have been reported in many countries ...

A VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE HERE.

This time, we look to New York for guidance on recognizing and treating monkeypox.

Dr. Eric Meyerowitz of Montefiore and Dr. Stephen Baum ...

Monkeypox is a virus that was first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria in the 1970s. Since then it has appeared around the world. More concerning is that the virus appears to be evolving and there are some unusual symptoms. The world has known about monkey ...  Show more