December 2020

INFLUENZA AND COVID-19 WITH MICHAEL ISON, MD, MS

Episode Summary

As flu season begins and COVID-19 continues to spread, Michael Ison, MD, is here to share some of his latest findings. He is part of Northwestern research teams running studies both on COVID-19 and on influenza vaccines and treatments.

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, influenza season is just beginning in the United States. There is growing concern that an increase in clinic visits and hospitalizations due to the flu or COVID-19 could overwhelm healthcare systems in the months ahead, but there are things people can do to help prevent this scenario, says Michael Ison, MD, MS. Getting a flu shot and continuing to wear a mask in public and to practice social distancing and good hand hygiene are all ways to help protect yourself and others this fall and winter, he says.

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This podcast was originally release via the Feinberg School of Medicine News Center in December 2020.

Michael Ison, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation
Director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s Center for Clinical Research
Member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University