COVID is NOT Behind Us - The Latest from Dr Boyd, Infectious Diseases & Cardiologist Dr Stevens

America's Healthcare Advocate • February 14, 2023

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S19 E07 - COVID is NOT Behind Us - The Latest from Dr Boyd, Infectious Diseases & Cardiologist Dr Stevens

Joining me are two experts from St. Lukes Health to discuss the latest advice for everyone from youth and adult athletes to travelers and the rest of us on how to stay safe and stay healthy.

We discuss COVID-19 subvariant XBB1.5 and how fast it is moving across the US, as well as other flu and infection risks and prevention. My guests from St. Lukes are Tracy L. Stevens, M.D., who is a board-certified cardiologist with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants and is on staff at Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Stevens is the Julia Irene Kauffman Endowed Chair for Women’s Cardiovascular Health, the Ben D. McCallister, MD, Community Ambassador, and a professor of medicine at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine and Sarah E Boyd, MD our Infectious Diseases expert who is Board certified in Infectious Diseases, Member of IDSA, SHEA, HIV medicine association and has practiced at Saint Luke's North Hospital since 2007


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