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Taking Antibiotics: What You Need to Know – Use, Risk + Tips
March 25, 2025
Tufts Medicine infectious disease experts share the facts about the safe and responsible use of antibiotics.
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Should You Worry About Measles?
March 11, 2025
Measles outbreaks are in the news. Tufts Medicine’s Chief Infection Control Officer, Shira Doron, MD, shares how to keep yourself, your family and your community safe.
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Colon + Rectal Cancer: A New Era for Care
March 10, 2025
Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lilian Chen, MD, shares how innovation and research are bringing advances in prevention, detection and treatment to those with colon and rectal cancer.
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Daylight Saving Time, How Might It Affect Your Sleep and Health?
March 6, 2025
Q&A with Aarti Grover, MD, Medical Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, about the impact of “spring forward” on sleep and general health.
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Massachusetts Vaccination Rates Strong, but Measles Threat Remains
March 6, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, on concerns about the potential for a measles outbreak in Massachusetts.
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RFK Jr. Claims Cod Liver Oil, Steroids, Antibiotics Can Treat Measles—Here’s What Doctors Say
March 7, 2025
Tuhina Joseph, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about separating fact from fiction with respect to the prevention and treatment of measles.
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Do You Need Booster Shots for Childhood Vaccines?
March 7, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about whether booster shots are needed for childhood vaccines.
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Immigrant Doctors Now See a ‘Pathway’ to Practice in Mass.
March 7, 2025
Deeb Salem, MD, Senior Vice President for Academic Integration at Tufts Medicine and Cardiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about how the passage of the Physician Pathway Act in Massachusetts may help address the primary care physician shortage.
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Thank You to Our Tufts Medicine Hospitalists
March 6, 2025
Hospitalists improve care for hospitalized patients; March 6 is National Hospitalist Day.
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