The Measles Outbreak: How Diagnostics Can Help Stem Infections
Mar 29, 2024•29 min•Ep. 20
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Episode description
After being declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, measles has been making a comeback in recent years—the current caseload equals the entire number of cases in 2023. In this wide-ranging discussion, CLP’s director of business intelligence, Chris Wolski, and Rodney Rohde, PhD, Regents’ Professor in the Texas State University System, a University Distinguished Professor and Chair for the Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program in the College of Health Professions at Texas State University, discuss:
- The causes of the measles outbreak
- Why measles should be taken seriously by the public
- The tension between individual rights and public health
- How and why measles is diagnosed
- The long-term effects of measles
- How laboratory professionals can be advocates for good health information
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