A publication of the UC Davis School of Medicine
A summary of recent news coverage quotes from our experts.
“According to the Center for Global Development, the annual likelihood of a pandemic is two to three percent, which means a 47 to 57 percent probability of another deadly pandemic in the next 25 years.”
– UC Davis Health Chief of Infectious Diseases Stuart Cohen, M.D., in a March Yahoo News article about pandemic preparedness.
“I think the concern is that we’re having multiple strains that are being transmitted from birds to cattle and then from cattle to humans. And the more that that occurs, there’s a higher risk of developing further mutations that may facilitate human-to-human transmission and, if that happens and transmission is efficient, then the next thing we’re looking at is a pandemic.”
– Dean Blumberg, M.D., chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Health, speaking to ABC News nationwide in February about the detection of a second bird flu virus strain, D1.1, in cattle for the first time.
“It physiologically does not make sense. (Coughing) just would not work to restart a heart that’s not beating…It’s certainly not something that is recommended in those guidelines because there is no evidence to support it.”
– Emergency Medicine Professor Bryn Elissa Mumma, M.D., M.A.S., in a widely syndicated American Heart Association News article about the ineffectiveness of so-called “cough CPR.” Mumma was a co-author of the AHA’s advanced life support guidelines update in 2023.
“Wrist mobility aids us in everything from cooking and crocheting to braiding our hair and fastening a button.”
– Brandee Waite, M.D., UC Davis Health’s medical director of sports medicine, in a New York Times Well section feature, “How Good Is Your Mobility?”
“The longer produce sits around on store shelves or in our homes, the more nutrients it loses.”
UC Davis Health dietitian Marie Barone, B.S., R.D., C.D.C.E.S., C.S.O.W.M., in a January New York Times article on the health benefits of frozen foods.
“We don’t want to make this all about bells and whistles, but I do think that we want to use technology as an adjunct to help people as they go on this journey.”
– Helen Kales, M.D., geriatric psychiatrist and chair of UC Davis Health’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, speaking about the role of devices like alarms and sensors in a March New York Times article “How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips.” The piece ran after the death of actor Gene Hackman.
