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The 7 News Flu Team includes, from left, Lisa Owens, MD, Paul Biddinger, MD,Peter Greenspan, MD, Richard Zane, MD, and Laura Riley, MD
Boston residents can ask their flu questions to expert Partners physicians without ever leaving the comfort of their homes.
As part of the 7 News Flu Team, five BWH and MGH physicians have been answering viewers’ questions during TV interviews and online at www.WHDH.com regarding vaccine safety, flu risks for children and pregnant women and preventing the virus from spreading.
“We consider this a service to the community, a chance to support the state and city health departments in their efforts to communicate accurate and timely flu information, and a way to bring visibility to some of our extraordinary physicians,” said Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, Partners HealthCare President and CEO.
WHDH has promoted the Flu Team through a TV spot and a special Web page containing the latest flu news, commonly asked questions and vaccine clinics at www.whdh.com/fluteam. The 7 News Flu Team physicians are BWH’s Richard Zane, MD, and Lisa Michelle Owens, MD, and MGH’s Paul Biddinger, MD, Laura Riley, MD, and Peter Greenspan, MD.
In addition, Partners has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to produce a TV spot promoting H1N1 flu vaccination which features BWH’s Deborah Yokoe, MD, and MGH’s Biddinger and Joe Betancourt, MD, who also appears in a TV spot in Spanish for Telemundo.