The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#439 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Hep C and Long COVID: Two Infections We're Not Taking Seriously Enough
21 minutes Posted Apr 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, infectious disease physician at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, joins Daphna for a conversation spanning two underappreciated threats in pediatrics. On hepatitis C, he shares that up to 90% of perinatally exposed infants never get tested despite clear guidance — and makes the case for point-of-care, heel-stick based testing that meets families where they are rather than relying on follow-up that often never happens. On long COVID, he reframes the vacci...