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SiriusXM and NYU Langone Health Provide Free Access to Doctor Radio Channel, Offering Covid-19 Updates and Expert Advice
On Doctor Radio, NYU Langone's world-class physicians and experts help answer questions and concerns about the various Covid-19 vaccines, their safety and
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[{"type":"text","content":"On Doctor Radio, NYU Langone's world-class physicians and experts help answer questions and concerns about the various Covid-19 vaccines, their safety and effectiveness, and everyday health topics\n\n\nNEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SiriusXM announced its Doctor Radio channel 110 will be free to the general public to help guide and inform as the Covid-19 virus causes record hospitalizations and deaths throughout the country. The free access and new programming on Doctor Radio coincides with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) expected approval of a Covid-19 vaccine under Emergency Use Authorization.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSince the beginning of the pandemic, SiriusXM in conjunction with NYU Langone Health, has dedicated the Doctor Radio channel to providing the public with the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak, while continuing to address everyday health concerns. Listeners can access the channel online via the browsers on their computers or phones, as well as their vehicles installed with the majority of SiriusXM radios, even if they're not a paid subscriber to the service. \nSpecial programming on Doctor Radio includes a live edition of \"Doctor Radio Reports: The Covid19 Vaccine,\" hosted by Dr. Marc Siegel and featuring Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, as well as Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the FDA, Dr. Janet Woodcock. The special will air today, December 11 at 2:00-4:00pm ET, Doctor Radio.\nAdditionally, on Friday, December 18 at 2:00-4:00pm ET, Dr. Marc Siegel will host a special on the non Covid-19 related medical advances of 2020. The department chairs at NYU Langone will focus on the positive medical headlines that we may have missed over the past year. Featured guests include Kenneth G. Langone, chair of the board of trustees at NYU Langone; Robert I. Grossman, MD, CEO of NYU Langone and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Joseph Zuckerman, MD, Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Robert Montgomery, MD, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute; and Michael Recht, MD, Chair of the Department of Radiology.\nThese two specials are in addition to other new programming the channel has launched since coronavirus ...