Sicilians, along with other Italians continue to emphasize outdoor dining to limit the spread of Covid 19. Above is a street in Noto, Sicily. I’m not home but my phone is still ringing. Never a good sign. Now things continue…
Here is an article from the New York Times about yesterday’s meeting of the FDA vaccine committee. It looks like the concensus was to develop a vaccine that targets Omicron variants, BA 4 and 5, not just Omicron. That is…
On Friday I attended a meeting of the University of Texas Medical Branch Development Committee. This is the 130th anniversary of UTMB. The medical school was started in Galveston because that was the largest city in Texas.  I was fortunate…
Paxlovid has been shown to be effective in reducing death and hospitalization in unvaccinated patients at risk for severe Covid. Now there is a study which shows that it is effective in vaccinated patients as well. The caveat is that…
Here is something from this morning’s WSJ on the problems associated with being abroad and testing positive for Covid 19. Now, if I am getting on an airplane for an 8-10 hour flight, I would like to know that the…
I would like to say that things are better, but they aren’t as far as numbers go. People act like it is over, but it isn’t. We have better treatments, but cases are up so it makes sense to do…
Here is an interesting editorial from last week’s Journal of the AMA, JAMA, which summarizes where we are in the pandemic. May 27, 2022 COVID-19 in 2022—The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Carlos del Rio, MD1,2; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ3,4 Author…
Here is everything that you ever wanted to know about sunscreens. Their effectiveness, cost, pros and cons and their environmental consequences. This is a reprint of last summer’s Medical Letter on this topic. TIP: USE MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU…
COVID-19 Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network May 24, 2022, 9:00 AM ET CDCHAN-00467 Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to update healthcare…
