Despite information from the Texas Department Health Services that certain San Antonio pharmacies were to be given the new anti-Covid medications Paxlovid and Molnupirivir calls to them today revealed that they were clueless about when they would receive them. Later,…
FROM THE TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, five regional infusion centers in Texas have exhausted their supply of sotrovimab, the only monoclonal antibody treatment effective against the omicron variant, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced Monday. But…
Much has been said about Omicron being less severe that the Delta variant. One of the ways to tell that is when the local numbers go up, but hospitalizations do not. Mitigating factors can be local immunization rates and the…
Isolate if you are infected. Quarantine if you are exposed. Here is the latest: CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population Media Statement For Immediate Release: Monday, December 27, 2021 Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286 Given…
As this surge heats up, the demand for treatment has increased. The lead time on getting monoclonal antibodies has increased from a day to 5 days. It is important to get tested early if you are at high risk of…
My phone has been ringing again. That’s not a good sign when the number of calls, texts and emails surge with questions from people reporting symptoms or exposure to Covid 19. Officially, Bexar County reported 376 new cases yesterday with…
As I mentioned on my post of November 29th, I felt the Omicron variant of Covid 19 was already here. This was confirmed yesterday when it was found on two patients. One test was taken on November 27th and the…
Today the CDC released new guidelines on home testing for Covid 19. Due to the low sensitivity of the tests in asymptomatic individuals they had previously recommended limiting their use to symptomatic individuals. Now with the surge of the Delta…
Here are three things about the outpatient treatment of Covid 19. The first is the latest from this week’s New England Journal of Medicine about the efficacy of treating Covid 19 with the monoclonal antibody combination, Regen-Cov. The second is…
The photo above is of mothers and children lined up for a polio vaccine trial in 1954. A vaccine was approved in 1961. People lined up to get their children vaccinated. Everyone knew someone who had been affected by this…
