Fall Vaccine Update
Fall Vaccine Update “Fall”, I like the sound of that. It may not be here for a while, but already the temperatures have begun to moderate from the hottest summer on record. Now if we could just get some…
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Covid 19 Update
People are concerned about the rise in Covid 19 infections and would like to know if the new vaccine will be recommended for them. Unfortunately, I can’t tell them. Although we have information that the vaccine will be released in…
Say Goodbye to XBB.1.5
Let’s hope that you have better things than discuss the latest variants with your friends over wine. The XBB.1.5, our dominant variant for months has now been replaced by it’s cousins. However, they are closely related enough that this fall’s…
What To Do If You Get Covid
Unfortunately, numbers continue to climb. Hospitalizations for Covid 10 are on the increase as well. I ran across this article and thought it had some good practical advice. It is all something that you should have heard before. but a…
New Covid 19 Vaccine Update
We should know later this month about a new Covid 19 vaccine. We don’t know yet for whom it will be recommended. Here is an update from today’s US News and World Report. When the report comes out we will…
Covid 19, a Bump or a Surge? Long Covid Research
 It’s true, unfortunately. There is a rise in Covid 19 infections. Fortunately, numbers are still low, but it is something that we need to be aware of and we don’t have the monitoring systems in place that we had before. …
Death by Misinformation
One of the greatest challenges of the pandemic was combating widespread information some of which came from physicians. I was shocked to see the recommendation recently from a patient’s family member that she take two widely discredited drugs for her…
RSV Vaccine for Adults
Every year 6,000 to 10,000 older adults die of Respiratory Syncytial Virus.https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/high-risk/older-adults.html  Most people associate this with a disease of children, but it also affects adults. When you get RSV you usually cough for 3 weeks. One of my patients…
New Insights Into Susceptibility to Covid 19
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we (the medical community) have wondered why some people get very sick from the virus and others do not. W assumed that there must be subtle genetic differences that account for this. Now there…
ReMarks: Summer 2023
Update on Office Policies Telemedicine New Receptionist/ Physician’s Assistant Sunscreens Insect Repellents Travel Medicine Avoiding Heat Stroke Summer is officially here. I wanted to update you on some practice developments as well as give you some advice…