US Covid hospitalizations crossed 40,000 for first time since the end of February and slope of their ascent is increasing charts.medriva.com/us

Media: Jonathan Reiner to Laura Coates: "We're seeing right now more cases transmitted every day than at any time during the 2.5 years of the pandemic. Yet the CDC and The White House haven't said clearly that it's time to put the masks on. Because it's politically unpopular."

Epstein-Barr virus is the leading cause of multiple sclerosis nature.com/articles/s4139… Summary of one of the most important advances in life science this year Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

What was the #1 cause of death for Americans age 45-54 in 2021? Covid jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Wow. A wearable ultrasound patch for continuous, on the go, high-quality imaging of most parts the human body. A remarkable new innovation with diverse clinical applications Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Xuanhe Zhao Chonghe Wang Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT MechE

📍Pediatric #COVID19 hospital admissions/day shows no signs of slowing down just as schools are starting to re-open amid no masks, and extremely low booster rate for school kids. Potential #BA5 disaster but no one seems to care. #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp HT William Ku, Ph.D.

#LongCovid in kids, a new MMWR report cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… While absolute incidence is rare, relative 2X rate of pulmonary embolism, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, venous thrombosis; 20-30% increased risk of T1D diabetes and kidney disease

🆕 Nature Medicine Heart manifestations of #LongCovid A prospective MRI study of 346 people with mild Covid, and controls, demonstrated myocardial inflammation at 3 months, worse w/ symptoms, and edema at ~1 year by @v_puntmann and colleagues GoetheCVI nature.com/articles/s4159…

There's nobody smarter or more humble on Covid & pandemics than Michael Osterholm Michael Osterholm. An honor to chat with him today UC San Francisco Medicine Grand Rounds on everything: boosters, variants, preparedness, schools, masking, Paxlovid, misinformation, & more. youtube.com/watch?v=z16SBJ…

Wish this was true. What's over is President Donald J. Trump's and our government's will to get ahead of it, with magical thinking on the new bivalent boosters. Ignores #LongCovid, inevitability of new variants, and our current incapability for blocking infections and transmission

I'm not sure how anyone can push the idea that Covid is equivalent to Flu. Risk is much higher across every age group, and especially higher as you get older.

Really cool to see Eric Topol highlight our study published today in JAMA Network Open!

Disappointing #weightloss results for liraglutide over 52 weeks in Children and Adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome and #Obesity Waiting for Semaglutide and Tirzepatide academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-a…

It was truly nostalgic to present at Brigham and Women's Hospital Internal Medicine Grand Rounds last week. I wish I could say this “controversy” of using race in #eGFR equations is a thing of the past. #Bullying of those pushing for change continues to occur on all levels. This MUST stop🗣

How did Japan, with ~40% more of its population age 65+ than the United States, have the lowest Covid death rate of any major country in the world? erictopol.substack.com/p/the-marked-c…

Inflammation and dysfunction of the lining of blood vessels—the endothelium—is the basis for many of the cardiovascular complications of Covid. A new, solid review here nature.com/articles/s4140…

Avoiding #LongCovid medscape.com/viewarticle/98… My interview with Maggie Fox Medscape, video w/ transcript

President Donald J. Trump Unfortunately, there are no data to support this assertion. Likely attainable by second generation vaccines, but that requires priority and resources to be dedicated, which isn't happening. #SARSCoV2 is unlike flu w/r to distinct seasonality, adding to the challenge.

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