Excited to share a new paper today with Brian McGarry and Ashvin Gandhi published today in NEJM TL;DR Nursing homes with higher use of COVID-19 tests for staff had 30% fewer resident cases and 26% fewer deaths than low testing facilities. That's a LOT. /1 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Incredible pragmatic trial in The BMJ Results consistent with ASCERTAINMENT BIAS Volunteers who mostly felt masks worked self-reported fewer respiratory symptoms if assigned to mask group But... No difference in COVID Findings were dependent on perceived mask efficacy

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Simone Biles is now the most decorated US Olympics gymnast, so here is a thread of her as functions y = x

Did you know the heart attack rate fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, such that rate in 2023 was below 2019? A new study from @andrewwilcock8 and colleagues in JAMA Cardiology tries to uncover *why* this happened. 1/5 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

There are good arguments for removing race from medical algorithms, but there may be unintended consequences. Our PNAS paper finds that race-blind algorithms can *worsen* racial inequalities, bc they can't adjust for racial disparities in data quality. shorturl.at/7ugW5

New paper on race adjustments in clinical algorithms in PNAS! Joint work with the wonderful Anna Zink and Ziad Obermeyer - see Anna's detailed thread below. Anna will be on the job market this year - check out her other great work at zinka88.github.io!

Are race-blind medical algorithms more fair? Not necessarily. See this 🧵by the fabulous Anna Zink, on our new PNASNews paper Then, if you're hiring in health + data, HIRE ANNA—she's on the job market this fall, and she is one of the best people I've ever worked with

Original Article: Final, 10-Year Outcomes with Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma (CheckMate 067) nej.md/4dUqm0g #ESMO24 | ESMO - Eur. Oncology

The night sky on Tuesday will treat us to a partial lunar eclipse during a supermoon, an astronomical wonder that almost anyone in the Western Hemisphere can experience. Here's how to see it. nyti.ms/4d9sHmN

🥱Transform primary care with comprehensive teams! 👍Transform primary care with kickbacks to MA plans! justice.gov/opa/pr/oak-str…

Reanalyzing OHIE data using more recent methodological innovations uncovers blood pressure improvements not identified in the original analysis. Important study and accompanying perspective led by Kosuke Inoue Yusuke Tsugawa bmj.com/content/386/bm…

New survey data from Michael L. Barnett and colleagues shows low levels of Paxlovid awareness, with 31% having never heard of it and many having misperceptions about its effectiveness. Those more vulnerable (and potentially benefitting most) had lower awareness. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Households in the U.S. are eligible to order FOUR FREE at-home #COVID19 tests. Testing is one way you can help protect yourself and your friends and family from the spread of COVID-19. Order your free tests at COVIDtests.gov

Main findings and supplemental figures of our new study @JAMA: Estimation of Tax Benefit of US Nonprofit Hospitals jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 🧵1/5 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health BSPH / HPM

We have a new paper out in Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar which describes cash pay rates for psychotherapists and compares this to Medicaid rates. academic.oup.com/healthaffairss… Mean difference between cash pay and Medicaid rates was about 40%, likely an underestimate

Some news for my colleagues ... please RT and share!! bostonglobe.com/2024/11/18/bus…