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Rhea Boyd MD, MPH

RheaBoydMD

This quietly dropped in @TheLancet 2 days ago. Joining voices across medicine and public health, Dr. Nancy Krieger, Dr. @CamaraJones and I lay out the stakes of this election, as

Tom O'Keefe

_TomOKeefe_

1/ Some reflections on #NYC #COVID19 #mortality #data through April 13th #NewYork #pandemic - tl;dr – total NYC #deathtoll to date is probably already ~15,000 accounting for both deaths at

Dr. Matthew Schabath

MatthewSchabath

A new publication in the NEJM regarding oral and subderm use of disinfectants. #TrumpIsALaughingStock I can't believe I need to clarify this is a *joke*. #HappyFriday

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

How well do COVID rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) perform in detecting infectious people? A new preprint from @JankovanBeek @IgloiZsofia & @MarionKoopmans finds that the answer depends on (1) which

Lu Chen

houndcl

Having seen so many double standards on #remdesivir and #hydroxychloroquine result, I decide to start a thread to share how I read a scientific paper.While I only expect 1% people

Patrick Forde

FordePatrick

Today at #AACR21 I was honored to present results of the phase 3 CheckMate 816 neoadjuvant chemo-nivo lung cancer trial on behalf of all the colleagues, patients & families who

Charles Holmes

CharlesBHolmes

Earlier today President Trump received a polyclonal antibody cocktail made by the company Regeneron. Here’s what we know about this drug, and the additional drugs a patient in his situation

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

Here is my summary of an exciting new @NBA + longitudinal COVID testing paper.Writing a thread about COVID and the NBA has been on my bucket list for some time,

Ed

Rx_Ed

What is Remdesivir?This is a thread on the pharmacology of the drug & its hypothesized mechanism of action against #coronavirus #COVID19. I’ll also mention some of the anticipated side effects/toxicity,

Keshav Bedi

keshavbedi

All these are unfounded conjectures.Herd immunity is the only way.Why is it so is easy to understand. So bear a bit patience.But first, let's come at mortality rates.The clinical consequences

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

We're far enough into this pandemic that I'm seeing something interesting happen. Epidemiologists start talking about a new result, such as the NEJM paper on a high rate of asymptomatic

John Mafi

jnmafi

1/10 Finished 1 week as @UCLAHealth COVID-19 ward (non-ICU) attending. Here is a brief summary of what I learned with help from an outstanding team @SaumitraThakur Jayasree Sundaram, Wen-Ching Tran,

Nick Cuneo, MD, MPH

nickcuneo

It is impossible to adequately convey the inhumanity of our country's relentless assault on #asylum protections on the southern border, but grateful for the opportunity to share with @hanjaneway our

Peter B. Bach, MD

peterbachmd

Remdesivir priced at $3,120 for 5 day course (10 day also in EUA and twice as much). $GILD says will discount to $2,340 for ‘government programs (incl Medicare)’ in the

Jon Deeks

deeksj

Only evidence for accuracy of UK-Rapid Test Consortium Covid-19 AbC test is flawedOver a week ago with @sarahboseley I asked for transparent reporting of RTC study that says test has

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Important (but not surprising) studyRapid Antigen tests may be MORE, not less, accurate to detect VIABLE virus (i.e. transmissible virus) compared to the more sensitive PCR.But how?1/https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.02.202057