Author: Claudinne Miller
Lessons From the Tuberculosis Patient on the Lam
MedPage Today We can learn from the case now that she’s receiving treatment. Over the last few months, a woman from Tacoma, Washington has been widely featured in local and national media including the New York Times, for refusing to take medication for active tuberculosis (TB). In February 2023, a judge issued a civil warrant for her arrest. In […]
Jun 6, 2023
Covid Lockdowns Really Did Mess With Our Memories
Bloomberg The psychological toll of Covid lockdowns could lead some people to misremember the timing of recent events, according to a new study published by University of Aberdeen researchers. The lapses were similar to distorted time perception observed among some prisoners, said the study, conducted in 2022 and published in open-access journal Plus One on […]
May 31, 2023
Companies won’t share COVID-19 shots, stalling future vaccine research
Science Developing more broadly protective products requires comparisons with existing shots that Pfizer and Moderna won’t allow. The U.S. government has tens of millions of unused doses of messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines, regularly trashing shots as they pass their expiration dates. It’s a dismal reflection on recent vaccine uptake, but it’s also a serious […]
May 31, 2023
Recovery and symptom trajectories up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection: population based, longitudinal cohort study
BMJ Objective To evaluate longer term symptoms and health outcomes associated with post-covid-19 condition within a cohort of individuals with a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design Population based, longitudinal cohort. Setting General population of canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Participants 1106 adults with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who were not vaccinated before infection and 628 adults who did not have an infection. […]
May 31, 2023
These 12 symptoms may define long COVID, new study finds
PBS NewsHour For the millions who have been struggling with a baffling illness in the last few years, a recent study on long COVID could finally be a step toward treatment. At the same time, some experts caution that this new sketch of possible symptoms should not be mistaken for a tool that patients can […]
May 31, 2023
1 in 10 People Get Long COVID After Omicron
Time Magazine About 10% of people appear to suffer Long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study highlight a dozen symptoms that most distinguish […]
May 30, 2023
Soft Pants: The Postpandemic Benefit That’s Here to Stay
NYT Less than three weeks into the March 2020 lockdowns in New York City, my boyfriend turned to me with a revelation he was having while in the snug living room that had become our co-working space, wine bar and prison chamber. A finance lawyer who used to wear suits, he lately had found himself […]
May 30, 2023
2 Are Dead in Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Surgeries in Mexico
NYT More than 200 others could be at risk from a fungal meningitis outbreak that has been traced to two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, where people traveled for cosmetic surgeries, health officials said. Two people in the United States have died with probable cases of fungal meningitis and more than 200 others are at risk after an […]
May 30, 2023
Voices in the Vacuum
Science Based Medicine What we have seen is the widespread propagation of misinformation and disinformation. And the reason it has taken root is because there was an information vacuum. I come back to our role as physicians. It is critical that we fill that vacuum because if we don’t, others will. This quote is absolutely […]
May 30, 2023