Medscape Blogs - Dr Monica Gandhi

• Update on Worldwide Monkeypox Outbreak The nonendemic outbreak of monkeypox among men who have sex with men (MSM) started on May 13, 2022, and is now a global health emergency -- so, time for an update.
  Medscape Blogs, July 28, 2022
• BA.4 and BA.5 Subvariants: A Short Primer The success of BA.4 and BA.5 spread is due to their ability to evade antibodies in the nose and mouth. But cellular immunity will get them in the end.
  Medscape Blogs, July 12, 2022
• Long-acting Treatment and Prevention of HIV Are Here Advances in long-acting treatment and prevention for HIV are changing the way we treat our patients.
  Medscape Blogs, July 08, 2022
• Monkeypox and COVID: Public Health Has to Increase Trust Public health messaging on monkeypox is full of helpful guidance. Using similar "harm reduction" messaging for COVID could increase trust.
  Medscape Blogs, June 28, 2022
• We Should Vaccinate Gay and Bisexual Men for Monkeypox Now The nonendemic outbreak of monkeypox among men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to spread: We have a ready intervention (the monkeypox vaccine), and it's time to mass vaccinate MSM.
  Medscape Blogs, June 23, 2022
• Novavax and Covaxin: What You Need to Know An ID specialist looks in to the new COVID vaccines Novavax and Covaxin and how they may help with vaccine hesitancy.
  Medscape Blogs, June 06, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better Than Expected COVID vaccines are said to "wane" in efficacy but that refers to only one arm of the immune system.
  Medscape Blogs, May 27, 2022
• The History Behind the Current Monkeypox Outbreak There are now more than 100 cases of monkeypox in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
  Medscape Blogs, May 24, 2022