Influenza Perspective

• The Likely Future of COVID-19? More Than Polio, Less Than Flu   Is the end goal in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 eradication of the virus or to have numbers similar to that of flu? Neither, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, March 03, 2021
• The 'Awful but Necessary Distance' of COVID-19   COVID-19 is causing significant fissures on the home front and revealing systemic economic inequalities among healthcare workers.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 03, 2021
• What the NBA's Collaboration With Yale Reveals About COVID   The NBA was looking for help with COVID-19 surveillance. They found it in Nathan Grubaugh's team at Yale. Grubaugh talks with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese about that collaboration and more.
  Medscape, February 23, 2021
• 7 Key Changes: 2021 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedules Dr Bill Basco highlights key changes to the 2021 schedules, plus other important pediatric vaccine news.
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 17, 2021
• The Lost Year – Even for Common Respiratory Viruses The seasons for non–SARS-CoV-2 viruses changed; I just didn't expect they would nearly disappear.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, February 17, 2021
• 9 Key Changes: The 2021 Adult Immunization Schedules   COVID has had an impact on best practices for adult vaccines. See what's new in the 2021 schedules from ACIP.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 12, 2021
• With COVID Vaccinations Comes a Potential Nightmare Scenario   On an individual level, reducing the severity of COVID disease is critical. But from a public health perspective, we also want to reduce transmission, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, February 10, 2021
• COVID-19 Modeling and the Path to Herd Immunity   Dr Eric Topol and data scientist Youyang Gu discuss COVID-19 modeling: 'Having more inputs is not always the best; it's which inputs you focus on.'
  Medscape, February 08, 2021
• How Do Gut Bacteria Affect COVID-19 Severity?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Siew C. Ng about the importance of healthy gut bacteria and how a microbiome imbalance can affect COVID-19 risk and outcomes
  WebMD, February 04, 2021
• Handicapping the COVID Vaccine Horse Race How does the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine compare with the 2 other vaccines currently approved in the United States?
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, February 01, 2021
• The First 30 Minutes: Anaphylaxis After COVID Vaccination   Most postvaccination symptoms are expected and not serious, although clinicians should be ready to manage the rare case of anaphylaxis.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 27, 2021
• What If a Colleague Refuses the COVID Vaccine?   Dr Alok Patel discusses the COVID-19 vaccine and considerations around making it mandatory for healthcare professionals.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, January 26, 2021
• 'We're Only Safe if We're All Safe': Global COVID Vaccination   Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, talks about vaccines, optimal vaccine distribution in the US and across the globe, and why he's optimistic about COVID and future outbreaks.
  Medscape, January 20, 2021
• Should COVID-19 Vaccinations Be Mandatory? Some Think So   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses situations where we may see COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 20, 2021
• We Will Need to Update COVID Vaccines, Expert Says   With SARS-CoV-2 now endemic, the community needs to be prepared for it to evolve and for other viruses to jump from animals to humans, Eddie Holmes tells Eric Topol.
  Medscape, January 05, 2021
• Reducing Risk Now, While Preparing for the Next Pandemic   Virologist Angela Rasmussen talks about her battle against misinformation in the media, the virus, vaccines, disinfecting surfaces, home testing, and the next pandemic.
  Medscape, December 30, 2020
• Fauci on Vaccines, Virus Mutations, and 2021   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Anthony Fauci about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the safety of the vaccines, and when life will start to return to normal.
  WebMD, December 23, 2020
• Comparing Hospital COVID Waves Across the US   Emergency medicine and critical care physicians from across the US compare the first wave of COVID-19 with the current wave.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, December 22, 2020
• Lie of the Year: The Downplay and Denial of the Coronavirus Lies infected America in 2020. The very worst were not just damaging, but deadly.
  Kaiser Health News, December 16, 2020
• Understanding Messenger RNA and Other SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines mRNA vaccines work differently. They do not contain antigens. Instead, they contain a blueprint for the antigen in the form of genetic material, mRNA.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 15, 2020