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With COVID numbers declining, you may be wondering what’s going on in the ER and the hospital. First off, for the middle of flu season, we are not ...

This was a really good week when we look at our ER test data. We have had a significant drop in our percent positive rate for both our symptomatic ...

I’m starting to see some patients who have been vaccinated. I think it’s great that people are getting vaccinated though I know the roll out is super ...

There is a colossal supply and demand mismatch when it comes to the vaccine. My understanding as of earlier this week was that Virginia had over ...

This was my fourth inauguration as a department chair. For each one, we’ve prepared for chaos and turmoil. The IEDs and the weapons that were found ...

After an up and down week, we closed out the week with another slight decrease in the amount of patients we currently have hospitalized with COVID. ...

I worked clinically in the ER the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Those days were interesting because of the planned demonstrations in ...

Friday night update from the ER in Arlington, VA—Happy New Year. I am certainly happy to welcome in 2021. This week marks the 1-year anniversary ...

In the public confusion surrounding COVID-19, Dr. Mike Silverman, Chair of VHC's Department of Emergency Medicine, began offering a frontline ...

The vaccine has arrived. UPS and FedEx reported their first deliveries anywhere between 6-730am last Monday. I got a picture of our 1950 vaccine doses ...