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The CDC Director Dr. Rachelle Walensky announced this week that the delta variant makes up more than 82% of the new cases that are sequenced. This has ...

There is a lot to talk about this week (code for grab a large glass of wine and sit down). I will get into the details of the increasing cases we’re ...

COVID cases are trending up across the country by 11% since last week. In total, we’ve had almost 34 million cases and about 606K deaths in the US ...

July 1st holds a special place in the hearts of doctors. It’s the start of the academic year which means it’s historically the first day of internship ...

I get my week-to-week positivity data on Thursday mornings. It’s the day we have been using since the very first report. My eyes popped open when I ...

At some point in the year or so prior to the pandemic, I took care of a patient who had collapsed at a bus stop. There was a police officer nearby who ...

My son received his second dose of the vaccine (see picture). After I wrote about the risk of myocarditis last week, I heard from several friends ...

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The Houston Methodist Hospital System mandated Covid vaccinations for all of their hospital staff. Although they have achieved an extraordinarily high ...

I actually took care of a patient who required admission for COVID this week. It’s the first one I have had in a few weeks. Although we still have ...