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Dear readers, The major infectious disease stories going on at the moment are about Avian influenza (H5N1), which is, unfortunately, leading to many deaths among…
Infectious Disease With Monica Gandhi, MD
Infectious DiseaseMonica Gandhi MD, MPH, is an Infectious Disease doctor, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She conducts research on mitigation strategies for COVID-19.
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CDC: COVID-19 Isolation Should Now Be Treated Similar to Influenza - 2 month(s) ago
Dear readers, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidance on isolation for COVID-19, acknowledging that it should now be treated more…
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Fallout From Politically-Charged COVID-19 Policies Continue to Hurt Black and Brown Communities - 3 month(s) ago
Dear readers, This week brings more reckoning with COVID-19 policies that seemed to be based on politics rather than science. The fallout from prolonged school…
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Respiratory Pathogen Season is Here: How to Mitigate the Spread - 4 month(s) ago
Dear readers, We are well into the ever-annual respiratory pathogen season (viruses thrive in cold, dry, and non-humid conditions). This year, unlike so many others,…
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Dear readers, A lot is happening this month in the world of Infectious Diseases. With the war in the Middle East, displaced and crowded communities…
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New in ID: Syphilis, TB, Valley Fever, HIV, and PEPFAR - 6 month(s) ago
Dear readers, This week, the World Health Organization and other international organizations continued to support booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for older individuals (>65),…
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October 30 - 6 month(s) ago
Dear readers, This week led to continued recommendations by the WHO and other international organizations for booster doses for COVID-19 to be given to older…
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Dear readers, COVID has now reached a state of “endemicity” with the WHO declaring the end of the pandemic stage in May 2023. this does…
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Dear readers, COVID has now reached a state of “endemicity” with the WHO declaring the end of the pandemic stage in May 2023. this does…