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Workout at the Hotel!
We’re camping out in a hotel while our new house is being built. We tried out the exercise equipment. It has been tough to exercise what with all the chores of showing and selling the house, moving all our stuff into storage, and now adjusting to living in a hotel (which will be for a…
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CDC ACIP Recommendations for Covid 19 Vaccine for 2024
The CDC ACIP recommended implementation of the 2024 Covid-19 vaccine and the timeline is in the implementation slide set. CDC plans to use CDC Everything messages. Insurance plans, including Medicare, will cover the cost.
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CDC Advisory Committee Makes New Recommendations for RSV Vaccine
I looked at one slide set for the Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) vaccine. I didn’t watch the meeting. The ACIP Adult RSV Work Group Clinical Considerations powerpoint presentation recommend transitioning away from the shared clinical decision-making (SCDM) component for getting the RSV vaccine. Slide 4 seems clear: “All adults aged 75 years and older should…
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Reminder: CDC ACIP Meeting June 26-28 on Vaccines Including Covid-19 and RSV
Just a reminder about the upcoming CDC ACIP meeting on vaccines, including RSV and Covid-19.
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Great Rounding@Iowa Podcast on Preventing & Managing Heat-Related Illness
The Rounding@Iowa podcast has many fascinating and helpful episodes, not the least of which is this one on heat-related illness. The days are getting hotter and we need to pay close attention to what happens in our bodies when exposed to excessive heat.
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June CDC ACIP Meeting on Covid and Other Vaccines
There’s an upcoming meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) June 26-28, 2024. They’ll discuss the new Covid-19 vaccine and several other vaccines including RSV.
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About That Artificial Intelligence…
I’ve got a couple of things to get off my chest about Artificial Intelligence (AI). By now, everyone knows about AI telling people to put hot glue on pizza and whatnot. Sena and I talked to a guy at an electronics store who had nothing but good things to say about AI. I mentioned the…
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FDA VRBPAC Meeting: Vaccine Targeting Lineage JN.1 for Fall 2024
I didn’t get a chance to watch the June 5th FDA advisory committee meeting on the new vaccine formulation for Covid-19 for this fall. There is a nice summary on the Minnesota CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy). The committee unanimously upvoted the selection of the JN.1 lineage strain (which includes JN.1, KP.2…
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In Memory of L. Jay Stein
I was thinking of one of the Johnson County judicial mental health referees I often worked with years ago. L. Jay Stein died in 2014. I looked up his obituary the other day and was a little surprised to find I had written a remembrance for him. I’d forgotten it. “I will always remember my…
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Mindfulness Video
Great mindfulness video below. Millions of views.
