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CDC Update Today on Covid-19 Variant BA.2.86
Today’s update by the CDC on the Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 is at this link. Highlights: “CDC’s current assessment is that the updated COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in mid-September, will likely be effective at reducing severe disease and hospitalization. Immune responses generated from prior infection also help protect against severe outcomes of COVID-19. There…
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X-Files Notes: Alex Krycek Is Not from Tunguska
Sena and I used to watch the X-Files back in the 1990s, but I must have missed quite a few of them. My memory is at best spotty for a lot of episodes, probably because I was on call a lot as a resident and as a psychiatry faculty member at the hospital. The other…
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CDC ACIP to Discuss Covid-19 Vaccines on September 12, 2023
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has a scheduled meeting on September 12, 2023 to discuss Covid-19 vaccines. The information about it is a bit difficult to find. It’s announced as a notice on the Federal Register. On the agenda: Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussion of COVID–19 vaccines. Recommendation…
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Easy Read Flu Shot Guidance from CDC
There is an easy to read guide about the seasonal influenza shot for 2023-24 at this link.
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Parody vs Satire on Old X-File Show
I see Dr. George Dawson blogged about an interesting movie he saw. And Dr. H. Steven Moffic watched an interesting play the other day. I like science fiction. I watched an old X-File show the other night, “War of the Coprophages.” You can read a Wikipedia article for a nice summary of the plot and…
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Official CDC Update on New Covid-19 Variant BA.2.86
I’ve been looking for official CDC news about the new Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86 and it looks like it was just posted on their website yesterday. Highlights: “Last week, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 called BA.2.86 was detected in samples from people in Denmark and Israel. At least two cases have been identified in the United…
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Can You Fry an Egg on a Driveway on a Hot Day?
Sena tried to fry an egg on our driveway yesterday—and it did not go well. Let’s get the basic internet caveat out of the way. Somebody is always asking this question about whether or not you can fry an egg on a hot day. The usual answer is something like, “It’s possible but not probable”…
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Remembrance of Dr. William R. Yates MD
I was thinking about the Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) learning sessions which was introduced to me by one of my first teachers in the University of Iowa Dept of Psychiatry, Dr. William R. (Bill) Yates. I had originally been thinking of posting one of my own CPCPs that I presented in 2015. It…
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Moderna Files for FDA Authorization of Updated Covid-19 Vaccine
The Moderna corporation announced in June 2023 that it filed for FDA authorization of its monovalent XBB. 1.5 vaccine. Pfizer also announced the same message in August. It’s on page 4 of the Pfizer Earnings Call.
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Shout Out to University of Iowa Hospitals Doctor Joseph Zabner!
Here’s a big shout out and congratulations to my former University Hospitals colleague Dr. Joseph Zabner who received the 2023 Distinguished Mentor Award.
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