Disease

The number of children hospitalized with COVID is rising, along with the rest of the population. In New York, the increased admission rate for children under five has increased by 66% - in context, from 2.5 individuals/100,000 to 4/100,000.

25% of Medicare beneficiaries reported “difficulty affording medications” in 2019 16.8% of adults do not take their medications as prescribed or at all

For physicians, having the same patients over time is a beautiful experience – I was blessed as a surgeon to have that opportunity. Similarly, having the same physician who knows you and your ways makes for better care for patients.

Before COVID and when everyone was an infectious disease and vaccine expert, I thought of vaccination as fully protective against a particular disease.

   

      What’s Going On? How Bad Is It?

It cannot be the least bit surprising that there is another Covid variant in the news.

It was a little hard to unwrap a gift from my wife without taking it personally. After all, it was a book called "The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases." Am I really this neurotic?

Let’s begin with the limitations. It is a small study, still in preprint (not peer-reviewed) and looking at patients that are acutely symptomatic but not requiring hospitalization.

I came to the U.S. as a tourist without permission to work or study; there was nothing much for me to do besides worrying about the situation. For my parents, with all of their children abroad, it was more challenging.