TWiV 978: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses co-detections of other respiratory viruses among children hospitalized with COVID-19, preprint review should form part of PhD programs and postdoc training, early and increased Influenza activity among children, COVID-19 vaccines versus pediatric hospitalization, SARS-CoV-2 variant-related abnormalities detected by prenatal MRI, protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the Omicron variant and severe disease, protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe dis...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 28, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence - evidence in Roe vs Wade, MI treatment variation, and tribal methodologies
Helen Macdonald, The BMJ's research integrity editor is back with another episode, and this week is joined by Joe Ross, professor of medicine and public health at Yale, and US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJ EBM, and Professor at the Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires In this episode they discuss; The US supreme court looks set to overturn Roe v Wade, creating a patchwork of abortion provision across the U.S. We consider the role which evidence might play in documenting how health is affected by that decision, and whether medical evidence is being used at all i...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 23, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence - evidence in Roe vs Wade, MI treatment variation, and tribal methodologies
Helen Macdonald, The BMJ's research integrity editor is back with another episode, and this week is joined by Joe Ross, professor of medicine and public health at Yale, and US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJ EBM, and Professor at the Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires In this episode they discuss; The US supreme court looks set to overturn Roe v Wade, creating a patchwork of abortion provision across the U.S. We consider the role which evidence might play in documenting how health is affected by that decision, and whether medical evidence is being used at all in...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 23, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 886: COVID-19 clinical update #109 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #109, Daniel Griffin discusses cardiac complications after infection or vaccination, long COVID in children, fourth vaccine dose in Israel, no need for fourth vaccine does in EU, dexamethasone dosing, immunomodulation therapy, MIS outcomes in children, US long COVID effort launched, and herd immunity. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Cardiac complications after infection or vaccination (MMWR) Long COVID in children (Future Med) Fourth vaccine dose in Israel (NEJM) No need for fourth vaccine dose (Eur Med Agency)...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 9, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Dexamethasone Dose in Adults With Severe COVID-19, Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Cardiovascular Events, Medicare Outcomes From the Oncology Care Model, and more
Editor's Summary by Mary McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the November 9, 2021 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - November 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 727: COVID-19 clinical update #52 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #52, Daniel Griffin reviews differences in attack rates between children and adults, J&J vaccine phase III data, G6PD deficiency and vaccines, NIH halts convalescent plasma trial, dexamethasone in hospitalized patients, data on tocilizumab, and long COVID in children. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode SARS-CoV-2 attack rates in children and adults (Clin Inf Dis) Documents for J&J COVID-19 vaccine review (FDA) Convalescent plasma and clinical outcomes (JAMA) NIH halts convalesc...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 6, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Corticosteroids for COVID-19: New Evidence of Benefit
A conversation with Jonathan A. C. Sterne, MA, MSc, PhD, of the University of Bristol, Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, of Vanderbilt University, and Janet V. Diaz, MD, of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the latest research supporting the use of hydrocortisone and dexamethasone for treatment of COVID-19 ARDS. Recorded September 2, 2020. Related Article(s): Effect of Hydrocortisone on 21-Day Mortality or Respiratory Support Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - September 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 632: Countering a miasma of anti-think
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then we review SARS-CoV-2 infections in non-humans, vesicular stomatitis in Kansas horses, and answer listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker Guests: Daniel Griffin and Chuck Knirsch Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Dexamethasone for COVID-19 (medRxiv) Proning trial for COVID-19 (Lancet) Tocilizumab for COVID-19 cytokine storm (Chest) Global causes of death Vesicular stomatitis in horses (ProMedMail) Daily tests needed (At...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 28, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - dexamethosone, testing, rehabilitation after covid.
This week we're looking beyond the press release for dexamethasone, the long awaited review of antibody testing, and how well people are recovering after surviving acute covid-19. (2.36) The preprint for dexamethasone is finally out - considerably after the press release. Carl digs into it to find out how good the news actually is. (8.49) There are a couple of newly published systematic reviews on antibody testing, so we return to our testing guru Jon Deeks - professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham to give us an update. (23.52)Covid-19, it became apparent as the pandemic grew, was more than a respir...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - dexamethosone, testing, rehabilitation after covid.
This week we're looking beyond the press release for dexamethasone, the long awaited review of antibody testing, and how well people are recovering after surviving acute covid-19. (2.36) The preprint for dexamethasone is finally out - considerably after the press release. Carl digs into it to find out how good the news actually is. (8.49) There are a couple of newly published systematic reviews on antibody testing, so we return to our testing guru Jon Deeks - professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham to give us an update. (23.52)Covid-19, it became apparent as the pandemic grew, was more than a respira...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 629: Coronavirus update, pandemic sitrep
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, including analysis of the dexamethasone trial, and then we discuss two Ebolavirus outbreaks in DRC, clinical and virological aspects of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections, age-dependent effects on transmission, and answer listener email. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove Guests: Daniel Griffin and Chuck Knirsch Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Dexamethasone reduces COVID-19 deaths (U Oxford) Assessment of asymptomatic COVID-19 (Nature Med) Age-dependent effects on SA...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 21, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Coronapod: Dexamethasone, the cheap steroid that could cut coronavirus deaths
In this episode:00:37 Lessons from the Ebola outbreakWe get an update on the pandemic response in the African countries still reeling from the 2014 Ebola crisis. Resource strapped and under pressure – can the lessons learned from Ebola help keep the coronavirus under control?15:32 Dexamethasone, a breakthrough drug?A UK-based drugs trial suggests that a cheap steroid could cut deaths by a third among the sickest COVID patients. We discuss what this could mean for the pandemic.News: Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives20:06 One good thingOur hosts pick out things that have made th...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Coronapod: Dexamethasone, the cheap steroid that could cut coronavirus deaths
In this episode:00:37 Lessons from the Ebola outbreakWe get an update on the pandemic response in the African countries still reeling from the 2014 Ebola crisis. Resource strapped and under pressure – can the lessons learned from Ebola help keep the coronavirus under control?15:32 Dexamethasone, a breakthrough drug?A UK-based drugs trial suggests that a cheap steroid could cut deaths by a third among the sickest COVID patients. We discuss what this could mean for the pandemic.News: Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives20:06 One good thingOur hosts pick out things that have made th...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Trial Updates At ASCO: Approval Of Daratumumab In Combination With Revlimid Or Velcade & Dexamethasone
Robert Rifkin MD Of US Oncology Research Discusses Trial Updates At ASCO: Approval Of Daratumumab In Combination With Revlimid Or Velcade & Dexamethasone. Author: Annual-Meeting Added: 06/06/2019 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - June 6, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts