The BMJ interview: Fixing America ’s covid response in the Biden era
US president elect Joe Biden wasted no time in appointing a special advisory board of experts to guide America out of its coronavirus crisis. One of those experts is Celine Gounder, an infectious diseases epidemiologist who has worked on Ebola, tuberculosis, and HIV in Africa and South America. She’s a clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University’s School of Medicine, as well as an active writer and podcast host, including of Epidemic In this podcast she talks to Joanne Silberner about the ways in which the taskforce is helping prepare for action immediately after the inaug...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Should we cancel Christmas?
As London and some neighbouring counties move up to tier 3, and Germany, Italy and The Netherlands impose tighter restrictions over over the coming days of Christmas, in this podcast we ask - should Christmas gatherings be cancelled? In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire. They're joined by Mike Tildesley, reader in mathematics at Warwick School of Life Sciences, who models infectious disease spread. They discuss why the key to controlling is pruning network connections - but why that c...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Corona virus second wave - Should we cancel Christmas?
As London and some neighbouring counties move up to tier 3, and Germany, Italy and The Netherlands impose tighter restrictions over over the coming days of Christmas, in this podcast we ask - should Christmas gatherings be cancelled? In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire. They're joined by Mike Tildesley, reader in mathematics at Warwick School of Life Sciences, who models infectious disease spread. They discuss why the key to controlling is pruning network connections - but why that c...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Should we cancel Christmas?
As London and some neighbouring counties move up to tier 3, and Germany, Italy and The Netherlands impose tighter restrictions over over the coming days of Christmas, in this podcast we ask - should Christmas gatherings be cancelled? In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire. They're joined by Mike Tildesley, reader in mathematics at Warwick School of Life Sciences, who models infectious disease spread. They discuss why the key to controlling is pruning network connections - but why that c...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Should we cancel Christmas?
As London and some neighbouring counties move up to tier 3, and Germany, Italy and The Netherlands impose tighter restrictions over over the coming days of Christmas, in this podcast we ask - should Christmas gatherings be cancelled? In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire. They're joined by Mike Tildesley, reader in mathematics at Warwick School of Life Sciences, who models infectious disease spread. They discuss why the key to controlling is pruning network connections - but why that co...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

COVID-19 Update —Critical Care and Pandemic Response
In the midst of rising COVID-19 case rates globally, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, return to JAMA's Q&A series to update viewers on developments in the pandemic and the critical care management of COVID-19 patients. Dr Angus is Chief Health Care Innovation Officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, professor and chair of Critical Care Medicine, and a senior JAMA editor. Dr Walensky is Chief of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School. Recorded November 19, 2020. Related Article(s): Optimizing the Trade-off Between Learning and...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - viral transmission and a vaccine announcement
Covid-19 continues its grip on the Northern Hemisphere alongside news of a vaccine trial showing real success at first glance. In this second wave update, we explore the latest issues with healthcare professionals from primary care, secondary care, and public health, and discuss what is happening in their field, and put their questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Alison Pittard, a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in Leeds, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - viral transmission and a vaccine announcement
Covid-19 continues its grip on the Northern Hemisphere alongside news of a vaccine trial showing real success at first glance. In this second wave update, we explore the latest issues with healthcare professionals from primary care, secondary care, and public health, and discuss what is happening in their field, and put their questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Alison Pittard, a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in Leeds, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton....
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Making the lockdown work
As the second spike in covid-19 cases grows, we want to take stock of what's happening in the NHS. In these second wave updates, clinicians from primary care, secondary care, and public health, discuss what is happening in their field, and put questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ talks to Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine in Cardiff and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton. They are joined by Andrew Hayward, pro fessor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Corona virus second wave - Making the lockdown work
As the second spike in covid-19 cases grows, we want to take stock of what's happening in the NHS. In these second wave updates, clinicians from primary care, secondary care, and public health, discuss what is happening in their field, and put questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ talks to Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine in Cardiff and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton. They are joined by Andrew Hayward, pro fessor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Making the lockdown work
As the second spike in covid-19 cases grows, we want to take stock of what's happening in the NHS. In these second wave updates, clinicians from primary care, secondary care, and public health, discuss what is happening in their field, and put questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ talks to Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine in Cardiff and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton. They are joined by Andrew Hayward, pro fessor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus second wave - Making the lockdown work
As the second spike in covid-19 cases grows, we want to take stock of what's happening in the NHS. In these second wave updates, clinicians from primary care, secondary care, and public health, discuss what is happening in their field, and put questions to experts. In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ talks to Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine in Cardiff and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton. They are joined by Andrew Hayward, professor of infectious disease epidemiology and inclusion health re...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 673: Wake up and smell the pandemic
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, we debunk the Great Barrington Declaration, and discuss smell and taste changes as early indicators of the pandemic, vascular disease and thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infected humans and rhesus macaques, and the ability of the swine pathogen SADS-CoV to infect human respiratory tract cells. Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Daniel’s COVID-19 testing strategy calculator (and medRxiv preprint) US COVID-19 mortality rates (JAMA) Final remdesivir report (NEJM) Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 (NEJM) Te...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 18, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus Update With Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Coronavirus Q&A series to discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at University of Minnesota and a veteran of pandemic planning. Recorded September 23, 2020. Related Article(s): Fairly Prioritizing Groups for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - September 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts