TWiV 856: COVID-19 clinical update #98 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #98, Daniel Griffin reviews COVID-19 in South Africa, recognition of Omicron by ancestral T cells, booster effectiveness against disease, infection and vaccination in pregnant women, early Remdesivir to prevent progression to severe disease, management of hospitalized adults, Tocilizumab in hospitalized patients, vaccination and long COVID, and the true toll of the pandemic. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 853 (58 MB .mp3, 48 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode COVID-19 in South Africa (pdf) Ancestral T cells recogn...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 22, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: COVID death toll is likely millions more than official counts
As of January 2022, the WHO reports that 5.5 million people have lost their lives to the pandemic. However, many research groups suggests that this number is likely to be a significant underestimate, although it is hard to be certain as counting mortality across the world is an exceptionally difficult task. In this episode of Coronapod we ask why, and delve into the range of approaches scientists are taking to try to get to the bottom of the sticky problem - from excess death counts, to machine learning and even satellite imagery.News Feature: The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official cou...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: COVID death toll is likely millions more than official counts
As of January 2022, the WHO reports that 5.5 million people have lost their lives to the pandemic. However, many research groups suggests that this number is likely to be a significant underestimate, although it is hard to be certain as counting mortality across the world is an exceptionally difficult task. In this episode of Coronapod we ask why, and delve into the range of approaches scientists are taking to try to get to the bottom of the sticky problem - from excess death counts, to machine learning and even satellite imagery.News Feature: The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official cou...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Which treatments are best for symptoms in COVID-19 patients at the end of life?
Cochrane is producing a series of reviews to help in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these, our systematic review of interventions for palliative symptom control in people dying of COVID-19 was published in August 2021. In this podcast, Claire Iannizzi speaks with the lead author, Marike Andreas, both from the University Hospital Cologne in Germany, about the review ’s findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 21, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
P2Y12 Inhibitors in Non-Critically Ill Hospitalized COVID-19, US Ambulatory Care Patterns During the Pandemic, Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants in the US, and more
Editor's Summary by Anne Cappola, MD, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the January 18, 2022 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - January 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Public Health in an Era of Endemic COVID-19
Three members of President Biden’s former COVID-19 Advisory Board—Luciana Borio, MD, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, and Mike Osterholm, PhD—discuss their recent JAMA Viewpoints, providing their ideas on strategies for public health as COVID-19 transitions from pandemic to endemic. Hosted by JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD. Related Content: A National Strategy for the “New Normal” of Life With COVID A National Strategy for COVID-19—Testing, Surveillance, and Mitigation Strategies A National Strategy for COVID-19 Medical Countermeasures Former Biden-Harris Transition Advisors Propose a New National Strategy f...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
US Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine Trained as a paediatrician, before becoming firstly the state of Pennsylvania's Physician General, then its Health Secretary.
During president Joe Biden's administration, she was nominated to become the U.S.'s assistant secretary of health. That lead to her becoming a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and thus the first openly transgender four-star officer in the US.
In this podcas t, we discussed the pandemic - but also wider problems affecting Americans' health, notably climate change, inequality and the opioid crisis. We also discuss the health and care of LGBT+ peo...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
US Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine Trained as a paediatrician, before becoming firstly the state of Pennsylvania's Physician General, then its Health Secretary.
During president Joe Biden's administration, she was nominated to become the U.S.'s assistant secretary of health. That lead to her becoming a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and thus the first openly transgender four-star officer in the US.
In this podcast, we discussed the pandemic - but also wider problems affecting Americans' health, notably climate change, inequality and the opioid crisis. We also discuss the health and care of LGBT+ peopl...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Are corticosteroids (anti-inflammatory medicines) given orally or by injection an effective treatment for people with COVID-19?
Cochrane has produced several reviews to help decision makers respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2021, we published the first version of a living systematic review on systemic corticosteroids and, in this podcast, the first authors, Mirko Griesel of the University of Leipzig Medical Center and Carina Wagner of the University Hospital in Cologne, Germany, talk about the evidence they ’ve found and the potential effects of these drugs. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 12, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
COVID-19 CDC Update – Early January 2022
Former CDC Executive Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Amanda Cohn, MD, joins JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, for the latest on the need for vaccination and boosters, vaccine misinformation, and tackling the pandemic from a global perspective. Recorded January 6, 2022. Related Content: One Year of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Shot of Hope, a Dose of Reality COVID-19 Vaccines Have Been Available in the US for More Than a Year—What’s Been Learned and What’s Next? COVID-19 CDC Update – Early January 2022 (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Our podcast highlights of 2021
The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.In this episode:00:51 A brain interface to type out thoughtsIn May, we heard about a brain-computer interface that is able to read brain signals from people thinking about handwriting, and translate them into on-screen text. The team behind it hope this technology could be used to help people with paralysis to communicate quicker than before.Nature Podcast: 12 May 2021Research Article: Willett et al.08:28 The AI that argues backIn March, a paper was published detailing an AI that is capable of debating with humans. We found out how it wo...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 29, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update January 2022
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatmen...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - December 28, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: Omicron - your questions answered
Several weeks after the Omicron variant was first identified, it has quickly spread across the world. Early data are showing clear signals that the latest variant of concern is able to evade immunity and spread at a rate faster than any other variant to date. But many questions remain unanswered about the severity of infection, the protection afforded by natural and vaccine-derived immunity, and the impact Omicron could have on the global pandemic response. In this episode, we delve into the very latest studies to take stock of where we are so far and, in a Coronapod first, take on questions sent in by ...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: Omicron - your questions answered
Several weeks after the Omicron variant was first identified, it has quickly spread across the world. Early data are showing clear signals that the latest variant of concern is able to evade immunity and spread at a rate faster than any other variant to date. But many questions remain unanswered about the severity of infection, the protection afforded by natural and vaccine-derived immunity, and the impact Omicron could have on the global pandemic response. In this episode, we delve into the very latest studies to take stock of where we are so far and, in a Coronapod first, take on questions sent in by ...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Covid and conflict In South Asia
In this second podcast focussing on the covid response in South Asia, we ’re focussing on the intersection of conflict and covid in the region. The pandemic has highlighted the underlying weaknesses in many health systems - but could it also be used as a catalyst for change, and be a step towards easing tensions?
To discuss this, Kamran Abbasi, executive editor of Th e BMJ, is joined by Zulfiqar Bhutta, head of the Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, and Arun Mitra senior vice president of Indian Doctors for Peace& Development.
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Conflict, extremism, resilience and peace in So...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
