Miguel Perales M.D.
Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service @sloan_kettering Current @BeTheMatch & former @ASTCT Board Member @ALLIANCE_org Transplant Comm Chair #StayAtHome
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COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among Health Care ...
This report describes an analysis of COVID-19 hospitalization data from 13 sites, which indicated that 6% of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 were health care personnel.
Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other “Low-tech” Interventions
In this Viewpoint, Anthony Fauci and colleagues at NIAID emphasize the continued importance of low-tech public health practices, such as wearing masks, limiting large gatherings, hand washing, and physical distancing, to help control the COVID-19...
Coronavirus Update With Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital returns to JAMA's COVID-19 Q&A to provide an update on developments in the pandemic. She is a signatory of the recent John Snow Memorandum emphasizing the...
Nurses Are at High Risk for Covid Among Health Workers, C.D.C. Says
A new study looked at the high numbers of health care workers hospitalized during the early months of the pandemic.
Eli Lilly antibody drug fails in a COVID-19 study; other studies go on
U.S. government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19 because it doesn’t...
Miguel Perales M.D.
Eli Lilly antibody drug fails in a #COVID19 study - need to continue to #WearAMask #SocialDistancing
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Cancer therapy shapes the fitness landscape of clonal hematopoiesis
Environmental exposures shape patterns of selection for mutations in clonal hematopoiesis. Cancer therapies promote the growth of clones with mutations that are strongly enriched in treatment-related myeloid neoplasms.
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives
The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.
Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatments
In the past month, US President Donald Trump and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie were diagnosed with covid-19 and spent time in the hospital, just like tens of thousands of other Americans nearly every day since the pandemic began. But...
US health insurers doubled profits in second quarter amid pandemic
US’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, reported $6.7bn in profits compared with $3.4bn for the same quarter last year
Trump aide admits 'we're not going to control pandemic' as Pence staff test positive
Senior aide Marc Short has virus but Pence will still campaign as US comes close to new daily record for coronavirus cases
Miguel Perales M.D.
We should expect more from our elected officials! Trump aide admits 'we're not going to control pandemic' as Pence staff test positive #COVID19 #LeadershipMatters #Vote #WearAMask
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Time to Reassess Tocilizumab’s Role in COVID-19 Pneumonia
In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, 3 important articles1-3 explore the use of tocilizumab in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Tocilizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds human interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptors. It is...
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Miguel Perales M.D.
Time to Reassess Tocilizumab’s Role in #COVID19 Pneumonia @JAMA_current jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… pic.twitter.com/6cCLw5x1yY
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U.S. reports more than 71,600 new Covid cases as new infections near record highs and hospitalizations rise
Since Oct. 1, Covid testing has increased by nearly 11%, compared with a 46% jump in the average daily rate of new infections.
Miguel Perales M.D.
Hospitalizations don’t rise because of testing but because people are sick. U.S. reports more than 71,600 new cases as hospitalizations rise #COVID19 #LeadershipMatters
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It Was the Worst Day of the Pandemic. The Nation Is Almost There Again.
The United States reported more new cases of the coronavirus on July 16 than on any other day of the last seven months. The country is now nearing that record.
Miguel Perales M.D.
U.S. Sets Coronavirus Case Record Amid New Surge #COVID19 #NotTurningTheCorner #LeadershipMatters
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N.Y. Covid Hospitalizations Top 1,000 for First Time Since June
New York hospitalizations for Covid-19 topped 1,000 for the first time since June, as the state battles clusters of rising cases.
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?
The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.”
Miguel Perales M.D.
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now? #COVID19
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