#NEJM

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

Netherlands opened schools in April. Split classes in half; distancing for ages above 12.By June: No distancing at school; no split classes for primary grades.The country’s 7-day average of death

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

There is a new ‘variant’ clearly identified today, P.1. And it is worth saying a little about what we have learned about it, and from the variants we have identified

(((Howard Forman)))

thehowie

My thoughts on 1-dose vs 2-dose approach. TL; DRWrong questions give you wrong answers. We assuredly should want 2 doses, the only issue is the timing of 2nd dose. And

Dr. Nancy Olivieri

DrNancyOlivieri

Again many thanks to @ChmlBillKelly & @jordanarmenise for inviting me to speak about #ConflictsOfInterest in medicine and research this morning on @AM900CHML. Here a short thread inspired by today’s show

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

Here are 3 #COVID19 questions we're trying to answer:1. Why do monoclonal antibodies fail hospitalized patients? Cocktails made by Eli Lilly & Regeneron may be useful for high-risk outpatients, but

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

How well do various vaccines reduce severe COVID disease & death? Awesome @YaleMed students, @dariusdariusdar, @ChaneyKalinich, @Larson_HaleighT & Caroline Valdez put together summary tables from vaccine trials. Remarkable ability o

Michel Accad

michelaccad

Sorry, Dr. Jha, but you shouldn't confuse medical care with the scientific enterprise. Although the 2 are commonly conflated, they are really distinct. 1/https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1336088014855008256 The goal of science is t

Brent O'Carrigan

brentocarrigan

Short thread on evidence for steroids in #ARDS or lung crit care before #RECOVERYtrial: some discussion on #MedTwitter that "steroids make everything better" or "we already know steroids help" that

Kaspar Rufibach

numbersman77

1/n I was asked to give an industry statistician's view on A) below. Disclaimer: I do not know about the exact regulations (which might also be region-specific). What I offer

Pierre Azoulay

pierre_azoulay

@mattyglesias hits it out of the park this morning with a post of the US' COVID response. I second every word but as a wonky academic I want to add

Samira Farouk, MD, MS, FASN

ssfarouk

1/ Another #immunosuppression #tweetorial...spotlight today on #belatacept today How do you say it? @Babybel @MedTweetorials 2/ Belatacept is the FUSION protein that has been the @NKOTB in #kidneytransplant - having

VoidSurf

VoidSurf1

The science:1. A Danish RCT with 6000 participants, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in November 2020, found no statistically significant effect of high-quality medical face masks against SARS-CoV-2

Angelos Kolias

ag_kolias

A thread on the recently published #Dex-CSDH trial – aiming to cover many of the common questions that have been asked in the past few days.https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2020473 Chronic subdural haematoma (#CSDH)

William Feldman

wbfeldman

Prescription drug prices in the US are opaque. We lack basic information about how much a given drug actually costs.In a new paper @NEJM w/@bnrome #JerryAvorn @akesselheim, we argue that

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ This is a truly excellent and important outcome. Greater than 90% efficacy at preventing disease, with 94 COVID-19 cases to evaluate, is an excellent outcome! It would be good

New York Society of Addiction Medicine

NYSAM_connect

Dr. Frances Levin in the house talking about #stimulants !!! @ColumbiaPsych @Columbia 2/ Psychosocial treatments for stimulants, start with #contingency management and add CBT for durability of treatment outcomes 3/

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