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Doctors, Get Ready for Your AI Assistants

In 2023, radiologists in hospitals around the world will increasingly use medical images—which include x-rays and CT, MRI, and PET scans—that have been first read and…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJanuary 28, 2023
Op-Ed

The coronavirus is speaking. It’s saying it’s not done with us.

There’s no sugar-coating it: The world has let its guard down on covid-19. And the virus’s latest dominant form, XBB.1.5, makes clear that we’re doing…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJanuary 8, 2023
Los Angeles TimesHomepageOp-Ed

No, Mr. President, the pandemic isn’t over

On “60 Minutes” on Sunday, President Biden declared “the pandemic is over.” Well into our third year of battling COVID-19, we all wish that were…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolSeptember 19, 2022
Los Angeles TimesOp-Ed

We’re starting to understand long COVID. Next we can fight it

We’ve been chasing the coronavirus since the pandemic began with vaccines and drugs, never getting ahead of it. In fact, well into its third year,…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolAugust 21, 2022
HomepageOp-Ed

‘Living with Covid’ should be countered by containing the virus once and for all

Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for the Covid pandemic, heralding “a new strategy pivots from wide approach to a…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolAugust 15, 2022
Science ImmunologyHomepageOp-Ed

Operation Nasal Vaccine—Lightning speed to counter COVID-19

Just 10 months after the initial genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, two mRNA vaccines were demonstrated to provide…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJuly 21, 2022
Los Angeles TimesHomepageOp-Ed

New COVID variants like BA.5 are dominating us — we can do more to prevent this

It takes a lot for a COVID-19 variant to become dominant throughout most of the world. It has happened only three previous times (Alpha, Delta,…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJuly 12, 2022
HomepageOp-Ed

We need a definitive exit from our Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s the roadmap

As the virus accelerates its evolution, the humans capitulate. For two and a half years, Covid-19 has been outrunning our response, getting more and more…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMay 16, 2022
Los Angeles TimesHomepageOp-Ed

COVID vaccines need to be evolving much faster

The virus that brought us COVID-19 is now going through accelerated evolution. Our vaccines must do the same. The Omicron wave was by far the…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMay 4, 2022
HomepageOp-Ed

Once again, America is in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave

When it comes to Covid, the United States specializes in denialism. Deny the human-to-human transmission of the virus when China’s first cases were publicized in…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMarch 16, 2022
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