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New York Times logoOp-Ed

Coronavirus Variants Don’t Have to Be Scary. Still, Mask Up.

Viruses mutate constantly, though not always in dangerous ways. But we need to keep vaccinating and stay vigilant. News about emerging coronavirus variants can sound…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolApril 14, 2021
Op-Ed

Eric Topol on the Pandemic Year: The Hyper-Acceleration of the Life Sciences

Developing a Covid vaccine in record time shows how medical research can rev up to fight other diseases. In less than a year, we went…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMarch 19, 2021
Scientific AmericanOp-Ed

To Beat COVID, We May Need a Good Shot in the Nose

Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms. The development of highly effective COVID vaccines in less than…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMarch 1, 2021
Op-Ed

These Coronavirus Trials Don’t Answer the One Question We Need to Know

If you were to approve a coronavirus vaccine, would you approve one that you only knew protected people only from the most mild form of…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolSeptember 22, 2020
Topol Hahn MedscapeOp-Ed

Dear Commissioner Hahn: Tell the Truth or Resign

An Open Letter to Stephen Hahn, MD, From Eric Topol, MD Dear Dr. Hahn, I'm writing because I'm gravely concerned about your leadership of the…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolAugust 31, 2020
Op-Ed

We were warned what to expect in the pandemic, shows health-care league table

Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? Ezekiel J. Emanuel PublicAffairs (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic is an acid test of the world’s health systems. The United…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJune 16, 2020
Op-Ed

Lots of us are infected by the coronavirus — and don’t know it. Here’s what that means.

On Monday, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization technical lead on covid-19, stunned public health officials worldwide when she said during a briefing in…
Eric Topol
Eric TopolJune 11, 2020
WashPo DETECT articleOp-Ed

How digital data collection can help track covid-19 cases in real time

The Washington Post
Eric Topol
Eric TopolApril 10, 2020
The Economist telemedicine articleOp-Ed

Telemedicine is essential amid the covid-19 crisis and after it

The Economist
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMarch 31, 2020
Medscape covid-19 articleOp-Ed

US Betrays Healthcare Workers in Coronavirus Disaster

Medscape
Eric Topol
Eric TopolMarch 30, 2020
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