COVID-19 3 | Eric Topol

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 TopolJuly 12, 2022

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

Long COVID: A Very Big Umbrella

Abraham Verghese talks with Stanford's Dr Linda Geng, who is studying the puzzling and poorly understood postviral phenomenon known as long COVID. Listen to the…

Eric TopolJune 23, 2022

Academic Publication

Smartphone apps in the COVID-19 pandemic

Jay A Pandit et al. - Abstract At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, analog tools such as nasopharyngeal swabs for PCR tests were center…

Eric TopolJune 22, 2022

Homepage Op-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 TopolMay 16, 2022

Homepage Op-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 TopolMay 4, 2022

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

Animal Reservoirs, Immunocompromised Hosts: COVID Dangers Ahead

Stanford's Benjamin Pinsky on the potential for even more transmissible and pathogenic versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to arise. Listen to the podcast via Apple…

Eric TopolApril 21, 2022

Academic Publication

Inter-individual variation in objective measure of reactogenicity following COVID-19 vaccination via smartwatches and fitness bands

Giorgio Quer et al. - Abstract The ability to identify who does or does not experience the intended immune response following vaccination could be of…

Eric TopolApril 19, 2022

Academic Publication

6 month serologic response to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers

Jason Cham et al. - Abstract Healthcare workers (HCWs) were among the first group of people vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162b2). Characterization of…

Eric TopolApril 18, 2022

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

Eric Topol: ‘I Still Have My Guard Up’

Why we should be shifting into high gear on treatments for long COVID and a pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or…

Eric TopolApril 8, 2022

Homepage Op-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 TopolMarch 16, 2022

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