#Disease

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

What is an mRNA vaccine? One that instructs the human host cell to make isolated viral proteins (not the whole virus just a surface protein!) so the immune system learns

Nason Maani

spidermaani

The news about @PHE_uk being replaced by an infection-disease-focused body is at odds with some of the main lessons emerging from #COVID19 in the US. Some thoughts (thread) 1/10 Health

Patrick Depret-Guillaume

DepretPatrick

The neurodivergence paradigm started with autism, and later came to encompass common conditions like AD/HD and dyslexia, but it can’t and shouldn’t end there. I’ve been thinking about this issue

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is a great graphic from @LaffersNapkinconsider what this means if you do random testing among mildly or asymptomatic peoplethey are (or were) contagious for 10 days, max.they can test

#MEAction Network

MEActNet

Intensely in-depth article @moisesvm!"Many people - long-haulers, those with ME/CFS, scientists & doctors - worry about the long-term consequences of tens of millions of people infected with a virus that,

Nick Stripe

NickStripe_ONS

THREAD – “The death rate from COVID is only 0.1%” – Oh no it isn’tI won’t name and shame, but this fake stat also seems to have been sold to

Dr Vyom Sharma

drvyom

I call BS - Oh sure the watch measured heart rate variability, but also "information around reported symptoms associated with #COVID19, including fever, aches, dry cough... loss of taste and

Vincent Rajkumar

VincentRK

India must be being protected by cross reactive immunity from prior corona viral infections. Let us examine the data:1)>2.7 million diagnosed with COVID. 2) Seroprevalence in hotspots: Mumbai slums 57%Pune

Matt G

MattG5289

A thread on Semler Scientific $SMLR.Peripheral Artery Disease is when plaque builds up in the extremities and can eventually cause ischemia (think heart attack to the legs).1/5 people over 60

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

The last few weeks it has been clear the U.K. is sliding into a pandemic resurgence, and is very poorly placed to deal with it 1/nhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/11/its-world-leadingly-bad-is-what-it-is-the-week-covid-surged-a

Brian Goldstone

brian_goldstone

Thinking today about Melanie, a 57-year-old woman I met at a homeless encampment in Atlanta, while out with the Mercy Care street medicine team. Wearing slacks and a dark blazer,

Francis Deng, MD

francisdeng

Do the benefits outweigh the risks in using MRI gadolinium-based contrast media (GBCM) in patients with kidney disease?MAJOR new consensus statement from @RadiologyACR and @NKF published in @Radiology_RSNA at https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.

Partners In Health

PIH

Contact tracing is an essential pillar of infectious disease control. This is especially true for COVID-19. Follow the thread below to learn how care resource coordinators are also key to

Thomas Christie Williams

Williams_T_C

there has been recent media interest in Scotland in MIS-C, a rare but severe complication of coronavirus disease in childrenbut how common has COVID-19 been in this age group? a

Gilbert Jackson

youth_unheard

Just shouting "lockdowns work" is meaningless. How do they "work"? It's obvious, if no one ever meets with anyone else, they can't transmit the virus. But what about the many

Tom Tugendhat

TomTugendhat

Our people need strategic depth. Whether in defence or health we need to push our borders as far from our nation as possible. For defence it's clear how we achieve

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