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I'm so grateful for the lifesaving work done by the RECOVERY platform trialists: because of them we know that dexamethasone and tocilizumab save lives in severe COVID (and so use

I’m absolutely convinced you can put a cast iron pan in the dishwasher and you’d literally never know the difference. It’s a total myth that it has some magical flavor-sheen

Regarding the recent report of MRI abnormalities in college football players: invoking the precautionary principle when things are unclear is often the best course. And we should do what we

This unfounded claim utterly scorches the reputation of the FDA at a critical time — what a complete embarrassment.https://twitter.com/us_fda/status/1297662384060981248 The 35% figure is apparently drawn, per @EricTopol and others, from

For years, we have had mixed data on whether steroids were beneficial or not in ARDS. Now, there is evidence — not yet in paper form — from a well respected

The coming healthcare cost crisis is not the one academics are used to focusing on — i.e. societal healthcare expenditures, which appear to be falling sharply. The cost crisis upon

Much talk about when to re-open businesses, not enough talk about how we should liberalize proscriptions against people seeing, even one-on-one, family members and dear friends. We need to acknowledge

Anyone else somewhat ... skeptical about this "severe COVID is not really ARDS" line that is emerging? My main concern is that we have a broad evidence base for ARDS,