#Disease

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Everyone needs to read this 40-year saga of Dr Katalin Karikó, inventor of the mRNA therapy behind Pfizer/BioNTech & Moderna #COVID19 vaccines. Rejected many times, nevertheless she persisted. She will

David Benkeser

biosbenk

It’s been rightfully pointed out that OWS protocols have not been made public; suspicious given current political climate. Here’s a thread with reflections on designs for COVID vax trials that

Avraham Z. Cooper, MD

AvrahamCooperMD

1/16Ever wonder why Wilson disease causes Kayser-Fleischer rings to form in the cornea?Let’s explore the history, mechanism, and implications of the infamous ring.#medtwitter #tweetorial 2/First, a quick rundown on Kayser-Fleischer

Alex Usher

AlexUsherHESA

1/ Why K-6 schools should be open and universities/colleges should be closed: a short essay. @fordnation @Sflecce 2/ The virus spreads when people are indoors and in close proximity. The

Bloomberg Distinguished Professors

JHU_BDPs

Thread. It's #WorldCancerDay . Many #Bloomberg Distinguished Professors are involved in multidisciplinary research efforts here at @JohnsHopkins. Here are a few examples. Alex Szalay, a leader in big data,

Amy McGrath

AmyMcGrathKY

1/4 My mother was one of the first to get the polio vaccine. Dr. Salk tested it on her at the University of Pittsburgh since she had already been afflicted

David Ouyang, MD

David_Ouyang

We are excited to present EchoNet-Labs, our newest video-based deep learning model to predict biomarkers from echocardiogram videos. @jwestonhughes @james_y_zou @CedarsSinai @Stanford 1/nhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.03.21

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Tony Fauci says the US death toll is ‘going to be very disturbing’, even when you consider the 120k+ lives lost already. He’s right. I would optimistically estimate that the

Roscoe B Davis🎖⭐️⭐️⭐️

RoscoeBDavis1

Remember!This Feb 7th recording by Woodward where @realDonaldTrump said he'd favored downplaying COVID-19 to not start a panic. On Feb 7th 2020 in the US we had TWO (2) confirmed

Covid Fact Check UK

fact_covid

There’s no cure for coronavirus, but this is a good summary of the progress being made on treatments.Amongst all the gloom, the UK is doing tremendous work here: we’re running

Mark Suss

suss_mark

A few days ago a cleaner contracted Covid-19 in the hotel quarantine system (a thread).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-07/coronavirus-queensland-quarantine-hotel-worker-tests-positive/13034046 Queensland hotel quarantine protocols appea

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

COVID REPLAPSE—New study finds the #SARSCoV2 may remain in people’s brains after infection and trigger relapses in patients who thought they had recovered. This could explain why patients who appear

Dr. Urso

richardursomd

This covid crisis is focused on masks and distancing. We should be focused on prophylaxis with HCQ, (perhaps zinc and vitamin D) for front line workers and those at high

Amit V. Khera

amitvkhera

New publication in @JACCJournals:south asians suffer from high rates of coronary disease vs other raceswe validate a polygenic score that identifies 5% of South Asians with >3x risk@MGHHeartHealth @broadinstitute @MassGeneralNews

Oracle Jones

oracle746

Consider:When our Constitution was created in 1787, the 13 states were an agrarian society still depending on slavery to do the overwhelming amount of work necessay to survive.Machines had not

Peter Cowan

PeterCBC

There are now conversations about entry testing now that they're dealing with a new variant.So far the province has resisted entry testing, even as the federal government has embraced it

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