Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine Features

• 'Historic Botched Job': CDC's, Others' Failed COVID Communication   Randy Olson on what science can learn from Hollywood about communicating with the masses.
  Medscape, February 25, 2022
• A Breakdown on Preprints With Eric Topol, MD   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, speaks with Eric Topol, MD, executive vice president, Scripps Research and editor-in-chief, Medscape, about the role of preprints and how the pandemic has accelerated the dissemination of information.
  WebMD, February 16, 2022
• The Truth About Lockdowns: Refuting the ‘No Benefit’ Study   F. Perry Wilson highlights the problems with this media-hyped study about COVID lockdowns and mortality, starting with how "lockdown" was defined.
  Medscape, February 14, 2022
• Why Politicians Should Stay Out of Public Health Policy When politics invades public health policy, the fallout can be deadly -- not only for citizens, but also for health officials.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 28, 2022
• COVID Is a Disaster. It Could Have Been Worse.   F. Perry Wilson muses on how the COVID pandemic might have been even worse. What if kids had been more vulnerable than adults? What if the vaccines hadn't worked?
  Medscape, January 25, 2022
• Dr Topol on the Second Anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, speaks with Eric Topol, MD, Executive Vice President, Scripps Research and Editor-in-Chief, Medscape, about the status of our fight against COVID-19 as we hit the 2-year mark of the pandemic.
  WebMD, January 20, 2022
• Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Among Kids and Teens   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Adelaide Robb, MD, Division Chief, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Hospital, about addressing the growing mental health crisis among children and adolescents.
  WebMD, January 19, 2022
• COVID-19 and Coping With Superimposed Traumas Psychologist Cassondra Feldman looks at the effects of pandemic-related trauma in concert with other traumatic experiences.
  Medscape Psychiatry, December 21, 2021
• The Pandemic Isn't Over Until We Stop Isolating People for COVID   F. Perry Wilson addresses the controversial idea that the end of the pandemic is the end of isolation.
  Medscape, December 20, 2021
• Studying Abroad During COVID-19: 5 Things to Know CDC is providing five important reminders for healthcare providers to share with their patients, be they students or faculty, who plan to study abroad while the pandemic continues.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 09, 2021
• Omicron: What the Data Really Show   Dr F Perry Wilson summarizes the hard facts about the latest SARS CoV-2 variant, Omicron— transmissibility, pathogenicity, and immune escape potential.
  Medscape, November 29, 2021
• FDA Chief's Take on Child Vaccines, Boosters, and Antivirals   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Janet Woodcock, MD, Acting Commissioner, FDA, about the latest news on vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, who should get a booster shot, and antiviral pills.
  WebMD, November 11, 2021
• Preventing the Next EM Crisis Dr Gillian Schmitz speaks about her devotion to empower emergency physicians and how ACEP plans to address staffing and resource shortages at various hospitals and healthcare systems.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, November 08, 2021
• A New Book Asks, Are We Prepared for the Next Contagion? Psychiatrist Lloyd Seder reviews the latest from author Dr Sandro Galea, who doesn't hide from the tough questions our healthcare systems faces in the years ahead.
  Medscape Psychiatry, November 05, 2021
• IAMI: Influenza Vaccine Improved Outcomes, Reduced Risk of Death in High-Risk Patients After Acute MI or PCI Results of a multicenter trial support improved outcomes with influenza vaccination following myocardial infarction and in cases of high-risk cardiovascular disease.
  ACC.org, October 27, 2021
• Four People With Cough and Dyspnea After Attending a Baseball Game Four patients present to an emergency department with cough, dyspnea, fever, and other symptoms on the same afternoon. What's your diagnosis?
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 07, 2021
• Wellcome Trust's Jeremy Farrar: 'Seeing the End of the Pandemic Is Premature'   Jeremy Farrar explains why we must expect new variants, and why he’d like to give away his booster shot.
  Medscape, September 22, 2021
• Pandemic Middle Management: Balancing Patient and Staff Needs Managing from the middle has become more difficult during a pandemic as we balance caring for patients while also caring for our healthcare employees.
  Medscape Blogs, September 17, 2021
• The 9/11 Firefighters and Cancer Incidence: 'We Owe Them'   Whether or not the 9/11 firefighters are at increased risk for cancer, we owe them close and careful attention to their health, says Dr F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, September 15, 2021
• 'Good News So Far' for Outcomes in Kids With COVID and MIS-C   Finally, there are longer-term data on kids with COVID and multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, or MIS-C -- but it's not the full picture yet.
  Medscape, September 01, 2021