An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
February 28th, 2023
Really Rapid Review — CROI 2023, Seattle
In a recent chat I had on a local TV network on this year’s respiratory virus season, the host mentioned that “this year felt very post-pandemic”, prompting me reflexively to knock wood — and I’m not a superstitious person. But even we ID doctors must acknowledge the dramatic improvement in COVID severity this winter compared […]
February 14th, 2023
Interferon Lambda for COVID-19 — Looking Good, but Still Not Available
Way back in the spring of 2022, I was asked to give an update on outpatient treatment of COVID to a group of general internists. The talk featured this slide on the TOGETHER trial of peginterferon lambda: These data came from a press release from the company developing the drug. It’s dated March 17, 2022. […]
February 6th, 2023
New Ways with Language — Some to Adopt, Some to Question
Back in my second year of medical school, my classmate and good friend John and I had a memorable teacher in our Introduction to Clinical Medicine course, someone we still talk about today. A general internist with a specialty in addiction, he was a big bear of a guy sporting a ponytail, beard, open-necked shirts […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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