by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I am following the latest developments on COVID-19 and our efforts to control the pandemic or to deal with it as an endemic disease. I will update this page regularly, so if you are interested, check back often. Older entries (back to 2019) can be found in the post...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 7, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Samuel Katz died of “old age” at age 95 on October 31, 2022. He was a pediatrician and virologist who saved thousands of lives by developing the measles vaccine more than 50 years ago, and went on to become chairman of pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 15, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
An Israeli study followed 596,618 people who were newly vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine during a six-week period from December 20, 2020, to February 1, 2021, and a matched group of the same number of unvaccinated controls (N Engl J Med, April 15,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 23, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The Pfizer\BioNTech and Moderna messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are already available for some people. They require two injections and look better all the time, with very few serious reactions so far and good antibody response for prevention of COVID-19. Two more...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 17, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
People with no symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of COVID-19, according to a model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (JAMA Netw Open, Jan 7, 2021;4(1):e2035057). This reinforces the importance of following the...
