Palovarotene inhibits the development of new heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).

Ongoing tobacco use in women who experience homelessness and unstable housing: A prospective study to inform tobacco cessation interventions and policies.

Reducing ethnic and racial disparities by improving undertreatment, control, and engagement in blood pressure management with health information technology (REDUCE-BP) hybrid effectiveness-implementation pragmatic trial: Rationale and design.

Routine collection of patient-reported outcomes in HIV clinics: lessons learned after more than 130,000 assessments have been completed.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - Covid-19: How the Virus Gets in and How to Block It: Aerosols, Droplets, Masks, Face Shields, and More (Zoom Only)

Covid-19: How the Virus Gets in and How to Block It: Aerosols, Droplets, Masks, Face Shields, and More (Zoom Only)

Session moderated by Bob Wachter

In this Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds, three world experts discuss a variety of issues surrounding how the coronavirus moves from person to person, how best to block viral spread, and the potential that mask-wearing may not only prevent infection but also lead to a milder clinical course. The questions regarding aerosol vs. droplet transmission and the value of wearing masks and/or face shields are central to formulating public health strategies as well as to informing the personal decisions that each of us makes every day.

Aerosol vs. Droplets:

Masks:

Face Shields:

Zoom Information:

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The session will be recorded for later play :
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Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes.

Furosemide kinetics and dynamics after kidney transplant.

Calcium regulation of keratinocyte differentiation.

Serum fatty acids and the risk of coronary heart disease.

Prevalence of primary resistance at baseline in acutely and recently infected subjects enrolled in AIDS clinical trials group protocol 371.

California's COVID-19 Virtual Training Academy: Rapid Scale-Up of a Statewide Contact Tracing and Case Investigation Workforce Training Program.

A plasma long-chain acylcarnitine predicts cardiovascular mortality in incident dialysis patients.

Reducing diagnostic delays in acute hepatic porphyria using health records data and machine learning.

Advanced stage melanoma during pregnancy: recommendations from a retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study.

Louise Aronson Making Impact Towards Covid-19 Recovery Efforts

Louise Aronson, MD was named to the California State Covid-19 Vaccine Guidelines Drafting Workgroup, was featured in an NBC News story on The hidden Covid-19 health crisis: Elderly people are dying from isolation, and was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle on Bay Area seniors struggle with loneliness as pandemic drags on: ‘It’s four walls and a TV’.