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Position: La Plata Health Watch
A year into the declared pandemic, it feels to many like COVID-19 is dragging on. Indeed, this last year seems much longer than just 12 months. That said, public health experts have long warned...
DATE: March 28, 2021 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
In a little more than a year since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, more than 500,000 American lives have been lost. We passed this grim number within the last week. As we enter spring...
DATE: Feb. 28, 2021 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
January is a time for new starts and resolutions. But like other beginnings, the first month of the year for many is a time for reflection on the year past and any lessons it may have to teach us. ...
DATE: Jan. 23, 2021 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
As we approach the end of 2020, I think that we can all agree that this year has been a challenge on many levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions and resulted in the deaths of hundreds...
DATE: Dec. 26, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
Winter is coming. In the early spring of 1918, the United States was mobilizing for World War I. Young men traveled from their hometowns to military training camps. But a new threat, essentially...
DATE: Nov. 27, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
It is becoming increasingly clear that a COVID-19 vaccine will not likely be widely available this year. Public health experts are also uniform in their guidance that a vaccine or vaccines for...
DATE: Oct. 23, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
There has been some recent discussion about routes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. While it has long been acknowledged that this coronavirus spreads through...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
In a normal year, around this time I begin preparing for influenza season by recommending vaccination. In a normal year, I reflect on the decades-long proven safety of the flu vaccine. In a normal...
DATE: Aug. 23, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
The novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for COVID-19 disease, causes a broad range of health effects. Because of the newness of the virus and the disease, medical science...
DATE: July 26, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
As a primary care physician, there is one thing lately that concerns me even more than COVID-19: important health issues that are being ignored because of COVID-19. High blood pressure, diabetes...
DATE: June 28, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
This month and especially this weekend were to have been a time for celebration for our graduates. To the class of 2020, congratulations on the accomplishment of completing your studies! As a...
DATE: May 24, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
We are all struggling with the new challenges of dealing with a coronavirus pandemic. Yet not all are equally impacted. With the focus on a viral infection, it is easy to lose sight of other...
DATE: April 26, 2020 | COLUMN: La Plata Health Watch
