Rick Lange, MD: COVID-19 transmission in schools.
Elizabeth: Spontaneous cardiac activity after withdrawing life support.
Rick: And allergic reactions after the first dose of the Moderna vaccine.
Elizabeth: That s what we re talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. I m Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist.
Rick: And I m Rick Lange, president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, where I m also dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.
Elizabeth: Rick, why don t we turn right to
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report taking a look at the potential for allergic reactions following vaccination? I think this is a top-of-mind issue for many.
9:31 National survey shows only 1/3 used aids to quit
11:00 End
Transcript:
Rick Lange: Mask-wearing and COVID transmission in the United States.
Elizabeth: What can we do to help those people who continue to smoke?
Rick: And should you discontinue certain hypertensive medicines if you have COVID infection?
Elizabeth: That s what we re talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. I m Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist.
Rick: And I m Rick Lange, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, where I m also the dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.
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TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. A transcript of the podcast is below the summary.
This week s topics include household contact risk for COVID, a new AI discerned agent for COVID infection, risk of rehospitalization after COVID-19, and health professionals at decreased risk for COVID infection.
Program notes:
1:42 31% treated in ICU initially
2:45 First 10 days after discharge
3:23 A new treatment for COVID using AI