Beyond COVID: Journal Watch’s top medical stories of 2020, explained
Think of it like the Grammys, except there are no acceptance speeches, bold fashion statements, or entertainment — unless you find research statistics to be entertaining.
Dr. Craig Bowron is a Twin Cities internist and writer.
Think of it like the Grammys, except there are no acceptance speeches, bold fashion statements, or entertainment — unless you find research statistics to be entertaining.
We all have choices to make about how we live our lives, and how healthy we are. But let’s agree that no one deserves to get COVID.
Let’s use some of what we’ve learned in the last century to foil both the plot and the props.
“What we had this spring was a whole bunch of snowmelt pools, which led to a whole bunch of snowmelt pool-exploiting mosquito species,” says mosquito and tick expert David Neitzel.
Exserohilum rostratum is the scary character responsible for the multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis cases linked to tainted steroid preparations.