My 8yo daughter met a girl at summer camp last year named 'Internet.' I said no way, that can't be her name but my daughter has been adamant. For almost a year we've been having this discussion.

ANTOINETTE. I just found out her name is Antoinette.

Social media vs. In person confrontation

This UMAP brings all the cells to the yard, and their like, my cluster is better than yours 🦠🧬🧫 #halloweencostume love my lab! Dr. Stacey Finley (USC Systems Bio Lab)

This week's COVID newsletter is out!

In this issue:
💉2 studies on boosters. They're still super important!
🌎Where are BQ.1 cases going up? going down?
💊Paxlovid delivery via DoorDash and Uber
🎯US COVID 'Fall Playbook for Businesses'

and much more!
drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news-1…

What an inspiring two days as we envision a future of holistic care for all newborns and their families.

Thank you, American Academy of Pediatrics AAP Global Health Gates Foundation, our international experts and our UCSF Benioff SF UCSF Pediatrics community for being willing to redefine possible.

Therapy dogs represent the BEST of #healthcare !

Some of our youngest patients at Levine Children’s got a special HOWL-oween visit from some not-so-scary pet therapy dogs. 🎃

What’s not to love? 🐾

#Halloween #DogsOfTwitter

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all eligible children (ages 6 months and above) get the COVID vaccine. We do too.

Encourage your child to keep doing their part to protect others. Then they can keep enjoying their favorite activities with added protection! #CallYourPediatrician

10/27/22 Science (A. Iwasaki lab): Unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective mucosal immunity against sarbecoviruses buff.ly/3NcaPfJ

Nasal vaccine booster protected great in mice with no adjuvants, no live attenuated virus (like FluMist).
Broad immunity

Looking like impact of Omicron BQ.1.1 may not be as bad as initially feared: large volumes of infection combined with vaccination campaign cause effective R value to decrease fast...

Must read article from Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, expert in #LongCOVID , who now has Long COVID herself. buff.ly/3W3Bxv7

I didn't realize that anyone can sign up for the RECOVER trial. studies.recovercovid.org
They need people who have #LongCOVID and those who don't for comparison.

Paradise (2011) by Jamaican-born painter Tamara Natalie Madden #WomensArt

I just had an appointment with my doctor and of course I brought along a member of the city council to advise. Thanks Dr. Oz for the suggestion!

I’m so proud of Michelle Obama and @GirlsAlliance for launching the Get Her There campaign.

It’s a powerful reminder of all the ways we can come together to make sure every girl in every part of the world can reach her full potential.

Learn more at GetHerThere.org.

JAMA: People who had more symptoms (fever, chills, muscle pain, nausea, headache, and/or moderate to severe fatigue) from the COVID vaccine were found to make more antibodies than those with local reaction (pain or rash at injection site) or no symptoms. buff.ly/3W5vW7h

Biden announces:
📌Free delivery of Paxlovid to underserved
📌 #VaxUpAmerica Family Vaccine Tour
Medicare to email and call seniors re: updated booster
📌'Fall Playbook for Businesses'
Time off for vaccines from companies
Vaccine clinics b4 Thanksgiving at colleges, schools

A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise buff.ly/3sndwRQ

With few to no restrictions in place and travel and socializing back in full swing, we may get a ‘tripledemic’ this winter of COVID + Influenza + RSV.

“Try it” they said.
“It will be fun” they said.

I thank the stars Dr. Unburnt Poorman is writing

“The reason our policies have failed is because we have not confronted a simple truth: We must care more about saving and improving the lives of people who use drugs than stopping drug use.” #opioids #savelives