Is the Virus Getting Worse?

Last week, a five-year-old boy in New York died from Covid-19-related complications. Dozens of other children are becoming sick with a similar cluster of symptoms that mirror a rare condition called Kawasaki disease. The accepted wisdom had been that children could transmit the v ...  Show more

After months of sheltering in place, some people have begun looking for ways to get around some of the more onerous social distancing guidelines. That’s especially true as the weather warms up in the U.S. Bloomberg reporter Kristen V. Brown collected listener questions around soc ...  Show more

In Italy the entire population of a small town was tested for Covid 19. Of those infected, one in three people with no symptoms had the virus. And from China researchers found many people carried the virus – even before authorities there began tracking its spread. The findings su ...  Show more

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in May 2022

Guest: Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)

Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd

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Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]

Guest: Greg A. Poland, M.D. [@drgregpoland]

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also known as COVID-19, is a novel v ...