Michael Charness

@ABC Age Karen Antman dean bu

BREAKING: The United States has officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One, the Department of Defense confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. abcnews.go.com/Politics/penta…

We showed that genetically identical SARS-CoV-2 infected two patients who were admitted to a hospital room 1 hour, 43 minutes and 4 hours, 45 minutes after discharge of an asymptomatic infected patient. (3/3)

The half-life for survival of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols is 1-3 hours based on the ability to culture virus in cells. However, it is less clear how long airborne SARS-CoV-2 remains capable of infecting people. (2/3)

How long is airborne SARS-CoV-2 infectious after an infected person leaves the room? Our new preprint suggests nearly 5 hours. researchsquare.com/article/rs-385… @PaulSaxMD @linseymarr @EricTopol (1/3)

🚨New pub w/ @CharnessMichael @allenlgifford @christojoe1979! We found differences btwn psychologist + psychiatrist attitudes towards video + phone #telehealth. Psychiatrists had⬆️phone use & report more video challenges. @VA_CHOIR @va_vccore @APA_Journals pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37439733/

As we begin to shed masks in medical centers, preventing SP will become more important.(9/9)

Identification of SP was 3-fold higher in HCW under surveillance on high-risk units; active surveillance might mitigate the risk of transmission related to SP.(8/9)

Happy to share our paper on sickness presenteeism (SP) in healthcare workers (HCW) with COVID. doi.org/10.1017/ice.20… )(1/9)@EricTopol @MonicaGandhi9 @PaulSaxMD

Congratulations K Gupta @kmfitani1 bill obrien! @CharnessMichael @tony_breu @rbganatra @mvronan @wbranchelliman Covid does not increase surgical risk. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Our NEW Primer on Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is live today! By Popova, @CharnessMichael, Burd, @DrAndiCrawford, Hoyme, @rajamukherjee10, Riley and @ProfEElliott. #FASD Check it out here: go.nature.com/3lYYSQU

Happy to share our review of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). FASD is a common cause of cognitive and behavioral disabilities and medical disorders in children and adults. nature.com/articles/s4157… @FASDUnited @GlobeKayLazar @benryanwrite @ReporterGoodman @NIAAAnews

@MonicaGandhi9 @LizHighleyman @Slate Cochrane review was a small number of imperfect RCTs with little ability to test source control. Data more compelling in healthcare settings where more universal masking occurs.

MASK MANDATES: Good summary @LizHighleyman/@Slate Cochrane review. Bottom line: Maybe work at individual level, doesn't meet level of evidence at population level (need more studies) to mandate even in healthcare: "maybe let people decide for themselves" slate.com/technology/202…

@EricTopol @SutharLab Assay for two monovalent boosters was 70-100 days post vacc; bivalent 16-42 days post vacc. Difference in neutralizing antibodies could be from waning immunity after two monovalent boosters. More time needed to compare bivalent and monovalent booster after similar lag time.

Some good news for the BA.5 bivalent booster 👍 Immune response protection vs BQ.1.1 and BA.2.75.2 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @SutharLab live virus neutralization assay indicates broadened humoral immunity vs new Omicron subvariants (and neutralization > monovalent original booster)

@pbaker @PaulSaxMD @michaelmina_lab @AshishKJha46 New NBA data show 0.7% incidence of rebound without antiviral rx. Together, the new studies suggest Paxlovid and Molnupiravir increase rebound by ~8 and 12-fold, respectively, medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @Bob_Wachter @EricTopol @GlobeKayLazar @ReporterGoodman

#paxlovidrebound -Updated our Paxlovid rebound preprint, which now includes 10 cases. -Two cases of transmission during rebound, including one while presymptomatic on Day 12 researchsquare.com/article/rs-158… @PaulSaxMD @michaelmina_lab @AshishKJha46