Yesterday was another wonderful day, starting out with a jog from MacArthur Park in Koreatown down to the University of Southern California campus. Later on we found ourselves in Northridge and Porter Ranch, seeing family and friends, playing jazz violin, picking and eating grapefruits. One highlight was a phone conversation I had with Jim, aContinue reading “Porter Ranch, CA”
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The Oil Derricks of Bakersfield
Yesterday, we spent time at the beaches of Carmel, which were spectacular. Then, we started an exhausting drive back to Koreatown, Los Angeles. On our route, we passed the oil derricks of Bakersfield, and seeing these machines up close was quite stunning, as we drove along in our gasoline-powered car. I felt a cognitive dissonance,Continue reading “The Oil Derricks of Bakersfield”
San Francisco
Yesterday was a whirlwind, as we searched for the Great Spirit in and around San Francisco. My day started early, before sunrise, with a 4 mile run/walk along the Pacific Ocean in Carmel. What impressed me the most, along with the natural beauty of the coastline, was the crashing of the waves. On the MontereyContinue reading “San Francisco”
The future
Hello from Carmel, California, home to coyotes, mountain lions, and whales. Last night we dined on roasted brussel sprouts, salad, broccoli, and freshly baked pizza (thank you Ja-Yun). Today we’re off for a hike among the redwoods. Over the past week I’ve been thinking a lot about public schools in America. I’m struck by theContinue reading “The future”
Nidia’s tamales, tacos, and champurrado
Today I had a great day, which started with a 10 mile walk/jog from Koreatown to Pasadena to see my friends Seth Goldman and Megan Tan. About five miles into the walk, I stopped at a tamale and taco stand run by Nidia, originally from Sinaloa, Mexico. I bought a potato taco and a cheeseContinue reading “Nidia’s tamales, tacos, and champurrado”
In Los Angeles
Well here we are, settling in, in Koreatown, LA. I say settling in, but I’m actually awake at 4 AM because of jet lag. Oh well… It was an uneventful flight southwest across the United States last night. A smooth ride. But in other ways it was shocking – our first flight in three year,Continue reading “In Los Angeles”
Tixagevimab with Cilgavimab for the Prevention of COVID-19
We are flying to California tonight! Our schedule is here if anyone wants to follow along and meet up with us. I’ll try to blog along the way. Today, I want to write about tixagevimab with cilgavimab (Evusheld) for the prevention of COVID-19. This is the AstraZenica product authorized under the Food and Drug Administration’sContinue reading “Tixagevimab with Cilgavimab for the Prevention of COVID-19”
Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir for adults with Covid
Tomorrow evening, we’re off to California! Today, I’m going to write a bit about the new Pfizer study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid) for for high-risk, non-hospitalized adults with COVID. This was a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of 2246 patients comparing oral nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir to placebo. TheContinue reading “Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir for adults with Covid”
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance
Our California trip is at T-2 days! Today, I’m going to write just a bit about the article which appears on the cover of The Lancet, Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2019, a systematic analysis, by Christopher Murray from the University of Washington and colleagues. In the study, the authors estimated deathsContinue reading “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance”
Survival in Recurrent Cervical Cancer
Our flight from Boston to Los Angeles takes off in 3 days! We have a lot to get done before then. Today, I decided to share a new article, Survival with Cemiplimab in Recurrent Cervical Cancer, from the New England Journal of Medicine. The first author of the study, Dr. Krishnansu Tewari, is from UCContinue reading “Survival in Recurrent Cervical Cancer”
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