by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 5, 2023 | COVID-19, Flu, Infectious Disease, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
In June, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the next round of Covid-19 boosters be targeted against the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant. Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will use the same platforms to manufacture the new boosters...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Nov 27, 2022 | COVID-19, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Covid-19 Remains a Dangerous Illness This year the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expects 125,000 Americans will have died from Covid 19 in 2022. 1 out of 8 people dying is under the age of 65. The risk of dying is 20 times higher in the unvaccinated than in those...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 28, 2022 | Boston, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
The annual influenza epidemic begins in the southern hemisphere and works its way north. It enters the USA in the southern and western states. The CDC uses reports from Australia to monitor the type and severity of each year’s incursion in the southern hemisphere....
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 22, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Main Image credit: Sumanley xulx from Pixabay Dear John, It has been three weeks since the first report of the omicron variant. The newspapers are filled with headlines with contradictory information. If you feel confused, you are not alone. What should one do about...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 29, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Delta is Hunting You and Your Children Ins and Outs of Booster Shots Winter is coming. People will spend more time indoors, and the opportunity to spread Covid-19 is greater. Among the unvaccinated, the Delta variant is turning this into a massacre. Vaccination is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Fitness, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal, Weather
Modifying the Rink Works; Masks on the Players Does Not The governors of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, and other states have closed indoor ice rinks due to because they are COVID infection sites. Community skating rinks are designed to keep a slab of ice...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 11, 2020 | Allergies, Lyme Disease, Northeast, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, Seasonal
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to go Outside… The Lone Star tick is already found in large numbers in New Jersey, Long Island, and Fairfield County in Connecticut. This aggressive human-biting tick has the potential for altering the dynamics of existing and...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Feb 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread all over China and multiple countries around the world. The History Last December, ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, based on an influx of sick patients at his office, warned fellow doctors in Wuhan, China, to take respiratory...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 2, 2019 | Disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Seasonal
Eastern Equine Encephalitis is spread by mosquitoes. So is malaria, Zika, and a dozen other serious diseases, I have written about permethrin extensively as an agent to reduce the incidence of Lyme disease. It is a neurotoxin for insects, but not for men or women, and...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 29, 2019 | Disease, Environment, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Seasonal, Testing
This year there will be over 400,000 cases of Lyme disease in the US civilian population, an increase of 300% over 20 years. At the same time, there has been a decreased incidence of 95% in our deployed military. Welcome to the Lyme War. These contrasting outcomes...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 28, 2019 | Disease, Environment, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Seasonal
“I love everything in the world … except for ticks.” – The Dalai Lama American medicine has failed to prevent and treat Lyme disease in the US civilian population, and you can now get Lyme disease in all 50 states. A 10-year-old playing in his...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 29, 2018 | Disease, Environment, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Seasonal
“I live on Martha’s Vineyard and work outdoors. I always find a few ticks when I come back indoors. Last year I had Lyme disease, so this year I started wearing permethrin-treated clothing. I have yet to see one tick on me this year.” — Kevin C. The mainstream media...
