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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for two oral pills Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Molnupiravir. These pills have been authorized for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for...

COVID Vaccine Update February 1, 2021 If you receive the COVID vaccine elsewhere, please send us a note or message us on the Patient Portal, stating which vaccine you received, the date you received it and the location where you received it. Please do not call us with this information-...

Covid Update January 18, 2021 First, thank you to all of you who sent lovely notes and thoughts to me when I retired. I am fine and very busy helping with the remote schooling of 2 grandsons. However, I continue to be involved with the office, providing support when possible....

COVID-19 Update – July 3,2020 I have not written in awhile as there seemed little new or different to report but we are entering phase 2 and so an update seems warranted. Prevention- Pennsylvania numbers are increasing  again. Masks, social distancing and constant hand-washing are still primary. I would again...

Corona Virus Update May 10, 2020 Prevention- I am going out on a limb a little bit here, but I would like to suggest that you strongly consider using a face shield in addition to a mask when you go out among people from now on, for several reasons. Studies...

Corona Virus Update 4/6/2020 We have had 10 patients test positive in the last 2 weeks. All are doing well and several had very brief and mild symptoms. One was admitted to the hospital for 2 days for oxygen nasally, not a ventilator. We are rotating office staff and doctors,...

Corona Virus Update -3/22/2020 To return to an old theme- toilet tissue- we at the office have hit a brick wall. We have about 4-5 rolls left and my husband ( our “shipping clerk”) just received an email that the order we were to have received last week has been...

Corona Virus Update #4- 3/15/20- Office protocol and testing A quick addendum to yesterday’s blog: Patients with COVID-19 should be isolated from other household contacts in a different room, not share utensils, cups, plates, beverages or food with anyone else in the household, and wear a mask when entering common...

First, as I once saw imprinted on the toilet tissue in an English public restroom, “Be Calm and Wash your Hands”. In other words, be careful but not crazed. Corona virus, in the vast majority of cases, causes few or no symptoms or is like the flu, with normal recovery....

Corona virus has now (3/8/2020) been detected in 4 patients in Pennsylvania. The patients in Wayne and  Delaware County had either traveled to a high risk country or been exposed to a confirmed case outside Pennsylvania. I do not know details about the 2 cases listed since Friday. There is...