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Category Archives: Infectious disease
Joe Piscopo radio: Dr. Greer discusses the coronavirus
April 2, 2020- See below
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Infectious disease, NIH, Pulmonology
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The New York virus death rates are too high. Why?
March 29, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been following closely the death rates from this SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as COVID-19,
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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Tony Fauci is purely guessing when he estimates up to 200,000 people could die
April 1, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD I wrote an essay early on in this non-pandemic that Anthony Fauci, MD of the NIH shut down
Posted in - Opinion, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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How President Steven Greer would handle the pandemic now
Update March 28, 2020- Trump is planning to quarantine the entire Tri-State area, as I advocated for below.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, NIH
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I discuss the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak on The Joe Piscopo radio show
March 23, 2020- I updated Joe Piscopo today, focusing on the new drugs to treat coronavirus.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Infectious disease, NIH
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Are there any medications to treat coronavirus?
(Also: How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?) February 27, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Gilead makes a not-yet-approved antiviral drug called remdisivir and it is being tested right
Posted in - Biotech, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Geriatrics, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine
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How infectious and lethal is this Coronavirus COVID-19 compared to regular “flu”?
February 28, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Just published online in the NEJM is a report with the death rates in China
Posted in - NEJM, CDC, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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Anthony Fauci unjustifiably caused a mass panic
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD With one sentence in response to a question from a congressional hearing, an obscure medical
Posted in - Policy, CDC, CMS, Congress, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, NIH, Primary care medicine, Pulmonology
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The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself
March 13, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD Holy cow. The PGA Tour cancelled the Players Championship due to fears over the coronavirus.
Vaccinations that all adults should have
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD William Schaffner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University
The NIH Human Microbiome Project
March 31, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Infectious disease specialist Dr. Vincent Young from the University of Michigan discusses the
Posted in Infectious disease, Michigan, NIH
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Preventing HIV infection
July 28, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Rajesh Tim Gandhi, MD of the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the NEJM review paper he co-wrote
Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Is polio making a comeback?
Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the
New treatment paradigm for C. Diff colitis
March 31, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD New drugs
Interview with the CEO of Synthetic Biologics, Jeff Riley
February 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Actavis 1000% drug price hike: a case for healthcare reform
Update September 21, 2015- The Healthcare Channel was the first to report in 2009 on the business strategy of acquiring cheap generic drugs, cornering the market, then raising
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, FDA, Infectious disease
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Rand Paul’s secret Looney Tune side revealed
February 2, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD People have asked me my opinion of the Republican field for 2016 and I have told them that Dr. Rand
Quarantining Ebola caregivers arriving from Africa is the right thing to do
Update November 6, 2014- Despite more than 80% of responders in various polls feeling
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress, Infectious disease
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The NEJM editorial board blew it on anti-quarantine Ebola essay
October 28, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Jeffrey Drazen and the other editors of the New England Journal of Medicine rushed out an opinion
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, - Policy, Infectious disease
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