COVID NY, NY

To a greater or lesser extent we all feel sidelined by this pandemic.  At Highland Urgent Care we are seeing and testing Covid patients and in some ways are on the front line.  Somehow I still feel sidelined.  It is the powerlessness we all feel in the face of...

COVID TREATMENT?

Favorite Covid pickup line; You can’t spell virus without U and I. I hope you had a great weekend and are adjusting well to the new social order.  Try not to worry too much about finances.  We are all in this together and all affected to some...

COVID AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

I wanted to take a little time to go into some of the science behind what is going on with Covid-19.  Some of you may be at greater risk from dying from boredom here than Covid but bear with me. A feature of these novel Corona viruses (SARS, MERS, Covid) is that they...

COVID PHYSICIANS RESPOND

Hello, and Good Day, I hope all are well and adjusting to a new normal.  I want to try and paint a picture about what I know to be happening locally.  First, here at the clinic I have made the difficult decision to limit my hours and cut staff.  These are economic...

COVID TESTING

Hello All, There is not much new to report today.  Which is likely a good thing.  Cases continue to increase at an artificially low number because of difficulties in processing the huge numbers of tests going to the lab companies.  Turnaround times on Covid testing...