COVID Vaccine Update
FAST FACTS The FDA granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine on Friday, December 11, 2020. The Moderna vaccine will likely be granted soon. Both vaccines are “mRNA” vaccines, which code for the inactive, non-infectious spike protein of the virus,...
Covid-19 Update
We’re going to address 5 basic things in this Covid-19 update: Prevention and stopping the spread of Covid-19 in light of rising cases and the holidays Small business owners and Covid-19: tips for safety "I have Covid-19, now what?" -- home care and what to watch out...
Navigating COVID-19 as a Small Business
Being a small business owner is hard -- and it's even harder in the context of a global pandemic. While we don't have all the answers (and are just as eager as everyone else for this all to end), we invite those in our community who own and operate small businesses to...
Vitamin D and COVID-19
Vitamin D has many benefits for our health: from helping to build strong bones to helping with mood -- and even helping with our immune response. There is not enough high quality evidence to say if vitamin D can actually help prevent COVID-19, or make it less severe,...
COVID-19 Testing Information & Quick Update
COVID-19 Fact Sheet Ryan Shapiro, a 3rd year medical student, has been rotating with us this month from the University of Kansas Medical School. He's taken a moment to quickly update what we know and don't about COVID-19. Please give it a read and reach out with any...
Health Insurance Options & KCDPC
This time of year is when everyone starts thinking about — or starts to avoid thinking about — their health insurance options for next year. If you know our clinic, you know we’re not big fans of the health insurance industry. That said, we do recognize the...
We’re In This Together: Community Resources
“We are not all in the same boat, but we are all in the same storm.” These are isolating times. Everyone (everyone!) is experiencing some sort of grief, loss, transition, or at least major disruption in their lives right now. We all need help or assistance of...
COVID-19 Update
The United States continues to struggle with what many have referred to as a “patchwork pandemic” of COVID-19; different regions of the country suffered severe outbreaks during the spring and early summer, while other areas had no cases at all. In the later summer...
August 2020 Newsletter
If you haven’t noticed, there is quite a bit going on in the world currently. I have found some small solace in professional sports returning in some capacity, a welcome distraction. Soccer, baseball, basketball, and (soon!) football are coming back, although in much...
Work, Exposures, and COVID-19
We’ve been getting a lot of questions both from our patients and the employers we serve about returning to work and how to keep everyone safe at work. Let me start by saying: we’re all figuring this out together, and things are changing quickly. We don’t have hard,...