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Dhruv Khullar

Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. is a physician and assistant professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a contributor at The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. He currently serves as Director of Policy Dissemination at the Physicians Foundation Center for Physician Practice and Leadership, and was recently a Senior Research Fellow at NYC Health + Hospitals.

About ///

Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. is a physician and assistant professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College.

He is also a contributor at The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. He currently serves as Director of Policy Dissemination at the Physicians Foundation Center for Physician Practice and Leadership, and was recently a Senior Research Fellow at NYC Health + Hospitals. His research focuses on value-based care, health disparities, and medical innovation, and has been published in JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Treating the Unvaccinated

Near the close of the First World War, Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Allied Commander, rejected a ceasefire request from the Germans. The two sides were actively negotiating the Armistice; it was clear that the end of the war was imminent. Still, the negotiations continued for several more days, and between Foch’s refusal, on November 8, […]

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RT @NYCHealthCommr: Vaccination is the key to ending the pandemic—and now the vaccine will be the Key to NYC. Let’s make sure the spaces wh…1 day ago

Something we don't talk about enough: The U.S. COVID vaccination campaign may already have saved nearly 300,000 lives and prevented 1.25 million hospitalizations. https://t.co/sqitrMTeOX1 day ago

In our new @PLOSONE study, led by Yongkang Zhang and @RainuKaushal, we find that during New York's first surge, people from socially disadvantaged neighborhoods had nearly 2x the risk of infection, hospitalization, and death related to COVID-19. https://t.co/LAWCxYZOLK1 day ago

Critically important point from @ashishkjha: No kids under 12 are vaccinated, so why do coronavirus infection rates vary so much by state? Infection for children is driven largely by infection in adults. The best way to protect kids is to vaccinate adults. https://t.co/O9cNVN6i8i1 day ago

RT @ASlavitt: VACCINATION UPDATE: 70% of all adults have now had their first shot. Vaccines are up today 25% over last week. Now we now…2 days ago

Shout out to the families caring for loved ones with COVID, long COVID, and other chronic illnesses. There's almost nothing we do as doctors that provides anywhere near the benefit you deliver through your constant care, attention, advocacy, and love. #Heroes2 days ago

The basic feeling you get working in a hospital is: life is precious That's obvious. But without confronting death daily—seeing people who'd give anything to live—it's easy to forget If you help 1 person choose vaccination today, together we save 1000s of lives in coming weeks3 days ago

Spent much of past month on service in the hospital. It's tough to see the post-vaccine, pre-delta interregnum over. There's an undeniable rise in COVID, much of it severe, some patients as young as 25. But: I have yet to admit a single fully vaccinated person for COVID.4 days ago

RT @NewYorker: .@DhruvKhullar writes about the wave of preventable COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., and the challenge of persuading the vaccine…6 days ago

RT @angie_rasmussen: There you have it in @NEJM. Pfizer is ~90% effective against delta. AstraZeneca is ~70%. This is similar to effective…2 weeks ago