We continue to carry out our education, research, and clinical care missions, while ensuring the health and safety of patients, learners, faculty and staff. Hear from Dr. Paul Klotman, Baylor president, CEO and executive dean.
2025 Messages
Week 257 - Feb. 21, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman explains how research funding works at academic institutions in light of proposed cuts to federal research funding.
Week 256 - Feb. 14, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman goes over all of the respiratory virus season data. In Texas, seasonal flu is very high and COVID and RSV are under control. Throughout the United States, case numbers are increasing.
Week 255 - Feb. 7, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman goes over the latest information on viruses circulating as well as an interesting report from the Pew Research Center on “Public Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Policymaking.”
Week 254 - Jan. 31, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman reports on poultry and dairy herds affected by avian flu, as well as FDA recommendations.
Week 253 - Jan. 24, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman gives a full report on recent viruses and answers viewer questions.
Week 252 - Jan. 17, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on norovirus, Mpox, pet food, seasonal flu and COVID.
Week 251 - Jan. 10, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman provides updates on the various viruses of the season including avian flu, seasonal flu, norovirus, COVID-19 and RSV. Congratulations to Baylor faculty selected as 2024 Highly Cited Researchers by Web of Science and shout out to Dr. Sarkar, receiver of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians’ inaugural Rising Star Award.
Week 250 - Jan. 3, 2025
Dr. Paul Klotman wishes you a terrific 2025.
Week 249 - Dec. 24, 2024
Happy Holidays from Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman (and Lily!). See the results of the annual toy drive benefiting BEAR Houston.
Week 248 - Dec. 20, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman ventures into a new topic by devoting some time to the Dog Genome Project.
Week 247 - Dec. 13, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman congratulates the 83 graduates from the School of Health Professions, Drs. Malcolm Brenner and Cliona Rooney on their National Academy of Inventors recognitions, provides updates on flu season, avian flu, and good news regarding life expectancy due to preventative methods.
Week 246 - Dec. 6, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman touches on topics such as COVID, flu, RSV precautions while traveling, fluoridation of water and special shout-outs and congratulations to our faculty, staff, and Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center.
Week 245 - Nov. 27, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman celebrates Thanksgiving Day.
Week 244 - Nov. 22, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman spends some time on new findings concerning vaccination coverage and exemptions among kindergarten students.
Week 243 - Nov. 15, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman has updates on avian flu, COVID-19, seasonal flu and the latest wastewater surveillance report.
Week 241 - Nov. 1, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides updates on seasonal flu numbers, mPox cases and COVID news. Congratulations are in order for Dr. Huda Zoghbi and Dr. Qiancheng Zhao for their latest recognitions and achievements.
Week 240 - Oct. 25, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman details health threats in the news: E Coli outbreak in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, listeria in TreeHouse frozen waffles and pancakes and avian flu infecting egg farm workers.
Week 239 - Oct. 18, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at the flu, COVID and parvovirus numbers, which remain low, and enterovirus case numbers, which are high.
Week 238 - Oct. 11, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares all the latest virus stats and reports on the CDC raising awareness about an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda.
Week 237 - Oct. 4, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about COVID, RSV, seasonal flu, avian flu and West Nile Virus.
Week 236 - Sept. 27, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about an at-home flu vaccine, Avian flu, COVID and three new transformative gifts to support the future home of the School of Medicine and School of Health Professions in the Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower.
Week 235 - Sept. 20, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides a comprehensive report on how avian flu started, what is happening now and what we might expect.
Week 234 - Sept. 13, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides a comprehensive report on the mpox outbreak, including the differences between the two types of mpox virus – Clade I and Clade 2.
Week 233 - Sept. 6, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman has updates on COVID-19 and other viruses and goes over some interesting facts about listeria, which has been in the news recently because of an outbreak at a deli meat company.
Week 232 - Aug. 30, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on West Nile, free COVID tests and Paxlovid discounts. Also, congratulations are in order for new appointments and recipients of the Golden Apple Teaching Awards.
Week 231 - Aug. 23, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on COVID, mPOX and bird flu, and provides news on a CDC alert on a dramatic rise in cases of highly transmissible parvovirus B19, sometimes referred to as “slapped cheek disease” because children present with bright red cheeks after infection.
Week 230 - Aug. 16, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the summer COVID spike, and takes a look at Mpox, Avian flu and West Nile virus.
Week 229 - Aug. 9, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman welcomes Dr. Gabriel Loor, surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Baylor, to talk about the many advances in the last several years.
Week 228 - Aug. 2, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides a comprehensive update on COVID and addresses the issue of heat.
Week 227 - July 26, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the history and groundbreaking advancements of heart transplantation with Dr. John Goss, head of the College's transplant program.
Week 226 - July 19, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides a mammoth update on genetic research, bird flu, consumption of raw milk and COVID data.
Week 225 - July 12, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the danger of heat following Hurricane Beryl, along with news on West Nile, H5NI and COVID.
Week 223 - June 28, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on measles and outlines the measles vaccine recommendations by the CDC.
Week 222 - June 21, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares both “the case for nature” and “the case for from the lab” of how the COVID pandemic began.
Week 221 - June 14, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at Joro Spiders, COVID, enteroviruses and H5N1 in birds and mammals.
Week 220 - June 7, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman invites Dr. Paul Ling to discuss his work with elephants and the deadly Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus.
Week 219 - May 31, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman tackles all sorts of illnesses: avian flu, RSV, seasonal flu and COVID.
Week 218 - May 24, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over the long history of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor's work together.
Week 217 - May 17, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes on location to the Cullen Eye Institute in the Lee and Joe Jamail Specialty Care Center to learn about the light adjustable intraocular lenses system offered to patients.
Week 216 - May 10, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews interesting findings on variant mutations, using the case of a 72-year-old patient who had COVID-19 for 613 days.
Week 215 - May 3, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares some of the stats behind the post-COVID increase in spending and decrease in savings, as well as recent COVID activity.
Week 214 - April 26, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks to special guest Dr. Ben Arenkiel, who talks about his research focusing on neural circuits in the brain.
Week 213 - April 19, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a closer look at avian influenza and coronaviruses (MERS, SARS, etc.) and the likelihood of either becoming the next pandemic affecting humans.
Week 212 - April 12, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on dropping hospitalizations across all age groups and talks about the total solar eclipse.
Week 211 - April 5, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses a CDC report that COVID vaccine cuts the hospitalization risk in immunocompromised people. He also talks about avian flu in cattle and poultry and the first reported human case in Texas.
Week 210 - March 29, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman visits the Orthotics and Prosthetics lab. National Doctors Day honors the dedication and compassion of the more than one million physicians worldwide and hear tips to properly prepare for the eclipse.
Week 209 - March 22, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman touches on the lessons learned from the pandemic. Shoutouts to Dr. Kanta Velamuri and Dr. Bert O'Malley and his team for significant professional accomplishments. And congratulations to our students on a very successful Match Day.
Week 208 - March 15, 2024
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about who should get another COVID shot this spring. The CDC recommended another round of vaccinations for those 65 and older.
Week 207 - March 8, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman In this week’s video, we take a look at Florida, which is experiencing a measles outbreak in Fort Lauderdale-area schools with six confirmed cases.
Week 206 - March 1, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman In this week’s video, we take a look at Florida, which is experiencing a measles outbreak in Fort Lauderdale-area schools with six confirmed cases.
Week 205 - Fed. 23, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman answers several questions, including, “What is Alaskapox?”
Week 204 - Fed. 16, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman visits with Dr. Kendal Hirschi, professor of pediatrics-nutrition at Baylor, and gets a tour of his research greenhouse at the Children’s Nutrition Research Center.
Week 203 - Fed. 9, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman looks at the prevalence of anxiety symptoms that were largely blamed on loneliness from COVID isolation.
Week 202 - Fed. 2, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman introduces Drs. Maresso and Dr. Mike Tisza to talk about the next big step in wastewater surveillance – to detect all known human viruses – flu, RSV, mpox, rotavirus and thousands more, in addition to COVID, to anticipate outbreaks.
Week 201 - Jan. 26, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the decline in Covid, flu, and RSV numbers as well as the increase in measles cases in Europe.
Week 200 - Jan. 19, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman takes us to Dr. Livia Eberlin's lab for a look at one of her most exciting inventions, the MasSpec Pen.
Week 199 - Jan. 12, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman answers some of the questions he received over the holidays.
Week 198 - Jan. 5, 2024
Dr. Paul Klotman reports on a lead change among the variants reported, with the JN.1 Omicron variant taking the lead over HV.1.
COVID-19 Message - Week 197 - Dec. 29, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman recaps the health news of 2023.
COVID-19 Message - Week 196 - Dec. 22, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers a number of questions from viewers concerning the respiratory viruses COVID-19, influenza and RSV.
COVID-19 Message - Week 195 - Dec. 15, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a closer look at the JN.1 variant and compares it to the other strains.
COVID-19 Message - Week 194 - Dec. 8, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at three points in time and the corresponding number of hospitalizations from COVID – December 2021, December 2022, and November 2023.
COVID-19 Message - Week 193 - Dec. 1, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a closer look at how life expectancy has changed because of opioids, gun violence and chronic disease.
COVID-19 Message - Week 192 - Nov. 21, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman offers up a cornucopia of turkey facts while giving Thanksgiving best wishes.
COVID-19 Message - Week 191 - Nov. 17, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on COVID science, including reports on newborn outcomes following maternal vaccination and how the gut biome impacts Long COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 190 - Nov. 10, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at fascinating new information about bats and discusses COVID, flu and RSV numbers.
COVID-19 Message - Week 189 - Nov. 3, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at the latest COVID numbers and expresses caution regarding stem cell treatments and exosome products for COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 188 - Oct. 27, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about COVID, including testing and transmission.
COVID-19 Message - Week 187 - Oct. 20, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on a study published in The Lancet Microbe on viral emission into the air and environment.
COVID-19 Message - Week 186 - Oct. 13, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the safety and efficacy of the COVID vaccine and Moderna's early data on the combination vaccine for flu and COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 185 - Oct. 6, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on a study on pregnant people passing immunity to their babies.
COVID-19 Message - Week 184 - Sept. 29, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the CDC recommendations on receiving the COVID vaccine, the relaunch of free COVID-19 home tests, and more.
COVID-19 Message - Week 183 - Sept. 22, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about which COVID variants are circulating, some advice on vaccines and updates on flu and RSV.
COVID-19 Message - Week 182 - Sept. 15, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman has special guests Dr. Mary Dickinson and Dr. Tony Piedra tell us all we need to know about the flu vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 181 - Sept. 8, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers questions from viewers over the past several weeks. Most of the questions focused on COVID-19 and flu.
COVID-19 Message - Week 180 - Sept. 1, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through all the COVID stats, talks about this year’s COVID vaccine and discusses the upcoming flu season.
COVID-19 Message - Week 179 - Aug. 25, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over a new variant that has been identified and as gives information on all the other variants that are circulating.
COVID-19 Message - Week 178 - Aug. 18, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares the latest data on COVID, talks about M-pox (China is seeing a huge surge in cases), and discusses the heat wave and its effects.
COVID-19 Message - Week 177 - Aug. 11, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on the latest COVID stats (still tracking up in all areas, except deaths), as well as some science related to the virus.
COVID-19 Message - Week 176 - Aug. 4, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over some interesting science, including a study that adds to the literature supporting wastewater surveillance being used as a predictive tool for COVID hospitalizations.
COVID-19 Message - Week 175 - July 28, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman sits down with Dr. Richard Gibbs, director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center, and Dr. Amy McGuire, director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, to discuss the new pangenome.
COVID-19 Message - Week 174 - July 21, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives a view into the zebrafish research program and its importance to medical research.
COVID-19 Message - Week 173 - July 14, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman has an update on the malaria case in Texas, as well as new COVID variants and herd immunity information.
COVID-19 Message - Week 172 - July 3, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on Baylor's relationship with the country of Botswana and the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence.
COVID-19 Message - Week 171 - June 30, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on Baylor's relationship with the country of Botswana and the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence.
COVID-19 Message - Week 170 - June 23, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on some interesting science on treatments for Long COVID, the phase 3 trial showed benefit from taking metformin, a diabetes drug, and no benefit from ivermectin or fluvoxamine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 169 - June 16, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a deep dive into the world of bats and why they harbor viruses that are so deadly to humans.
COVID-19 Message - Week 168 - June 9, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman spends time going over Long COVID studies, including more than related symptoms.
COVID-19 Message - Week 167 - June 2, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at how the data shows the United States is doing very well in the world of COVID-19 and talks about what has changed since the public health emergency has ended.
COVID-19 Message - Week 166 - May 26, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses mpox and avian flu, studies on chatbots and patient questions and Baylor's recent Commencement.
COVID-19 Message - Week 165 - May 19, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes you on a special field trip to the BCM Biotech Academy at Rusk, one of the two middle schools Baylor supports in Houston in developing curriculum.
COVID-19 Message - Week 164 - May 12, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the ending of COVID-19 as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization and answers viewer questions.
COVID-19 Message - Week 163 - May 5, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at COVID spikes across America, vaccine updates and the risk of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 162 - April 28, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a close look at one of Baylor's research core labs, the Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core.
COVID-19 Message - Week 161 - April 21, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the rise of the newest variant, XBB1.16, as well as a second bivalent COVID-19 booster.
COVID-19 Message - Week 160 - April 14, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reports on national case numbers, a new variant and a sequencing technology to identify viral, bacterial and fungal species.
COVID-19 Message - Week 159 - April 7, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions on topics such as timing of boosters and having the sniffles.
COVID-19 Message - Week 158 - March 31, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews a report on outpatient treatment for COVID-19 and the development of Long COVID over 10 months.
COVID-19 Message - Week 157 - March 24, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at global hotspots, discusses the origin of COVID-19 and details Norway rats in New York City.
COVID-19 Message - Week 156 - March 17, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at COVID numbers from a map of WHO data, discusses COVID-associated hospitalizations and covers misinformation on social media.
COVID-19 Message - Week 155 - March 10, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at the Global Map reporting cases in the past week and talks about Baylor being recognized in areas of science.
COVID-19 Message - Week 154 - March 3, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman touches on some of the headlines, including a report from the U.S. Department of Energy that a lab leak caused the COVID virus and news that the company that created a vaccine covering both flu and COVID declared bankruptcy.
COVID-19 Message - Week 153 - Feb. 24, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at the trends in the number of COVID-19 deaths.
COVID-19 Message - Week 152 - Feb. 17, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives the latest updates on COVID research and the CDC's update to routine vaccines. Also of note is Baylor College of Medicine's new NIH rankings. Lastly, learn about how you can support the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.
COVID-19 Message - Week 151 - Feb. 10, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers some of the tougher COVID questions received in the past several weeks. Be prepared to hear about imprinting of the immune system and the mechanism of Long COVID, as well as information on vaccines and boosters.
COVID-19 Message - Week 150 - Feb. 3, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reminds you of important definitions of infectious diseases and public health. We are still in a pandemic with cases throughout the world and on 6 of 7 continents.
COVID-19 Message - Week 149 - Jan. 27, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman invites Dr. Lara Shekerdemian to discuss Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.
COVID-19 Message - Week 148 - Jan. 20, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about COVID numbers going into spring as well as how China and Japan are faring through the pandemic.
COVID-19 Message - Week 147 - Jan. 13, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through the number of cases, hospitalizations, wastewater viral load and other data.
COVID-19 Message - Week 146 - Jan. 6, 2023
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman catches up on some of the questions you have sent in, as well as takes a look at the COVID numbers.
COVID-19 Message - Week 145 - Dec. 29, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look back at the last three years of COVID-19 and wishes you a Happy New Year.
COVID-19 Message - Week 144 - Dec. 23, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at flu, RSV and COVID numbers and addresses the importance of public health.
COVID-19 Message - Week 143 - Dec. 16, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews three prevalence studies that provide insight on how many people have been exposed to COVID – through disease or vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 142 - Dec. 9, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a quick look at COVID case numbers across the country followed by another round of Q&A.
COVID-19 Message - Week 141 - Dec. 2, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on seasonal flu with Dr. Tony Piedra, professor of molecular virology and microbiology, covering topics like what determines the vaccine each year, how serious this season will be and how the vaccine is performing this year.
COVID-19 Message - Week 140 - Nov. 23, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides a Thanksgiving message that is all about turkeys.
COVID-19 Message - Week 139 - Nov. 18, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at some of the reasons for concern. Not enough people are getting an updated or bivalent booster, and wastewater viral loads are going up nationally and also in Houston.
COVID-19 Message - Week 138 - Nov. 11, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman welcomes special guest Dr. Flor Munoz to talk about respiratory syncytial virus in adults, how transmission occurs, diagnosis, treatment and some promising news on the vaccine front.
COVID-19 Message - Week 137 - Nov. 4, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at the path of the virus and its variants. New science this week includes a study on the mechanism for complications from severe COVID-19 and another look at who is most likely to be diagnosed with Long COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 136 - Oct. 28, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the new XBB variant of Omicron and the interesting case of Marin County in California.
COVID-19 Message - Week 135 - Oct. 21, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman spends time on a report by Dr. Eric Topol that contrasts the pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States.
COVID-19 Message - Week 134 - Oct. 14, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman is back this week to talk about a possible winter Covid surge, and Lily gives us a chance to check out her Halloween costume choices. Which one should she choose?
COVID-19 Message - Week 133 - Oct. 7, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman is back this week with another Q&A session, a look at current COVID numbers, and Lily is on the hunt for doughnuts from our Ombuds team.
COVID-19 Message - Week 132 - Sept. 30, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman looks at the decline in COVID cases and hospital admissions in the United States, Texas and Houston. Then, he checks out research into the effects of long COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 131 - Sept. 23, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the continuing pandemic on a global, national and local scale, as well as discusses coronavirus variants and monkeypox.
COVID-19 Message - Week 130 - Sept. 16, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about information on life expectancy, updates us on monkeypox and polio and gives a reminder that flu season officially has begun.
COVID-19 Message - Week 129 - Sept. 9, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares good news on the Covid-19 front, a study on the risk of infection among persons exposed to previous variants, monkeypox cases trending down, and Lily is ready for some football!
COVID-19 Message - Week 128 - Sept. 2, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reflects on the pandemic, including lock downs, kids in schools, health disparities, and misinformation.
COVID-19 Message - Week 127 - Aug. 26, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over global and local COVID numbers as well as provides information about monkeypox and the monkeypox vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 126 - Aug. 19, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over global and local COVID numbers as well as provides information about monkeypox and the monkeypox vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 125 - Aug. 12, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over global and local COVID numbers as well as provides information about monkeypox and the monkeypox vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 124 - Aug. 5, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over global and local COVID numbers as well as provides information about monkeypox and the monkeypox vaccine.
COVID-19 Message - Week 123 - July 29, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman presents a special "Best of Lily" video while he takes a week off.
COVID-19 Message - Week 122 - July 22, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman hosts a special “Doctor’s Edition” video to answer questions from his physician colleagues about shedding virus, long-term neurological problems from COVID, antigen testing and isolation and if COVID has impacted overall mortality in the United States.
COVID-19 Message - Week 121 - July 15, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the Texas Medical Center's return to providing weekly Covid data numbers that are on the rise. Dr. Klotman also takes a quick look at monkeypox.
COVID-19 Message - Week 120 - July 8, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the latest national COVID numbers, including information on Omicron BA.5, the dominant variant in America.
COVID-19 Message - Week 119 - July 1, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman hosts a Q&A session about many topics, from the role of natural immunity and early diagnosis to the changing Omicron variants.
COVID-19 Message - Week 118 - June 24, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman hosts a Q&A session about many topics, from the role of natural immunity and early diagnosis to the changing Omicron variants.
COVID-19 Message - Week 117 - June 17, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the flat COVID-19 cases worldwide and the steady declines in roughly half of American states.
COVID-19 Message - Week 116 - June 10, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews a study that shows how long the COVID-19 variants were dominant in one area of the country, as well as talks vaccine news and the H5N1 “Bird Flu.”
COVID-19 Message - Week 115 - June 3, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives an overview of monkeypox, a viral disease with symptoms similar to smallpox. He also looks at the ability of scent dogs to detect COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 114 - May 27, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers another batch of your questions. There are still so many questions concerning the pandemic – from vaccines specifically for variants to new medications for treatment.
COVID-19 Message - Week 113 - May 20, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman compares the response to coronavirus between the United States and Australia, as well as talks about local and national infections.
COVID-19 Message - Week 112 - May 13, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about Omicron continuing to have an impact. New coronavirus cases have doubled in the past month due to Omicron and Lily's 10-point plan to prepare us for the next pandemic.
COVID-19 Message - Week 111 - May 6, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about increases in COVID-19 cases across the world, new variants of Omicron and the COVID vaccine for children under 6.
COVID-19 Message - Week 110 - April 29, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about variants, vaccines, boosters, treatments and herd immunity.
COVID-19 Message - Week 109 - April 22, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the politics of masks, as well as news on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
COVID-19 Message - Week 108 - April 15, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the coronavirus situation around world and at home in Washington, D.C.
COVID-19 Message - Week 107 - April 8, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides responses to questions you have sent in the last few weeks.
COVID-19 Message - Week 106 - April 1, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman addresses some of the complications from long-term COVID as well as the risk factors.
COVID-19 Message - Week 105 - March 25, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over a map of COVID hotspots across the globe, details new coronavirus research and gives an update on vaccines.
COVID-19 Message - Week 104 - March 18, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the current global outbreak being driven by the B.A.2 “stealth Omicron” variant. He also talks about local case numbers and a new COVID treatment trial.
COVID-19 Message - Week 103 - March 11, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shows where we are now in terms of infection rates and where we were at the pandemic’s peak. And, he discusses how COVID has affected those with diabetes.
COVID-19 Message - Week 102 - March 4, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through the latest COVID-19 numbers and gives an update on the impact the pandemic has had in the United States.
COVID-19 Message - Week 101 - Feb. 25, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the coronavirus situation around the world and at home in Washington, D.C.
COVID-19 Message - Week 100 - Feb. 18, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman brings you the latest COVID-19 news. Today’s video marks Baylor's 100th week of sharing information and answering questions about COVID-19. To mark the occasion, we have a trip down memory lane at the end of this week’s video.
COVID-19 Message - Week 99 - Feb. 11, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shows the concentration of COVID cases on the world map, talks about the winter games and reminds viewers to "get your game face on" for the big game this weekend.
COVID-19 Message - Week 98 - Feb. 4, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses new information on Omicron, long-COVID symptoms and the latest on antiviral drugs.
COVID-19 Message - Week 97 - Jan. 28, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 case numbers, misinformation and variant news.
COVID-19 Message - Week 96 - Jan. 21, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at assumptions behind when the Omicron peak will be. And, he shares his Top 10 list for you this week: "Why listen to scientists when you have the Internet?"
COVID-19 Message - Week 95 - Jan. 14, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman welcomes Dr. Catherine Gordon, chair of pediatrics at Baylor and pediatrician-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, to answers questions on issues involving children and COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 94 - Jan. 7, 2022
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a look at the world map to show where we are with the omicron variant. Last week, the U.S. saw almost 500,000 cases a day. Get the vaccine and booster as soon as possible.
COVID-19 Message - Week 93 - Dec. 29, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman tackles issues including home COVID tests, masking on planes and how to gather safely and still be protected from the Omicron variant.
COVID-19 Message - Week 92 - Dec. 23, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the Omicron variant, COVID-19 numbers across the globe and encourages vaccines and boosters.
COVID-19 Message - Week 91 - Dec. 17, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over the latest information on Omicron and the numbers for COVID globally, nationally and locally. And Lily takes part in an Ugly Christmas Sweater contest.
COVID-19 Message - Week 90 - Dec. 10, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on Omicron and its evolution and discusses the latest on the Covid situation in Europe.
COVID-19 Message - Week 89 - Dec. 3, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews what we know about Omicron and goes over the 5-point plan again to live with the pandemic.
COVID-19 Message - Week 88 - Nov. 24, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the international, national and local Covid numbers and goes on a field trip to the labs of Dr. Joe Petrosino and Dr. Anthony Maresso.
COVID-19 Message - Week 87 - Nov. 19, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your COVID-19 questions about when previously infected people can get the vaccine, how to plan for the holidays and more.
COVID-19 Message - Week 86 - Nov. 12, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses new drugs to treat COVID-19 and the science showing the need for boosters.
COVID-19 Message - Week 85 - Nov. 5, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman presents a 5-point plan for living with COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 84 - Oct. 29, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives advice on making your own COVID-19 risk assessment and discusses the international number.
COVID-19 Message - Week 83 - Oct. 22, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the death of Gen. Colin Powell and the threat that people who refuse to get vaccinated are to people who are immunocompromised.
COVID-19 Message - Week 82 - Oct. 15, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews COVID-19 case numbers, discusses the Delta variant and highlights the importance of flu vaccination.
COVID-19 Message - Week 81 - Oct. 8, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 numbers, shares updates on booster shots and reviews a new antiviral treatment.
COVID-19 Message - Week 80 - Oct. 1, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman explains how the various COVID-19 tests work and how to use them, as well as the meaning of false positives and false negatives.
COVID-19 Message - Week 79 - Sept. 24, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about variants and boosters and presents a 5-point plan to end the pandemic.
COVID-19 Message - Week 78 - Sept. 17, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes a deep dive into the topic of herd immunity.
COVID-19 Message - Week 77 - Sept. 10, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the numbers, projections, the latest on vaccine efficacy, fear associated with the delta variant and the latest science.
COVID-19 Message - Week 76 - Sept. 3, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about booster shots, therapeutics, variants, children and many different areas of interest on vaccines.
COVID-19 Message - Week 75 - Aug. 27, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses COVID-19 breakthrough infections, the Delta variant and the increase in pediatric cases.
COVID-19 Message - Week 74 - Aug. 20, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses COVID-19 breakthrough infections, the Delta variant and the increase in pediatric cases.
COVID-19 Message - Week 73 - Aug. 13, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses COVID-19 breakthrough infections, the Delta variant and the increase in pediatric cases.
COVID-19 Message - Week 72 - Aug. 6, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman addresses how people can protect themselves and reviews the latest data and science.
COVID-19 Message - Week 71 - July 30, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over hotspots, efficacy of vaccines, breakthrough infections and new guidelines on masking and vaccine requirements.
COVID-19 Message - Week 70 - July 23, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the delta variant-fueled fourth wave of COVID-19 and talks about vaccine hesitancy.
COVID-19 Message - Week 69 - July 16, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the stats worldwide and in the U.S. and discusses the new Delta Plus variant.
COVID-19 Message - Week 68 - July 9, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the stats worldwide and in the U.S. and discusses the new Delta Plus variant.
COVID-19 Message - Week 67 - July 2, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman takes on several questions that viewers have submitted and wishes everyone a happy Fourth of July.
COVID-19 Message - Week 66 - June 25, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman offers information on the Delta variant and how it is reporting in various countries.
COVID-19 Message - Week 65 - June 18, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses how New York City handled COVID-19. Plus, he provides an update on the Delta variant and the status of cases in Japan.
COVID-19 Message - Week 64 - June 11, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the state of the coronavirus in America and puts a special focus on the new Organoid Core Lab of Dr. Mary Estes and Dr. Sarah Blutt.
COVID-19 Message - Week 63 - June 4, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses COVID-19 variants, concerns about the Olympics, and questions around immunity.
COVID-19 Message - Week 62 - May 28, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman addresses your questions about COVID-19 guidelines, vaccines and what we might expect in the months ahead.
COVID-19 Message - Week 61 - May 21, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about the new CDC guidance on masking and physical distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 Message - Week 60 - May 14, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the impact vaccinating kids will have on reaching herd immunity as well as a hopeful timeline for getting approval for COVID vaccines for use in kids under 12.
COVID-19 Message - Week 59 - May 7, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the COVID-19 situation in India and expresses concern with vaccine interest in the United States.
COVID-19 Message - Week 58 - April 30, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman updates the COVID numbers, globally and nationally and does a deep dive on the role of bats in spreading viruses to humans.
COVID-19 Message - Week 57 - April 23, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews all the stats, from global to local, as well as provides other updates.
COVID-19 Message - Week 56 - April 16, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions from the past several weeks - starting with what the J&J vaccine pause means.
COVID-19 Message - Week 55 - April 9, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the latest numbers, spends some time on the current state of the variants and vaccines and gives recommendations on what you can do and what you should not do after you are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 Message - Week 54 - April 2, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses local, state, national and international COVID-19 numbers and comments on the former CDC director’s interview in which he said the virus is so superbly designed – it has to be made by man.
COVID-19 Message - Week 53 - March 26, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses vaccinations and variants.
COVID-19 Message - Week 52 - March 19, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through the latest numbers, talks about variants and vaccinations and wishes our students a happy Match Day.
COVID-19 Message - Week 51 - March 12, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through the global, national, state and local numbers on COVID.
COVID-19 Message - Week 50 - March 5, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes over the J & J data and the vaccine’s advantages, as well as the state’s decision to remove a mask mandate and relax business restrictions.
COVID-19 Message - Week 49 - Feb. 26, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares the latest data from the Texas Medical Center and the greater Houston area, and goes into detail about vaccines and COVID-19 variants.
COVID-19 Message - Week 48 - Feb. 19, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman encourages America to fix our medical grid too and make sure all Americans get the same high level of care no matter their race or socioeconomic status.
COVID-19 Message - Week 47 - Feb. 12, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman shares the latest data from the Texas Medical Center and the greater Houston area, and goes into detail about vaccines and COVID-19 variants.
COVID-19 Message - Week 46 - Feb. 5, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses some of the virus variants that have emerged as well as some possible new therapies that are being studied.
COVID-19 Message - Week 45 - Jan. 29, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses some of the virus variants that have emerged as well as some possible new therapies that are being studied.
COVID-19 Message - Week 44 - Jan. 22, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the results of the Moderna vaccine trial related to efficacy, provides an update on wastewater treatment data and answers the question: should vaccinated people still wear a mask?
COVID-19 Message - Week 43 - Jan. 15, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman goes through the latest numbers and talk about the virus variants that are emerging.
COVID-19 Message - Week 42 - Jan. 8, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman reviews the 2020 COVID-19 experience, from the first case reported in China to the vaccine rollout last month.
COVID-19 Message - Week 41 - Dec. 30, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers a number of questions he received over the last several weeks related to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
COVID-19 Message - Week 40 - Dec. 23, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman guides us through the COVID-19 vaccines still in the works and wishes the community a happy and safe holiday.
COVID-19 Message - Week 39 - Dec. 18, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses, and receives, the coronavirus vaccine, looks at virus prevalence in Houston and talks about the newest COVID tests.
COVID-19 Message - Week 38 - Dec. 11, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the coronavirus vaccine and explains how mRNA vaccines work. He also urges continued mask wearing and caution against COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 37 - Dec. 4, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the current coronavirus surge, which began prior to Thanksgiving, and uses an early super spreader event as an example of how COVID-19 moves throughout communities.
COVID-19 Message - Week 36 - Nov. 25, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses news out of the CDC, initial results of the Pfizer vaccine trial and gives a special message for Veterans Day.
COVID-19 Message - Week 35 - Nov. 20, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses news out of the CDC, initial results of the Pfizer vaccine trial and gives a special message for Veterans Day.
COVID-19 Message - Week 34 - Nov. 13, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses news out of the CDC, initial results of the Pfizer vaccine trial and gives a special message for Veterans Day.
COVID-19 Message - Week 33 - Nov. 6, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses what it would take for us to be able to stop wearing masks and reviews the latest COVID numbers.
COVID-19 Message - Week 32 - Oct. 30, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 numbers in Houston, herd immunity, and a special appearance from "Dr. Lily."
COVID-19 Message - Week 31 - Oct. 23, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses news on effective treatment, breaks down the numbers both locally and nationally and introduces a performance from Docapella.
COVID-19 Message - Week 30 - Oct. 16, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 numbers in Harris County and gives updates on several ongoing clinical trials.
COVID-19 Message - Week 29 - Oct. 9, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the numbers in the Texas Medical Center, the lack of contact tracing for some events in Washington, D.C. and new CDC info on how coronavirus spreads through the air.
COVID-19 Message - Week 28 - Oct. 2, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses Houston's latest COVID-19 numbers and viral mutation.
COVID-19 Message - Week 27 - Sept. 25, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 numbers in the Texas Medical Center, the need for efficient testing, and vaccines currently under development.
COVID-19 Message - Week 26 - Sept. 18, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman talks about an interesting study on COVID-19 cases on a tourist airline trip, as well as the numbers this week for the Houston area.
COVID-19 Message - Week 25 - Sept. 11, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman discusses universities that are reopening and their plans for detecting and combating outbreaks.
COVID-19 Message - Week 24 - Sept. 4, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman talks about encouraging results on an effective treatment for COVID-19 and what we can do better for any future pandemics.
COVID-19 Message - Week 23 - Aug. 28, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about protecting yourself from COVID-19, including information on unsafe activities and vulnerable groups.
COVID-19 Message - Week 22 - Aug. 21, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about protecting yourself from COVID-19, including information on unsafe activities and vulnerable groups.
COVID-19 Message - Week 21 - Aug. 14, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID-19 numbers, talks more about schools reopening and then interviews Dr. Nancy Moreno, chair of the new Huffington Department of Education, Innovation and Technology at Baylor.
COVID-19 Message - Week 20 - Aug. 7, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the latest COVID numbers and interesting data found in the percentage increases in positive cases since April.
COVID-19 Message - Week 19 - July 31, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman presents the the Klotman Plan for schools to open and businesses to expand to more normal operations.
COVID-19 Message - Week 18 - July 24, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives an update on Texas Medical Center stats and other COVID-19 news.
COVID-19 Message - Week 17 - July 17, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the parallels between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 16 - July 10, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman answers your questions about COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 15 - July 2, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses community COVID stats, ICU beds and the upcoming holiday weekend.
COVID-19 Message - Week 14 - June 26, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the increase in COVID-19 cases in Texas, ICU capacity in the Texas Medical Center, and how the Baylor community can help bend the curve by wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
COVID-19 Message - Week 13 - June 19, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the uptick of COVID-19 cases in Texas, as well as how the College continues to keep our community safe.
COVID-19 Message - Week 12 - June 12, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the need for the College to lead by example in efforts against the coronavirus. He also discusses systemic racism and the funeral of George Floyd.
COVID-19 Message - Week 11 - June 5, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman talks about Baylor's response to the senseless death of George Floyd. He calls on us to reflect on what we can do individually and as a community to impact change locally and nationally.
COVID-19 Message - Week 10 - May 29, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman focuses on Baylor's affiliated hospitals and students - in particular, those that took the Physician's Pledge during virtual commencement this year.
COVID-19 Message - Week 9 - May 22, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on testing and hospital visits due to COVID-19 in Houston as well as Baylor's plans to reopen.
COVID-19 Message - Week 8 - May 15, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman gives updates on testing and hospital visits due to COVID-19 in Houston as well as Baylor's plans to reopen.
COVID-19 Message - Week 7 - May 8, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman discusses the move toward a phased reopening, including what Baylor is doing to be safe, how the College is helping the business community and the importance of personal leadership in wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
COVID-19 Message - Week 6 - May 1, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman provides an update on the status of Baylor's COVID-19 recovery and planning toward a phased recovery, as well as some research news.
COVID-19 Message - Week 5 - April 23, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman speaks about the next steps Baylor is taking in the struggle against the coronavirus.
COVID-19 Message - Week 4 - April 17, 2020
Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman speaks about the Incident Command Center and how the group works to manage Baylor's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 Message - Week 3 - April 10, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman speaks to the Baylor community about how Houston is weathering the coronavirus and gives thanks for everyone’s hard work.
COVID-19 Message - Week 2 - April 3, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman speaks to the Baylor community about staying the course during the College’s response to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Message - Week 1 - March 27, 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman shares a message of solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On slowing the coronavirus outbreak - March 16. 2020
Dr. Paul Klotman has a message for the Baylor community about modeling good behavior in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.
