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.
2023 Messages
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.
