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Carolyn Barber

Carolyn Barber, M.D. has been an emergency department physician for 25 years. Author of the book Runaway Medicine: What You Don’t Know May Kill You, she has written extensively about various medical topics for national publications, including Fortune. Barber is co-founder of the California-based homeless work program Wheels of Change.

Are humans transmitting the coronavirus to animals?
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Everything we know—and don’t know—about human-to-animal COVID transmission
By Carolyn BarberSeptember 4, 2020
How HBO—the treatment, not the TV network—could help doctors fight COVID-19
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How HBO—the treatment, not the TV network—could help doctors fight COVID-19
By Carolyn BarberAugust 11, 2020
Eyeballs, asthmatics, and 3D-printed organs: New discoveries about COVID-19 abound
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Eyeballs, asthmatics, and 3D-printed organs: New discoveries about COVID-19 abound
By Carolyn BarberAugust 7, 2020
Covid 19-Steroid Treatment-Commentary
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Is a new steroid treatment a miracle solution for COVID-19—or is it snake oil?
By Carolyn BarberJuly 24, 2020
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