Paul A. Offit, MD

Paul A. ­Offit, MD, is an attending physician in the division of infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vac-cinology at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania. He is author of Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far.

Medical Counter-Wisdom for Everyday Life

Medical Counter-Wisdom for Everyday Life

Paul A. Offit, MD | October 1, 2021

Many things we do to heal ourselves and stay healthy are based not on modern science but on outdated ­theories…

Fever: To treat or not to treat?

Fever: To treat or not to treat?

Paul A. Offit, MD | July 1, 2020

When the new coronavirus started traveling around the world, people were screened for fever to see if they might be…