- Following 228
- Followers 26K
- Engagement 1.76%
- Avg likes 222
- Avg comments 14
About Dr. Leana Wen
Dr. Leana Wen (@drleanawen) is a Medical & health creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. The account has 26,026 followers and 1,095 published posts. Recent posts average 222 likes and 14 comments, an engagement rate of 1.76%.
With 26K followers, Dr. Leana Wen is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 228 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 114 followers per account Dr. Leana Wen follows. Dr. Leana Wen carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Dr. Leana Wen under Medical & health, with Healthcare as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Dr. Leana Wen runs to 12 words. The bio tags #TheCheckup. The bio mentions @washingtonpost. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Dr. Leana Wen dates from May 2026.
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1,095 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dr. Leana Wen, 4 are carousels, 3 are videos and 3 are single images. No single format accounts for most of them. Dr. Leana Wen has built a substantial archive of 1,095 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 24 followers for each post published. Dr. Leana Wen also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 141 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include public, visit, been, people and read. The captions tag #publichealth, #ebola, #drcongo, #virus and #epidemic.
The lesson from prior Ebola scares is that the best way to protect Americans is to stop outbreaks at their source. Tom Frieden, who led the CDC during the 2014-16 outbreak, warned that there are already more reported cases now than during the early days of that calamity. The world must focus on containing this outbreak before it spirals to anything approaching that scale.
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The outbreak has already killed more than 130 people and is suspected to have infected over 500, including one confirmed case in an American doctor. Ebola is a rare but extraordinarily deadly viral disease, with an average fatality rate of 50%.
These numbers are likely a significant undercount. Controlling the outbreak will be limited by conditions in Congo, which has struggled with armed conflict and political instability for decades. One case has already been reported in Goma, a populated eastern city largely controlled by the rebel group M23, which limits the government’s ability to guarantee safe access for international aid workers.
The country also borders nine nations, several of which have fragile health care systems and ongoing instability themselves. Although neighboring countries have introduced stringent border screening measures, the virus has already spread into Uganda, where two cases have been identified in Kampala, a densely populated capital city and major regional transportation hub.
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Public health officials have been clear that hantavirus is not the next coronavirus. They are right. This is not a novel disease. Human-to-human transmission is rare. This outbreak will almost certainly be limited to small clusters. But it does underscore the importance of global collaboration and of adequately funding disease surveillance and outbreak response.
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The last thing we need is a policy that further reduces vaccination rates. It is a capitulation to anti-vaccine sentiments that runs counter to public health and will result in more preventable illness.
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But the idea deserves serious consideration. Deployed carefully, this innovation could improve access to care and reduce costs, even as it raises legitimate ethical and regulatory concerns.
My latest Washington Post column is about Utah’s pilot. It features interviews with Doctronic’s cofounders as well as experts who take a more guarded approach.
For instance, Daniel Aaron, a physician and associate law professor at the University of Utah, noted that the US has long required medical devices to demonstrate safety and effectiveness before widespread use.
“To have this incredibly novel use of a medical device without FDA saying a word is quite stunning and suggests that maybe we are going to see more untested products reach the market,” he said.
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There are more important public health battles to fight.
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Barbash discovered, and now uses it to help care for his father-in-law. Instead of looking for the phone every time it rings and struggling to answer it, “he can literally talk back into the TV,” Barbash said. His father-in-law can dictate responses that are then sent as text messages. Barbash also uses the system to communicate remotely with his father-in-law’s health aides.
“Using this as a vehicle for establishing relationships is just enormous,” he said.
In addition to facilitating communication, the TV can also provide medication reminders. When it is time to take medications, programming pauses and a message appears on the screen, along with an image of the medication and the specific instructions. If the TV is off, it turns on with a chime that gradually increases in volume until it’s acknowledged. Family members can record personalized reminders, and if a dose is missed, they can be notified so they can follow up directly.
Another important feature is what Aggarwal calls the “drop-in,” where older adults grant permission to designated caregivers to turn on the camera remotely and check in. If a medication alert hasn’t been acknowledged or calls aren’t going through, caregivers can quickly see what’s happening. Has their loved one fallen, become unresponsive or is otherwise in need of urgent assistance?
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The robot, named, is about 4 feet tall, brightly colored and, as Brown describes her, “very personable and sassy.” Unlike industrial robots that perform tasks like vacuuming or moving boxes, Abi serves as a companion. “A lot of people who interact with Abi on a daily basis actually refer to her as they would a grandchild who’s walking through the door,” she said.
In the future, Brown is looking to explore specific medical uses for Abi, such as detecting and preventing falls and alerting providers to concerning behaviors. I hope she does. How we care for an aging population is one of the most pressing medical, ethical and economic challenges of our time.
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Dr. Leana Wen's engagement
Dr. Leana Wen's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.76%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 57 followers. An average post collects 222 likes and 14 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.
Engagement rate
1.76%
- Avg likes
- 222
- Avg comments
- 14
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 57
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Who is Dr. Leana Wen?
Dr. Leana Wen (@drleanawen) is a Medical & health creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. Dr. Leana Wen carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Dr. Leana Wen runs to 12 words.
How many followers does Dr. Leana Wen have?
Dr. Leana Wen has 26,026 followers on Instagram (26K). Set against 228 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 114 followers per account Dr. Leana Wen follows. Dr. Leana Wen has built a substantial archive of 1,095 posts.
What is Dr. Leana Wen's engagement rate?
Dr. Leana Wen's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.76%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 57 followers. An average post collects 222 likes and 14 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.
What does Dr. Leana Wen post about on Instagram?
Flinque files Dr. Leana Wen under Medical & health, with Healthcare as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dr. Leana Wen, 4 are carousels, 3 are videos and 3 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Dr. Leana Wen repeatedly use the words public, visit, been, people and read. Dr. Leana Wen's captions carry hashtags such as #publichealth, #ebola and #drcongo. Dr. Leana Wen writes those captions mainly in English. The bio tags #TheCheckup. Dr. Leana Wen keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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