Podcast: AMA Update

AMA Update 139: Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, on the latest long COVID research

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the latest research on long COVID with Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University and a principal investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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AMA Update 138: Latest guidance from FDA & CDC on second booster shots with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering the spread of the BA2 variant, Medicare paying for at-home COVID tests, as well as the latest from the FDA and CDC regarding who may get a second COVID booster shot.

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AMA Update 137: Tips and tools to help keep your private practice open safely with Carol Vargo

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses ways physicians in private practice can address continued challenges posed by the pandemic and what the AMA is doing to help with AMA Director of Physician Practice Sustainability Carol Vargo.

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AMA Update 136: Computer vision syndrome, mask-associated dry eye & more with David Aizuss, MD

AMA CXO Todd Unger reflects on #SaveYourVisionMonth with David Aizuss, MD, an ophthalmologist in Los Angeles and an AMA trustee, who shares what physicians want you to know about how the pandemic may be affecting your eye health and the importance of regular eye care from a physician.

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AMA Update 135: The latest on FDA authorization for a second booster with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 trending topics and news related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia. Also covering the FDA’s authorization of a second booster shot, as well as changes in COVID treatments and therapies. Additionally, uninsured patients may have to pay high prices out-of-pocket for COVID tests and vaccinations due to lack of federal funding and stalled budget approval.

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AMA Update 134: BA.2 variant, boosters & U.S. case reporting changes with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 news and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering what we know about the BA.2 Omicron subvariant, if a new surge is coming soon, the latest on booster shots and changing data collection on the pandemic.

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AMA Update 133: TSA mask mandate & updates on COVID vaccines for kids with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering state-wide mandates lifting for masks in school, and the latest developments on when a COVID vaccine will be available for kids under 5.

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AMA Update 132: AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, on fixing our health system and rebuilding trust

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist in Pawleys Island, S.C., who shares five actions we can take now to fix our ailing health care system and rebuild trust.

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AMA Update 131: Reviewing a national plan to get us to a new normal with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 case numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering the government’s newly released COVID response strategy and how it will take the nation out of crisis mode, the CDC’s scaled back contact tracing efforts and the U.S. Surgeon General’s renewed push to fight misinformation online.

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AMA Update 130: Stephen Parodi, MD, on shifting from pandemic to endemic

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Stephen Parodi, MD, the executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation, and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, Calif., about pandemic vs. endemic and what that shift will mean for our COVID-19 response.

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