Podcast: AMA Update

AMA Update 69: Claire Hannan, MPH, on immunization managers and their key role in COVID vaccine distribution

A discussion with Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, about what physicians need to know about immunization efforts and how the pandemic may influence those efforts long term. 

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AMA Update 68: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, details updated CDC guidance for masking and COVID testing

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Including CDC’s updated testing and masking guidance, as well as details from the recently released Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

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AMA Update 67: Dr. Tom Frieden on reaching the unvaccinated, masking and understanding breakthrough infections

A discussion with Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC and president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives in New York, about reaching the unvaccinated, masking, and how to think about breakthrough infections amid rising cases in the U.S.

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AMA Update 66: Dr. Susan Bailey on mandating vaccination for all health care and long-term care workers

A discussion with the AMA’s immediate past president, Dr. Susan Bailey, about a statement released earlier this week by nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the AMA, in support of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for all health care and long-term care workers. 

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AMA Update 65: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the Delta variant and which states are seeing surges

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering the Delta variant, which states are seeing surges, mask mandates and how to reach the «movable middle» among Americans yet to be vaccinated.

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AMA Update 64: Dr. Sandra Fryhofer discusses what physicians need to know about boosters, the Delta variant and immunocompromised patients

A discussion with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, chair-elect of the AMA Board of Trustees and the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, about if and when we’ll need COVID-19 vaccine boosters, the role of the dangerous Delta variant and how this all affects immunocompromised individuals.

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AMA Update 63: Dr. Carol Rao shares results from CDC study looking at pandemic’s impact on the public health workforce

A discussion with Dr. Carol Rao, an epidemiologist for the CDC’s COVID-19 Emergency Response, about the mental health impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the public health workforce, including top level results from a new CDC study.

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AMA Update 62: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta variant-driven outbreaks

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering the CDC statement regarding vaccine effectiveness and the Indiana University vaccine mandate decision.

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AMA Update 60: Dr. Peter Hotez on understanding the origins of the pandemic

A discussion with Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development about COVID-19’s origin story and why it matters. 

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