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AMA CXO Todd Unger and Andrea Garcia, AMA’s director of science, medicine and public health, discuss the grim milestone of one million COVID deaths in the U.S. Also covering rising cases—especially in the Northeast and Midwest, where daily case reports are higher now than at the peak of 2021’s summer Delta surge. As well as news from last week’s second global COVID-19 vaccination summit.
AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the status of Covid vaccines for kids under 5 with Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Offit is also a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee.
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AMA CXO Todd Unger chats with AMA’s immediate past president, Susan Bailey, MD, about big takeaways from her recent conversation with Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA. Their talk covered COVID-19 second dose boosters and pediatric vaccines.
AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the latest Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine news with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia. Also covering a newly released estimate for COVID-19 related deaths using excess mortality, as well as summer spikes of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and that masking up in airports or high-risk settings continues to reduce chances of COVID infection.
AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews the latest timeline on Moderna and Pfizer vaccine authorizations for young children with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia. Also covering the rise in COVID cases, FDA’s proposed timing to review data on Novavax and variant-specific vaccines, as well as how to spot fake COVID-19 at-home tests.
How will our nation—and America’s physicians—move beyond this pandemic? Tune in to hear expert physician perspectives on what lies ahead—and to learn how to prepare yourself, your practice and your patients for what’s next. Our physician guests include: Georges Benjamin, MD, Executive director, American Public Health Association; Céline Gounder, MD, Senior fellow and editor-at-large for Public Health, Kaiser Family Foundation and Kaiser Health News; clinical associate professor, Medicine and Infectious Diseases, New York University; Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president, External Affairs, Communications, and Brand, The Permanente Federation; associate executive director, The Permanente Medical Group
AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses COVID data reporting changes and strengthening public health infrastructure with Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, the chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in Atlanta.
AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 case numbers and the legal battle over mask mandates with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering the CDC’s latest health alert for COVID therapies, as well as the FDA’s approval of Remdesivir to treat pediatric coronavirus patients (kids 12 and younger).
More information on the CDC’s health alert: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2022/han00463.asp