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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.

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AMA Update 106: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses new data on Omicron, Pfizer’s COVID pill and more

15 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:00 0 Comments

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 an increase in COVID cases as the U.S. surpassed 50 million on Monday, new data from a major study released by South Africa’s largest health insurer on vaccine efficacy against Omicron, and an update on Pfizer’s COVID pill.

AMA Update 105: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the spread of the Omicron variant

8 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:52 0 Comments

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 Omicron across the U.S. and globally, as well as New York City’s vaccine mandate for private employees.

AMA Update 104: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on the omicron variant and Delta winter surge

6 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:18:02 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the new omicron variant and what it means for the months ahead with good friend of the show, 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 in Houston.

AMA Update 103: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses omicron, vaccine mandate challenges and Merck’s COVID pill

2 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:12 0 Comments

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 omicron variant, vaccine mandate challenges and pending FDA authorization for Merck’s COVID pill.

AMA Update 102: Paul Offit, MD, discusses the importance of pediatric COVID vaccination

23 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:23:57 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Paul Offit, MD, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about pediatric COVID vaccination, mandates and boosters.

AMA Update 101: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses uptick in COVID cases and flu outbreaks

17 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:15 0 Comments

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 latest on COVID-19 treatment pills, expanding eligibility for booster shots, what the uptick in cases in Europe could forecast for the U.S., as well as flu outbreaks and press releases from the November 2021 Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

AMA Update 100: Bechara Choucair, MD, discusses the nation’s vaccination strategy

15 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:20:30 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Bechara Choucair, MD, vaccinations coordinator on the White House COVID-19 Response Team in Washington, D.C., about the nation’s vaccination strategy, including vaccine requirements, pediatric vaccination and boosters.

AMA Update 99: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses legal challenges to Biden’s vaccine requirements

10 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:22 0 Comments

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 legal challenges to the Biden administration’s recent vaccine requirements for large companies and health workers, as well as ongoing efforts to vaccinate the nation’s 5 to 11 year olds.

AMA Update 98: An in-depth look at kids and COVID vaccines with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer

8 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:20:23 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses what physicians need to know about the recent COVID vaccine authorization for children in the 5 to 11 age group with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup.