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AMA Update 160: FDA advisors recommend COVID vaccine update for fall with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

Omicron summer surges, progress on booster shots for fall, kid’s COVID vaccine rollout, monkeypox vaccines distributed and more discussed by AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH and American Medical Association CXO, Todd Unger.

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AMA Update 152: Preliminary findings on COVID vaccine for kids under 5 with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews the latest on vaccines for children ages 6 months through 4 years, as well as boosters for 5-11 year olds with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. Also covering CDC’s recommendation on a second booster shot for people 50 or older, and the latest on the monkeypox outbreak.

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AMA Update 110: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, outlines CDC’s updated COVID recs

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews rising 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 detailing what physicians and patients need to know about the CDC’s updated guidance on isolation, quarantine and testing.

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AMA Update 91: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses EUA requests for boosters and children ages 5-11

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 COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) requests from Pfizer for children ages 5-11, as well as movement on boosters for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccine recipients.

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