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AMA Update 345: New RSV and COVID vaccines for fall with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, talks about the FDA’s recent approval of a maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants, as well as the recent uptick in COVID cases and a new, highly mutated variant, BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, that has put the CDC and WHO on watch. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 173: Preventing COVID & Monkeypox in schools with Aaron Carroll, MD, MS

Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, a distinguished professor of pediatrics, chief health officer at Indiana University in Indianapolis—and good friend of the show —discusses what parents and physicians need to know as kids head back to school this fall. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

NOTE: this episode was recorded prior to the release of the CDC’s updated COVID-19 guidelines on 8/11/2022. Visit https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0811-covid-guidance.html for more information.

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