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AMA Update 360: CDC guidelines on new COVID vaccines and when to get the flu shot with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

Who should get the latest COVID, flu and RSV vaccines and when they should get them. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses the potential for a fall tripledemic and how to prepare. Plus, rising COVID-19 cases, new CDC data on drug overdose deaths, and the blood supply shortage. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 For the latest CDC Respiratory Virus Updates, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/index.html

💉 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention «Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States» is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html

📺 Wondering who should get the new updated COVID vaccine and when? Dr. Sandra Fryhofer explains here: https://youtu.be/GK1jwQp9gBY?si=sVBuvqrZ1p6WHAwg

📰 To read the the most recent ACIP COVID vaccine recommendations, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/updated-covid-vaccine-who-should-get-it-and-when-it-will-be-available

❤️‍🩹 Dr. Bobby Mukkamala discusses International Overdose Awareness Day and fighting to end the opioid epidemic: https://youtu.be/BunXICNiafg?si=TPhWUyakxmByBeGb

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AMA Update 353: Eris and Pirola COVID variants, plus CDC flesh-eating bacteria warning with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

COVID cases continue to rise in the U.S. due to the new EG.5, or Eris, variant. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, analyzes the increase in COVID hospitalizations and shares the latest news about the EG.5 and BA.2.86, or Pirola, variants. Plus, the CDC Health Advisory on fatal Vibrio vulnificus (or V. vulnificus) infections and what physicians and patients need to know about it. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention «Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections in the United States Associated with Warming Coastal Waters»: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00497.asp

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