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AMA Update 604: Measles and FDA news: Allergy medication alert, Alzheimer’s blood test cleared, new COVID vaccine

How do you test for Alzheimer’s? Have COVID vaccine guidelines changed? Are men more lonely than women? How many adults are lonely? Is measles still going around?

Covering measles cases in the U.S., new Alzheimer’s blood test, FDA warning for allergy medication, changes to new COVID vaccines, and the effects of loneliness with AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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⚠️ FDA warning for OTC allergy medication – Rare but severe itching after stopping long-term use of oral allergy medicines (Pruritus from Zyrtec, Xyzal, etc.): https://ama-assn.co/FDA_DrugSafety_allergymeds

🧬 FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC meetings): https://ama-assn.co/FDA_VRBPAC

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▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians
 

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AMA Update 584: Another measles death, pertussis news, a new Alzheimer’s test, plus shingles and dementia study

How many measles cases in 2025? Is there a blood test for Alzheimer’s? Is the shingles vaccine safe? Does the shingles vaccine prevent dementia? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers measles outbreak news, a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, the latest trends in childhood vaccination rates, and how the shingles vaccine helps prevent dementia. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🧠 For more on the new blood test detects Alzheimer’s disease «Blood Biomarkers to Detect Alzheimer Disease in Primary Care and Secondary Care» JAMA study, visit: https://ama-assn.co/JAMAstudy_Alzheimers

💻 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary (CDC H5N1 technical report): https://ama-assn.co/CDC_H5N1

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🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

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