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AMA Update 269: RSV vaccines, measles outbreaks & cardiovascular risks from long COVID with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

8 de marzo de 2023 casimedicos 00:10:35 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares new study findings on increased risk of severe health complications linked to patients with long COVID, including: arrhythmias, stroke, heart failure, coronary artery disease, COPD and pulmonary embolisms. Also discussing growing measles outbreaks. Measles are extremely contagious, can cause life-threatening illness, and are an immediately notifiable disease. Physicians should promptly report cases to state health departments to notify the CDC within 24 hours via the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 245: ‘Kraken’ variant & vaccine stroke risk: everything you need to know with Sandra Fryhofer, MD

19 de enero de 2023 casimedicos 00:11:56 0 Comments

The latest on Pfizer’s COVID vaccine and stroke risk. Sandra Fryhofer, MD, breaks down vaccine safety statistics following new #FDA and #CDC announcements about possible increased risk of stroke after getting Pfizer’s bivalent booster shot. Also covering VSD, other #vaccine databases, and what’s expected at the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VBRPAC) meeting this January. Plus everything you need to know about the ‘Kraken’ — a.k.a, the XBB.1.5 #omicron variant. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts #AMAUpdate

AMA Update 241: XBB.1.5 variant: what you need to know now with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

11 de enero de 2023 casimedicos 00:11:19 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, explains what you need to know about the latest Omicron subvariant. Also covering bivalent booster efficacy, data from a new COVID study in Israel, and protecting kids from the flu as they return to school after the holidays. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 168: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on not waiting for fall to get boosted

4 de agosto de 2022 casimedicos 00:17:33 0 Comments

2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, discusses his coronavirus vaccine, CorbeVax, as well as his Paxlovid rebound infection experience, and growing concerns around monkeypox. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Dr. Peter Hotez is 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 155: Fourth dose boosters and pediatric vaccines, an update with Peter Marks, MD, PhD from the FDA

7 de junio de 2022 casimedicos 00:58:24 0 Comments

Hear the latest on who should receive the fourth dose of the COVID-19 booster—and when—and whether we’ll be seeing a vaccine for younger children soon. Susan R. Bailey, MD, immediate past president, AMA welcomes Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), addressing a host of hot topics related to the fourth dose booster vaccine and provide updates on pediatric vaccine safety data.

AMA Update 149: COVID vaccines for kids under 5 with Paul Offit, MD

16 de mayo de 2022 casimedicos 00:16:08 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the status of Covid vaccines for kids under 5 with Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Offit is also a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee.

AMA Update 129: New CDC guidelines and tracking COVID-19 risk in your area with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

2 de marzo de 2022 casimedicos 00:14:12 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews 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 covering new data from CDC studies, understanding community risk and finding your local COVID-19 Community Level, as well as positive long-lasting effects of COVID booster shots.

Access the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s «COVID-19 by County» tracker here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html

AMA Update 109: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses updated booster recs for teens and more

11 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:16:48 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses news from the recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, AMA’s liaison to ACIP, and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. Updates include new COVID booster recommendations for teens, a shorter booster interval after a Pfizer vaccine series, new additional dose recommendations for immunocompromised children, and what you need to know about Pfizer’s new COVID vaccine formulation for adults. Also reviewing new data about preventing MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome) in children, as well as recent decision memos from the CDC director.

AMA Update 107: Health system leaders on navigating vaccine mandates

20 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:13:31 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the complex issue of vaccine mandates with three health system leaders: Robert Hart, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ochsner Health; Adnan Munkarah, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Henry Ford Health System; and Michael Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in this special COVID Update feature.

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

23 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 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.