coronavirus

AMA Update 131: Reviewing a national plan to get us to a new normal with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

9 de marzo de 2022 casimedicos 00:14:05 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 the government’s newly released COVID response strategy and how it will take the nation out of crisis mode, the CDC’s scaled back contact tracing efforts and the U.S. Surgeon General’s renewed push to fight misinformation online.

AMA Update 130: Stephen Parodi, MD, on shifting from pandemic to endemic

7 de marzo de 2022 casimedicos 00:22:48 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Stephen Parodi, MD, the executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation, and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, Calif., about pandemic vs. endemic and what that shift will mean for our COVID-19 response.

AMA Update 128: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, outlines data supporting vaccinated pregnant mothers pass on COVID protection

23 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:13:42 0 Comments

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 the latest on coronavirus treatments, including Merk’s COVID pill, as well as research outlining the positive effects of getting vaccinated during pregnancy.

AMA Update 122: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares new CDC data on detecting COVID surges in advance

9 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:13:31 0 Comments

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 new data coming from the CDC solidifying wearing high-quality N95 and KN95 masks provide the best chance of avoiding infection, as well as the addition of a new data point to the CDC’s COVID data tracker.

AMA Update 121: Gerald Harmon, MD, on what physicians need to know about COVID-19 therapeutics

7 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:16:28 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger is joined by the AMA’s president, Gerald Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist in Pawleys Island, S.C., who shares new information and big takeaways about therapeutics for COVID-19 after his recent conversation with three physician leaders from the FDA.

AMA Update 108: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses new J&J vaccine recommendations

21 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:16:36 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and chair-elect of the AMA Board of Trustees about updated vaccine recommendations based on an increased, but still rare, risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Also, covering the latest on Omicron and vaccine effectiveness, a vaccine safety update for children aged 5-11 and the status of a COVID vaccine for toddlers.

AMA Update 105: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the spread of the Omicron variant

8 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:11:52 0 Comments

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 the spread of Omicron across the U.S. and globally, as well as New York City’s vaccine mandate for private employees.

AMA Update 103: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses omicron, vaccine mandate challenges and Merck’s COVID pill

2 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:14:12 0 Comments

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 the omicron variant, vaccine mandate challenges and pending FDA authorization for Merck’s COVID pill.

AMA Update 99: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses legal challenges to Biden’s vaccine requirements

10 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:11:22 0 Comments

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 legal challenges to the Biden administration’s recent vaccine requirements for large companies and health workers, as well as ongoing efforts to vaccinate the nation’s 5 to 11 year olds.

AMA Update 96: Dr. Aaron Carroll talks Halloween and holidays and how to assess risk

28 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:13:34 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses Halloween and assessing risk heading into the holiday season with Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics and chief health officer at Indiana University.