COVID-19

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

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.

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AMA Update 127: The FDA on Molnupiravir and COVID-19: What physicians need to know, Part III

In part three of this three-part series, Aimee Hodowanec, MD, senior medical officer, Division of Antivirals, Office of Infectious Disease in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Office of New Drugs, FDA, discusses what physicians need to know about Molnupiravir as treatment for COVID-19.

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AMA Update 126: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the latest on vaccines for children 5 and younger

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 FDA’s pivot to wait for more data on vaccines for kids under 5, and what new data from the CDC tells us about booster shots.

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AMA Update 124: The FDA on Paxlovid and COVID-19: What physicians need to know, Part II

In part two of this three-part series, Stephanie Troy, MD, senior medical officer, Division of Antivirals, Office of Infectious Disease in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Office of New Drugs, FDA, discusses what to know about Paxlovid as treatment for COVID-19.

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AMA Update 125: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, on what new FDA licensing & authorization requests mean for patients

AMA CXO Todd Unger dives into new developments from ACIP’s emergency meeting on Feb. 4 with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup.

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

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.

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

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.

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AMA Update 115: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the newest research on Omicron

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, JD, MPH. Also covering the World Health Organization’s (WHO) opinion on life post-Omicron, as well as newly published data from the CDC, JAMA, and what that research means in the battle against the current U.S. COVID surge. Additionally, the FDA has revised authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments—a topic AMA’s immediate past-president, Susan Bailey, MD, will be discussing in an upcoming webinar with experts from the FDA.

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AMA Update 112: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses what to expect with the Omicron surge

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 developments in COVID hot spots across the nation, the CDC’s clarified stance on masks, and Dr. Fauci’s «five phases of the pandemic.»

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AMA Update 111: Leonard Nelson, JD, on how vaccine mandate rulings impact physicians

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Leonard Nelson, JD, the AMA’s senior assistant general counsel, about the recent Supreme Court decisions on vaccine mandates and their long-term implications for physicians.

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