COVID-19

AMA Update 83: Dr. Steven Stack on confronting challenges in Kentucky’s battle against COVID

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Public Health and former AMA president, about how Kentucky is faring in its battle with COVID, including the state’s recent surge in cases and challenges posed by the politicization of health care issues.

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AMA Update 81: Andrea Garcia, JD, discusses the outlook of the pandemic heading into fall

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering booster shots, end-of-summer case numbers and trends, as well as the growing shortage of ICU beds across the U.S.

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AMA Update 79: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses pandemic complications caused by Hurricane Ida

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering challenges faced by southern states in the wake of Hurricane Ida, and the U.S. returning to a daily average of more than 100,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

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AMA Update 78: Children’s Hospital Vaccine Education Center Director Dr. Paul Offit talks COVID and kids, plus the importance of getting vaccinated

A discussion with Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about the importance of getting vaccinated and what physicians need to know about COVID and kids.

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AMA Update 77: How one medical student is changing the conversation about COVID vaccination in Black communities

A discussion with LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, founding executive director of the We Got Us Empowerment Project and president of her medical school class at Harvard Medical School, about how she’s empowering Black communities to make decisions about COVID vaccines by providing accurate, culturally sensitive information in unique ways.

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AMA Update 76: AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, discusses FDA’s full approval of Pfizer vaccine

AMA president and family medicine specialist, Dr. Gerald Harmon, dives into the details about the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine—and what it means for physicians and patients.  

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AMA Update 75: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discuss FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, booster shots and vaccine mandates.

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AMA Update 72: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta’s impact on return-to-school plans

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering third dose vaccines for the immunocompromised, vaccine recommendations for pregnant people, and state-level approaches for students headed back to school this fall.

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AMA Update 71: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta variant impact on both the young and the old

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering global COVID-19 milestones, booster shots, and more detail on «younger, sicker, quicker» phrase/trend.

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AMA Update 67: Dr. Tom Frieden on reaching the unvaccinated, masking and understanding breakthrough infections

A discussion with Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC and president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives in New York, about reaching the unvaccinated, masking, and how to think about breakthrough infections amid rising cases in the U.S.

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