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AMA Update 459: H5N1 news, CDC wastewater surveillance for bird flu, FLiRT variants, and the latest COVID symptoms

15 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:49 0 Comments

Is bird flu spreading in US dairy cows? Is it safe to drink milk? Is COVID going around again? How dangerous is the new COVID variant? Is diarrhea a symptom of COVID? Our guest is 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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🗺️ CDC current avian flu map: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/data-map-commercial.html

💻 For bird flu news visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-summary.htm

💧 Bird flu tracking via CDC wastewater surveillance dashboard: https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/wastewater-surveillance/Flu-A-data.html

🐄 Googling «high path avian influenza cattle»? Get the Avian influenza HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detections in Livestock): https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/livestock

🚨 If the CDC issues new health warning, get the latest CDC health alert 2024 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/

🦠 Wondering if there a new COVID vaccine coming out? Get the latest CDC COVID vaccine guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html

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AMA Update 432: Paxlovid and measles outbreak news, plus MMR shot & RSV vaccine for babies

15 de marzo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:47 0 Comments

When did COVID start in the US? Should I take Paxlovid? What is the COVID death toll? Where is the measles outbreak? Is measles eliminated in the US? What is the RSV vaccine recommendations for children?

Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

📋 CDC guidelines for RSV in infants and young children: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/high-risk/infants-young-children.html

💊 Find COVID-19 medications near you: https://treatments.hhs.gov/

🧰 ASPR COVID Treatment Locator Tool for doctors and health care providers: https://aspr.hhs.gov/COVID-19/Therapeutics/updates/Pages/important-update-11March2024.aspx

📧 Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response email contact: COVID19.Therapeutics@hhs.gov

🔍 CDC website for the New Vaccine Surveillance Network: https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/nvsn/index.html

🧪 Do COVID tests expire? Check #FDA COVID test expiration date extensions here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

💉 Searching for «COVID vaccine near me»? Find vaccines in your area at: https://www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/

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AMA Update 411: New long COVID study results, a possible Paxlovid alternative, and RSV vaccine updates for babies

24 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:23 0 Comments

A check-in on COVID, flu and RSV cases, and an overview of new COVID and Long Covid studies. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, reports that the tripledemic wave is declining, but vaccination levels for COVID, flu and RSV among adults are still low. Plus, continued supply issues for the RSV vaccine for children, administration errors for the RSV vaccine, and two new studies that could inform future treatments for COVID and Long COVID. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💧 Wastewater COVID dashboard via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html

💉 Searching for «free COVID vaccine near me» or «where to get flu shot»? Find vaccines in your area at: https://www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/

💊 New England Journal of Medicine «Oral Simnotrelvir for Adult Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Covid-19»: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2301425

🔬 American Association for the Advancement of Science Magazine study on Immune damage in Long COVID—Links between the complement and coagulation systems could lead to Long Covid therapies: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1077

🌡️ Patient experiencing vaccine side effects and adverse effects following vaccination? Visit Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System VAERS website: https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

🗺️ CDC flu map FluView Weekly US Map and Influenza Summary Update: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

🦠 Looking for «covidtests.gov free tests»? Free home COVID test kits by mail still available: https://www.covid.gov/tests

🧪 Wondering «do expired COVID tests work»? Check COVID test expiration date extensions here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

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AMA Update 405: New COVID variant JN.1 symptoms, latest studies on Paxlovid rebound and Hydroxychloroquine

10 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:02 0 Comments

An in-depth look at the latest wave of respiratory infections sweeping the country. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses trends in COVID, flu and RSV infections, details of the latest COVID variant, and the return of mask mandates. Plus, the low use of Paxlovid and deaths linked to the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID during the first wave of the pandemic. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💧 Wastewater COVID dashboard via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html

💉 Searching for «flu vaccine near me» or «cdc.gov vaccines»? Find vaccines in your area at: https://www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/

🗺️ CDC FluView Weekly US Map and Influenza Summary Update: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

🦠 Free at home COVID tests by mail still available: https://www.covid.gov/tests

🧪 Check expired COVID test expiration date extensions here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

💊 Learn more about the Home Test to Treat program: https://www.test2treat.org/

🔬 National Institutes of Health’s «Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) effectiveness against hospitalization and death in N3C: A target trial emulation study»: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37398261/

📈 Hydroxychloroquine study «Deaths induced by compassionate use of hydroxychloroquine during the first COVID-19 wave: an estimate» in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy journal: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222301853X

📊 Nature Communications study «Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials»: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22446-z

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AMA Update 380: COVID-19 vaccine costs, Paxlovid price change, new studies on long COVID symptoms and more

1 de noviembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:40 0 Comments

How much does COVID-19 cost? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, breaks down how much COVID could cost you. From the risk of not getting vaccinated and the new HV.1 variant, to vaccines covered by insurance and coronavirus treatment costs in the U.S. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💉 Searching «COVID shots near me»? Use the COVID vaccine finder: https://www.vaccines.gov/search/

🔬 The Journal of Infectious Diseases article «COVID-19 Recovery: Consistent Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Abnormalities in Patients With Neurocognitive Post-COVID Complications» via Oxford Academic: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiad395/7328977

📖 BMC Infectious Diseases article «Prevalence and predictors of post-COVID-19 symptoms in general practice – a registry-based nationwide study» via University of Bergen Norway: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-023-08727-6

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AMA Update 353: Eris and Pirola COVID variants, plus CDC flesh-eating bacteria warning with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

6 de septiembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:47 0 Comments

COVID cases continue to rise in the U.S. due to the new EG.5, or Eris, variant. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, analyzes the increase in COVID hospitalizations and shares the latest news about the EG.5 and BA.2.86, or Pirola, variants. Plus, the CDC Health Advisory on fatal Vibrio vulnificus (or V. vulnificus) infections and what physicians and patients need to know about it. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention «Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections in the United States Associated with Warming Coastal Waters»: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00497.asp

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AMA Update 338: New long COVID clinical trials, FDA approves postpartum depression pill & RSV shot for babies

9 de agosto de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:12 0 Comments

HHS forms the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, and the NIH launches new Long COVID clinical trials. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses these new Long COVID developments, along with a study with insights into the maternal health crisis in the US and the FDA’s approval of a pill to treat postpartum depression. Plus, NIAID’s new director, the new head of the CDC and ACIP’s RSV shot recommendation for babies. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 162: CDC study shows life-saving power of COVID vaccines with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

13 de julio de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:59 0 Comments

The latest on Omicron subvariants, delays in state-by-state COVID case reporting and more with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO, Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 139: Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, on the latest long COVID research

11 de abril de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:19 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the latest research on long COVID with Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University and a principal investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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