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

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

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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