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AMA Update 176: FDA authorizes Novavax vaccine for kids ages 12-17 with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares news on the Novavax vaccine from the FDA—as well as updates on COVID boosters for fall, monkeypox vaccines, TPOXX treatments, and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement on stepping down from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 165: Monkeypox, Omicron BA.5, and Novavax with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, details summer spike of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant. Also covering Novavax news, as well as monkeypox cases and stats—including the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a global health emergency. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 150: Over one million American lives lost to COVID with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger and Andrea Garcia, AMA’s director of science, medicine and public health, discuss the grim milestone of one million COVID deaths in the U.S. Also covering rising cases—especially in the Northeast and Midwest, where daily case reports are higher now than at the peak of 2021’s summer Delta surge. As well as news from last week’s second global COVID-19 vaccination summit.

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