flu season

AMA Update 360: CDC guidelines on new COVID vaccines and when to get the flu shot with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

20 de septiembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:20 0 Comments

Who should get the latest COVID, flu and RSV vaccines and when they should get them. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses the potential for a fall tripledemic and how to prepare. Plus, rising COVID-19 cases, new CDC data on drug overdose deaths, and the blood supply shortage. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 For the latest CDC Respiratory Virus Updates, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/index.html

💉 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention «Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States» is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html

📺 Wondering who should get the new updated COVID vaccine and when? Dr. Sandra Fryhofer explains here: https://youtu.be/GK1jwQp9gBY?si=sVBuvqrZ1p6WHAwg

📰 To read the the most recent ACIP COVID vaccine recommendations, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/updated-covid-vaccine-who-should-get-it-and-when-it-will-be-available

❤️‍🩹 Dr. Bobby Mukkamala discusses International Overdose Awareness Day and fighting to end the opioid epidemic: https://youtu.be/BunXICNiafg?si=TPhWUyakxmByBeGb

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AMA Update 230: FDA, CDC expand Pfizer & Moderna bivalent vaccines to kids 6 months and up with Sandra Fryhofer, MD

13 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:09:01 0 Comments

Bivalent COVID vaccines for young kids authorized by FDA—and recommended by CDC. The latest on Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old with AMA Board Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, who is also the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 216: ‘Tripledemic’, long COVID, burnout & more with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD

8 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:29 0 Comments

Today Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, joins to discuss the latest trends and research in medicine from her vantage point as editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network in Chicago. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 199: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, on who needs a higher dose flu vaccine

4 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:26 0 Comments

Everything you need to know about the 2022-2023 flu season, including: types of flu vaccines available, when you should get vaccinated—as well as which shot you, adults over 65, and those with egg allergies should get. Sandra Fryhofer, MD, is AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 192: Flu shot, COVID boosters, TPOXX treatments and more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

21 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:32 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses preparing for flu season, changes to CDC’s TPOXX guidance, as well as the latest data and findings from new physician burnout research study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians, by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

Read more about the AMA, Mayo Clinic, and Stanford Medicine research findings on physician burnout here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/physician-burnout-rate-spikes-new-height

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AMA Update 91: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses EUA requests for boosters and children ages 5-11

13 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:46 0 Comments

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 COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) requests from Pfizer for children ages 5-11, as well as movement on boosters for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccine recipients.

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