pandemic

AMA Update 101: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses uptick in COVID cases and flu outbreaks

17 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:13:15 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 the latest on COVID-19 treatment pills, expanding eligibility for booster shots, what the uptick in cases in Europe could forecast for the U.S., as well as flu outbreaks and press releases from the November 2021 Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

AMA Update 99: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses legal challenges to Biden’s vaccine requirements

10 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:11:22 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 legal challenges to the Biden administration’s recent vaccine requirements for large companies and health workers, as well as ongoing efforts to vaccinate the nation’s 5 to 11 year olds.

AMA Update 98: An in-depth look at kids and COVID vaccines with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer

8 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:20:23 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses what physicians need to know about the recent COVID vaccine authorization for children in the 5 to 11 age group with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup.

AMA Update 97: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses recent EUA for Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for 5-11 year olds

3 de noviembre de 2021 casimedicos 00:16:05 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 the FDA’s authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in children 5 to 11, vaccine mandates in schools, and the AMA’s support of the Biden Administration’s plan to address the nation’s overdose epidemic.

AMA Update 96: Dr. Aaron Carroll talks Halloween and holidays and how to assess risk

28 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:13:34 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses Halloween and assessing risk heading into the holiday season with Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics and chief health officer at Indiana University.

AMA Update 95: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses vaccine authorization for 5-11 year olds

27 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:12:20 0 Comments

AMA Update 94: Dr. Sandra Fryhofer shares the latest on boosters and the new «mix-and-match strategy»

26 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:16:47 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses what physicians need to know about boosters for Moderna, J&J recipients, and the newly approved mix-and-match strategy, with Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup.

AMA Update 92: CDC’s Dr. Alex Kallen discusses what physicians need to know about infection prevention and control

19 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:13:43 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with the CDC’s Dr. Alex Kallen, chief of the Prevention and Response Branch in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, about the importance of infection prevention and control and what physicians need to know about updated guidance in this area.

AMA Update 89: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses trends and urgent call for pregnant people to get vaccinated

6 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:12:59 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 movement on FDA’s J&J and Moderna booster EUA consideration, New York’s vaccine mandate, and Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 treatment pill.

AMA Update 88: EvergreenHealth’s Dr. Pratima Sharma shares strategies to support physicians during crisis

1 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos 00:12:43 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Pratima Sharma, executive medical director of primary care at EvergreenHealth, about how her health system quickly pivoted when it became the first location in the country to identify a COVID positive patient. Dr. Sharma shares strategies for ensuring physician well-being during crisis and how changes her health system made during the pandemic will influence care long term.