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AMA Update 135: The latest on FDA authorization for a second booster with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 trending topics and news 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 a second booster shot, as well as changes in COVID treatments and therapies. Additionally, uninsured patients may have to pay high prices out-of-pocket for COVID tests and vaccinations due to lack of federal funding and stalled budget approval.

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AMA Update 107: Health system leaders on navigating vaccine mandates

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the complex issue of vaccine mandates with three health system leaders: Robert Hart, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ochsner Health; Adnan Munkarah, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Henry Ford Health System; and Michael Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in this special COVID Update feature.

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AMA Update 103: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses omicron, vaccine mandate challenges and Merck’s COVID pill

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 omicron variant, vaccine mandate challenges and pending FDA authorization for Merck’s COVID pill.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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AMA Update 93: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses boosters and pending authorizations

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 booster shots (including FDA and CDC recommendations), COVID case spikes related to dropping temperatures, and a reminder to get your annual flu shot.

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

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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AMA Update 87: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses booster rollout, mask studies and this week’s numbers

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 booster roll out, mask studies in schools and the continued politicization of the pandemic.

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