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AMA Update 592: ACIP news: Measles cases, new meningococcal vaccine, chikungunya and RSV vaccine recommendations

29 de abril de 2025 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:04 0 Comments

Are vaccines safe? How long have vaccines been around? What is ACIP? Is there a booster for RSV? How old is the measles vaccine? What happens at ACIP meetings? What are the latest vaccine recommendations? Sandra Fryhofer, MD, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), shares news from the most recent meeting. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 567: Long COVID news, measles in Texas, RSV vaccine for moms, food recalls and rural health care access

26 de febrero de 2025 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:13 0 Comments

What’s the new long COVID study? How bad is this year’s flu? How many measles vaccines do you need? What food has been recalled? When to get RSV vaccine pregnancy? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the ongoing flu season, 2025 measles outbreak news, a new study on long COVID in women, uptake of maternal RSV vaccines, as well as food recalls and financial challenges faced by rural healthcare facilities. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🌡️ For the latest CDC measles outbreaks, symptoms of measles mumps rubeola and more, visit: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_Measles

😷 CDC Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_RespiratoryIllnesses

🦠 CDC RSV resources: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_RSV

🚮 FDA recall lists: https://ama-assn.co/FDA_recalls

🍽️ For the latest food safety news, recalls and more, visit: https://ama-assn.co/FoodSafety

🛒 USDA food recall lists: https://ama-assn.co/USDA_recalls

🚨 If the CDC issues new health warning, get the latest CDC health alert 2025 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://ama-assn.co/CDC_HAN

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AMA Update 553: Ozempic study on weight loss drugs side effects, FDA red dye 3 ban, flu cases and norovirus vaccine

22 de enero de 2025 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:07 0 Comments

What does Ozempic do? What are the side effects of Ozempic? Is bird flu still around? Is there a vaccine for norovirus? Is red dye 3 banned in US? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses high rates of COVID, RSV, and seasonal flu, as well as the recent CDC alert regarding hospital testing and treatments for bird flu. Also covering the FDA ban on red dye no. 3, plus new research on how GLP-1 drugs could lower the risk of 42 health conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia, substance abuse disorders and more. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🗺️ CDC current avian flu map: https://ama-assn.co/avianflu_map

💻 For bird flu news visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary (CDC H5N1 technical report): https://ama-assn.co/CDC_H5N1

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AMA Update 538: A healthier holiday: Avoiding colds, the health benefits of gratitude and 5 more minutes of exercise

26 de noviembre de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:19 0 Comments

What is a respiratory infection? Can you test too early for COVID? How much exercise do adults need per day? Can exercise lower your blood pressure? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers current trends of COVID, RSV, and flu and preventing illness this holiday season. She also discusses the obesity epidemic in the US and why adding five minutes of exercise to your daily routine can help lower blood pressure, plus the mental and physical benefits of practicing gratitude. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 521: When should you get your flu shot? Plus long-term health impacts of COVID-19 and new onset diabetes

16 de octubre de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:32 0 Comments

Is there a link between blood type and COVID? Does COVID cause cardiovascular complications? Can COVID affect your heart? Is the flu shot effective this year? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses when to get your flu shot, breakthrough COVID infections, as well as COVID-19 and cardiovascular health risks. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 492: Mpox, CDC RSV vaccine for adults, COVID summer surge and the end of free COVID vaccines

12 de agosto de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:49 0 Comments

How bad is COVID right now? Are COVID vaccines still free? Is there an mpox outbreak in Africa? RSV vaccine for seniors: What are the CDC guidelines for RSV in 2024? Our guest is American Medical Association Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

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AMA Update 446: What illnesses are going around? RSV, COVID-19, influenza, measles outbreak, plus avian flu news

17 de abril de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:27 0 Comments

Which states have found bird flu in dairy cows? Why is measles coming back? What states are having a measles outbreak? When is respiratory virus season over?

Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

📍 CDC current avian flu map: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/data-map-commercial.html

💻 For CDC bird flu update visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-summary.htm

📋 Vietnam Reports First Human Infection with Avian Influenza H9N2 Virus: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/vietnam-human-infection.htm

📢 CDC issues alert for avian influenza virus and symptoms of bird flu in humans (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus: Identification of Human Infection and Recommendations for Investigations and Response): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00506.asp

🚨 Latest CDC health alert 2024 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/

🦠 CDC COVID Tracker map, charts, and data: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

🗺️ CDC flu tracker map and weekly FluView Influenza Summary Update: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

💧 COVID Wastewater data via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html

🧪 Check #FDA COVID test expiration date extensions here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

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AMA Update 419: The latest long COVID news, rising flu cases and funding for gun violence prevention research

12 de febrero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:41 0 Comments

Is it flu season right now? Is long COVID dangerous? In this episode: long COVID in children and how the number one cause of child death in the US lacks clinical research funding.

Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 CDC COVID Tracker map, charts, and data : https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

🗺️ CDC flu tracker map and weekly FluView Influenza Summary Update: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

💧 COVID Wastewater data via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html

🔬 New long COVID study data from American Academy of Pediatrics journal on Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in Children: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2023-062570/196606/Postacute-Sequelae-of-SARS-CoV-2-in-Children

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🧪 Check FDA COVID test expiration date extensions here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

🥼 CDC Chief Medical Officer, Debra Houry, MD, MPH previous episode available here: https://youtu.be/kErhUXLo8UA?si=MZ-qvMXDBG5ZMw6A

📈 CDC gun violence statistics and firearm violence prevention research: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/index.html

💻 #AMAEdHub Firearm Safety, Injury Treatment and Risk Factors CME course: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/course/316

🟣 Learn more about AMA gun violence prevention advocacy: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-task-force-confront-health-care-crisis-gun-violence

📺 Chair of the AMA Gun Violence Task Force discusses what can be done to reduce gun violence: https://youtu.be/nDCQeSGKtLY?si=FseiZe89PEwwbFiA

❤️‍🩹 Learn more about firearm safety, suicide prevention and how to stop gun violence: https://youtu.be/aZmbv9XCZNs?si=a5XObOh7i73qqWB8

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AMA Update 411: New long COVID study results, a possible Paxlovid alternative, and RSV vaccine updates for babies

24 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:23 0 Comments

A check-in on COVID, flu and RSV cases, and an overview of new COVID and Long Covid studies. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, reports that the tripledemic wave is declining, but vaccination levels for COVID, flu and RSV among adults are still low. Plus, continued supply issues for the RSV vaccine for children, administration errors for the RSV vaccine, and two new studies that could inform future treatments for COVID and Long COVID. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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💊 New England Journal of Medicine «Oral Simnotrelvir for Adult Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Covid-19»: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2301425

🔬 American Association for the Advancement of Science Magazine study on Immune damage in Long COVID—Links between the complement and coagulation systems could lead to Long Covid therapies: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1077

🌡️ Patient experiencing vaccine side effects and adverse effects following vaccination? Visit Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System VAERS website: https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

🗺️ CDC flu map FluView Weekly US Map and Influenza Summary Update: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

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AMA Update 408: COVID surge 2024, Wegovy side effect study and using AI in medicine with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

17 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:06 0 Comments

An update on the surge of COVID and other respiratory diseases in the US and across the world. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the JN.1 variant that’s driving this surge and explains how it compares to the Omicron surge. Plus, the latest prescription trends in weight-less drugs like Ozempic and whether or not Ozempic and Wegovy have a side effect of suicidal ideation. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🦠 Looking for COVID vaccine news or wondering how to cure COVID? Get CDC COVID vaccine guidelines, the JN.1 variant COVID symptoms 2024, plus the latest on COVID medications and Paxlovid rebound, watch: https://youtu.be/Co6dQKxzSwQ?si=DswJoTa55uLwvQWG

💧 Wastewater COVID dashboard via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html

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🔬 Nature Medicine study «Association of semaglutide with risk of suicidal ideation in a real-world cohort»: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02672-2

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