subvariants

AMA Update 252: The latest research on long COVID symptoms, treatments & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the latest research on long COVID, as well as #omicron variant XBB.1.5 and other #SARSCoV2 subvariants. Also covering how the Biden Administration’s decision to end COVID-19 national emergency and U.S. public health emergency on May 11 will affect hospitals, physicians and patients—while the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains the COVID-19 pandemic is still a global health emergency. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Watch, read, or listen to Sandra Fryhofer, MD, AMA Board Chair’s recent #vaccine and bivalent booster episode, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/bivalent-vaccine-effectiveness-covid-booster-schedule-and-evusheld

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AMA Update 210: Flu spreads while two new COVID subvariants & RSV infections rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses two new emerging subvariants: BQ. 1 and BQ1.1. Also covering the ‘tripledemic’ threat given cases of flu, COVID, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections are on the rise. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 142: Which airlines and public transit require masks with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews changes to the national mask mandate with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, including which airlines no longer require masks and the cities still enforcing mask mandates on public transit. Also covering the emerging subvariants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1, a new COVID breath test, and why Americans over 60 should get a second booster shot.

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