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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.

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

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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 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 330: New COVID data on blood types, excess deaths, EG.5 variant & FDA approved RSV vaccine for babies

26 de julio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:39 0 Comments

The FDA approves an RSV vaccine for infants and vulnerable toddlers, and a new COVID variant emerges. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses expectations for another “tripledemic”, the latest COVID death rate and research, and the White House’s new Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 234: New long-COVID study, vaccines and pregnancy, masking indoors & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

19 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:00 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses new research on the link between COVID-19 infection and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and that seasonal influenza activity remains high across the U.S. Also covering the life-threatening risks of flu and COVID during pregnancy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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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 227: ‘Tripledemic’ of flu, RSV & COVID-19 cases continue to rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

7 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:01 0 Comments

It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week and AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, reminds you to #FightFlu by getting your flu shot. Also covering the latest news on coronavirus from a post-Thanksgiving surge, what doctors need to know about monoclonal antibody treatments, and Pfizer BioNTech submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the FDA for its omicron-targeting coronavirus booster for children younger than 5. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

CDC Influenza resources for physicians: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/nivw/activities.htm

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AMA Update 224: RSV, flu trends plus COVID predictions with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

29 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:11 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares the latest post-Thanksgiving «tripledemic» trends, as well as findings from a new CDC study on how the updated boosters performed in the real world. 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 213: Influenza, COVID & RSV cases continue to rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

2 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:48 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the spike in flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID cases across the country. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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

26 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:08 0 Comments

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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