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AMA Update 168: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on not waiting for fall to get boosted

2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, discusses his coronavirus vaccine, CorbeVax, as well as his Paxlovid rebound infection experience, and growing concerns around monkeypox. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Dr. Peter Hotez is dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston.

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AMA Update 74: How one college student mobilized a national effort to address young adults’ vaccine hesitancy

A discussion with with Jordan Tralins, a rising junior at Cornell University and founder of the COVID Campus Coalition, about her work to address vaccine hesitancy among young adults.
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AMA Update 72: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta’s impact on return-to-school plans

Discussion with AMA’s Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering third dose vaccines for the immunocompromised, vaccine recommendations for pregnant people, and state-level approaches for students headed back to school this fall.

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