American Medical Association, September 6, 2024 What COVID variant are we on? How dangerous is the new COVID variant? Where does listeria come from? What deli meats have listeria? Is measles still around? Our guest is AMA Vice President of …
New ACIP recommendations for RSV, COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines, plus updated flu vaccine
July, 8, 2024 AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on …
With COVID-19 emergency’s end, CDC updates infection control guidance
Timothy M. Smith, American Medical Association, June 12, 2023 The federal public health emergency for COVID-19 ended in May, and one of the implications is that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer authorized to collect …
What doctors wish patients knew about long COVID-19 brain fog
Sara Berg, American Medical Association, February 17, 2023 Patients with long COVID—sometimes called COVID long-haulers—experience an assortment of symptoms that may persist for weeks, months or even years after their SARS-CoV-2 infection. While symptoms vary widely, months after COVID-19, some patients …
What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Sara Berg, The American Medical Association, October 28, 2022 When the COVID-19 Delta variant became the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, it was found that people’s immunity against infection started to wane months after they finished their primary vaccine …