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Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses pandemic complications caused by Hurricane Ida Sep 01, 2021

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Discussion with AMA's Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering challenges faced by southern states in the wake of Hurricane Ida, and the U.S. returning to a daily average of more than 100,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

Children's Hospital Vaccine Education Center Director Dr. Paul Offit talks COVID and kids, plus the importance of getting vaccinated Aug 30, 2021

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A discussion with Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about the importance of getting vaccinated and what physicians need to know about COVID and kids.

How one medical student is changing the conversation about COVID vaccination in Black communities Aug 26, 2021

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A discussion with LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, founding executive director of the We Got Us Empowerment Project and president of her medical school class at Harvard Medical School, about how she’s empowering Black communities to make decisions about COVID vaccines by providing accurate, culturally sensitive information in unique ways.

AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, discusses FDA's full approval of Pfizer vaccine Aug 25, 2021

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AMA president and family medicine specialist, Dr. Gerald Harmon, dives into the details about the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine—and what it means for physicians and patients.

Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discuss FDA's full approval of the Pfizer vaccine Aug 24, 2021

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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 the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, booster shots and vaccine mandates.

How one college student mobilized a national effort to address young adults' vaccine hesitancy Aug 18, 2021

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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. Follow COVID Campus Coalition on Instagram & TikTok @covid_campus_coalition or visit the website for more information: https://covidcampuscoalition.weebly.com/

New COVID vaccine recommendations for immunocompromised patients Aug 17, 2021

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Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, AMA’s liaison to ACIP and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup, discusses what physicians need to know about the recent FDA authorization for a third COVID vaccine dose for immunocompromised patients.

Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta's impact on return-to-school plans Aug 16, 2021

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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.

Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses Delta variant impact on both the young and the old Aug 11, 2021

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Discussion with AMA's Director of Science, Medicine & Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering global COVID-19 milestones, booster shots, and more detail on "younger, sicker, quicker" phrase/trend.

FAIR Health's Robin Gelburd, JD, discusses a large-scale study on patients with long-haul COVID Aug 10, 2021

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A discussion with Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health in New York, about the organization’s recent study on patients with long-haul COVID in what is currently the largest study to date looking at long-term symptoms post-COVID infection.

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