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Coronavirus Critical Care Update With Lennie Derde and Christopher Seymour Jan 15, 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted scientists to use adaptive research designs to evaluate potential treatments simultaneously and efficiently, increasing the likelihood that patients will receive treatments most likely to be effective for them. Lennie Derde, MD, of University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands and JAMA Associate Editor Christopher W. Seymour, MD, of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center join JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the latest in critical care management of COVID-19 patients and emerging treatment strategies and therapies. Recorded January 13, 2021.

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Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Arnold S. Monto, MD Jan 13, 2021

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Arnold S. Monto, MD, chaired the US Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) meetings in December that led to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. He joins JAMA's Q&A series from the University of Michigan School of Public Health to discuss experience to date with the 2 products and what's next in vaccine development. Recorded January 11, 2021.

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Diversifying Medical Education Jan 08, 2021

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Increasing the number of physicians who are Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous benefits everyone in the US, but it cannot be the sole responsibility of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), and Clyde W. Yancy, MD, of Northwestern Medicine, join JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD, to discuss options for developing training pipelines of underrepresented minority health science students, and how academic medicine can make racial justice a part of its work and mission. Recorded January 5, 2021.

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To Err Is Human: 20 Years of Health Care Quality Dec 31, 2020

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The National Academy of Medicine's 2000 report "To Err Is Human" launched the health care quality movement in the US. Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine, and Don Berwick, MD, MPP, from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discuss progress to date in advancing quality and prospects for improving outcomes and reducing harms, errors, and cost in the next 20 years. Recorded December 22, 2020.

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Digital Health—The Need to Assess Benefits, Risks, and Value Dec 28, 2020

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Interview with Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD, author of Digital Health—The Need to Assess Benefits, Risks, and Value

COVID-19 Vaccines and Herd Immunity Dec 21, 2020

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With coronavirus vaccines now available, what are the timeline and prospects for "herd immunity" and return to a new normal? Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health returns to JAMA's Q&A series with Paul D. Biddinger, MD, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Disaster Medicine, to discuss. Recorded December 17, 2020.

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Coronavirus Vaccine FDA Update Dec 16, 2020

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Peter W. Marks, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Hahn, MD, return to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines: the data, the weekend's EUA designation (Pfizer/BioNTech), and the process for future full licensure and postmarketing safety surveillance.

Dr Marks directs the US FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). Dr Hahn is commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Recorded December 14, 2020.

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Trust in Health Care in the Time of COVID-19 Dec 15, 2020

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Interview with David W. Baker, MD, MPH, author of Trust in Health Care in the Time of COVID-19

Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Anthony Fauci Dec 15, 2020

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Anthony S. Fauci, MD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines: the public data, deliberations at Thursday's FDA Advisory Committee meeting, and prospects for an agency Emergency Use Authorization designation, licensure, and rollout. Recorded December 11, 2020.

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USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults Dec 15, 2020

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Interview with Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults

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