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The COVID Tracking Project Dec 11, 2020

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The COVID Tracking Project, launched by The Atlantic, collects and publishes data required to understand the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, including data on race and ethnicity needed to understand health inequities in the outbreak.

Atlantic Monthly journalists Alexis C. Madrigal and Erin Kissane join JAMA's Q&A series to describe the project and their experience developing a database for fact-based health reporting on the pandemic.

Recorded December 10, 2020.

Asthma Guidelines Update 2020 - Diagnosis and Management Dec 10, 2020

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The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) of the NIH has updated its guideline recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of asthma patients. Michelle M. Cloutier, MD, from UConn Health, Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and JAMA Associate Editor George O'Connor, MD, MS, from Boston Medical Center join JAMA's Q&A series to discuss what's new, including revised advice about

• Use of intermittent inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs)

• Use of add-on long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs)

• Use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurement as a diagnostic biomarker

• Monitoring response to therapy

• Indoor allergen mitigation strategies

• Safety and efficacy of subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy

• Use of bronchial thermoplasty

Recorded December 8, 2020

Related Article(s):

Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults

Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Paul Offit Dec 04, 2020

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With the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines reportedly under review at the US FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to provide an update on what to expect, prospects for vaccine rollout and distribution in the coming months, and ongoing safety surveillance. Recorded December 2, 2020.

Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed

Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority Dec 01, 2020

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Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority

Coronavirus Update with Nicholas Christakis Nov 25, 2020

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Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr Christakis is author of the recently published book "Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live." Recorded November 23, 2020.

Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors Nov 24, 2020

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Interview with Martha Y. Kubik, PhD, RN, USPSTF member and coauthor of Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

COVID-19 Update—Critical Care and Pandemic Response Nov 23, 2020

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In the midst of rising COVID-19 case rates globally, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, return to JAMA's Q&A series to update viewers on developments in the pandemic and the critical care management of COVID-19 patients. Dr Angus is Chief Health Care Innovation Officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, professor and chair of Critical Care Medicine, and a senior JAMA editor. Dr Walensky is Chief of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School. Recorded November 19, 2020.

Related Article(s):

Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19

Heritable Human Genome Editing (HHGE)—The International Commission Report Nov 17, 2020

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Interview with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, author of Heritable Human Genome Editing: The International Commission Report

Herd Immunity as a Coronavirus Pandemic Strategy Nov 11, 2020

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Would letting coronavirus infect the broad US and global population be a safe and effective means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic? Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, of Stanford University's Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research is a signatory of the "Great Barrington Declaration," which proposes to "allow those at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk." Marc Lipsitch, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a signatory of the "John Snow Memorandum," which refutes the argument, responds.

Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control