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Coronavirus and US State Departments of Health Nov 11, 2020

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Ngozi O. Ezike, MD, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses state and regional management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded November 9, 2020.

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Universal Masking in the United States

USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Hypertension in Children and Adolescents Nov 10, 2020

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Interview with Michael Silverstein, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

Long-term Health Consequences of COVID-19 Nov 03, 2020

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Interview with Carlos del Rio, MD, author of Long-term Health Consequences of COVID-19

Long-term Health Consequences of COVID-19

Coronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci - October 28, 2020 Oct 30, 2020

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Anthony S. Fauci, MD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including the continued importance of nonpharmaceutical interventions (masking, handwashing, physical distancing) for managing rising case numbers in the US and globally. Recorded October 28, 2020.

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Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other "Low-tech" Interventions

Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Paul A. Offit, MD Oct 29, 2020

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Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to provide an update on progress in COVID-19 vaccine development. Recorded October 27, 2020.

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Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed

Coronavirus Update With Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Oct 26, 2020

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Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital returns to JAMA's COVID-19 Q&A to provide an update on developments in the pandemic. She is a signatory of the recent John Snow Memorandum emphasizing the importance of public health interventions to manage the spread of COVID-19. Recorded October 22, 2020.

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Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other "Low-tech" Interventions

Clinical Genome Sequencing—The Importance of Implementation Data Oct 26, 2020

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Interview with Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD, author of Expanding Use of Clinical Genome Sequencing and the Need for More Data on Implementation

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus

Coronavirus Q&A With Andy Slavitt, MBA Oct 21, 2020

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Andy Slavitt, MBA, discusses recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and the US response. Slavitt is former Acting CMS Administrator in the Obama administration, board director at the United States of Care in Washington, DC, and a Distinguished Health Policy Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Recorded October 16, 2020.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need to Address Structural Challenges of the US Health Care System

Prioritizing Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations for Coronavirus Vaccination Oct 16, 2020

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The National Academy of Medicine has recommended that racial minority populations receive priority for vaccination because they have been hard hit by the pandemic and are "worse off" socioeconomically. US law is inconsistent on whether race/ethnicity can be an explicit criterion for achieving equity and diversity. Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, of Georgetown University and Michelle A. Williams, ScD, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discuss ways to achieve the public health objective of protecting vulnerable communities while adhering to law and ethics. Recorded October 14, 2020.

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Is It Lawful and Ethical to Prioritize Racial Minorities for COVID-19 Vaccines?