Latest on the monkeypox outbreak with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH | COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 boosters this September, CDC designates monkeypox as nationally notifiable condition as outbreak continues, and new CPT codes added, as covered by AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for August 3, 2022
0:28 COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
1:28 COVID deaths and hospitalizations
2:25 Fall booster campaign starting Sept.
3:04 "Bivalent” shots should be more effective against BA.5
4:11 Children as young as 6 months should get Moderna or Pfizer COVID vaccine
5:02 Only about 30% of children ages 5 to 11 have received first dose
6:44 Monkeypox cases (confirmed or probable) must be reported to the CDC within 24 hours
8:34 CDC reported 5,200 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S.
9:40 Are monkeypox vaccines available?
10:31 New York, Illinois, California, declared states of emergency due to monkeypox outbreak
11:19 Are monkeypox tests hard to get?
12:04 New CPT codes for monkeypox created (one lab test code, two vaccine codes)