'Tripledemic' of flu, RSV & COVID-19 cases continue to rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

It's National Influenza Vaccination Week and AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, reminds you to #FightFlu by getting your flu shot. Also covering the latest news on coronavirus from a post-Thanksgiving surge, what doctors need to know about monoclonal antibody treatments, and Pfizer BioNTech submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the FDA for its omicron-targeting coronavirus booster for children younger than 5. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

00:00 AMA Update for Dec. 7, 2022
00:43 What’s the latest COVID trends and Omicron subvariants?
01:53 COVID cases in the U.S.
02:34 COVID-19 hospitalizations
03:26 COVID daily deaths have decreased
04:16 Nearly 9 out of 10 COVID deaths are now people 65 or older
05:22 Bivalent boosters available for everyone 5 years old and up
05:53 Pfizer submitted EUA application to FDA for bivalent booster for children under 5 y.o.
07:03 FDA rescinded EUA emergency use authorization of Bebtelovimab
8:24 How bad is the flu this year?
09:30 This year all flu vaccinations are quadrivalent and shot efficacy rates are strong
10:52 RSV cases may be slowing down

[gavinhaynes]

Thanks for letting me know. I'm heading over to get the shots ASAP. You're a life saver.