Azithromycin to Prevent Child Mortality, Risk Score for Heart Transplant Candidates, Food Allergy Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 13, 2024, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Azithromycin to Prevent Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Childhood death rates remain high in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa, despite global reductions in childhood mortality. JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and author Thomas Lietman, MD, University of California, San Francisco, discuss twice-yearly azithromycin to reduce childhood mortality. Related Content: Mass Azithromycin Distribution to Prevent Child Mortality in Burkina Faso (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1030: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the use of RSV vaccines in older adults: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices, case report of leprosy in Central Florida, blood group A enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection, predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data, a common allele of HLA associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, prevalence of low-frequency, antiviral resistance variants in SARS-CoV-2 isolates in Ontario, Canada, viral resistance analyses from the Remdesivir phase 3 adaptive COVID-19 treatment trial-1, impact of Molnupiravir treatment on patient-r...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 29, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Intrapartum Azithromycin and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes, Olamkicept for Ulcerative Colitis, FDA Mandate Limiting Acetaminophen in Combination Opioid Products and Liver Failure, and more
Editor’s Summary by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Editor in Chief of JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, for the March 7, 2023, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 868: COVID-19 clinical update #102 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #102, Daniel Griffin reviews children and COVID, effectiveness of maternal vaccination, vaccines for immunocompromised, primary care physicians and vaccination rates, booster safety among adults, placentitis, azithromycin, oral Nirmatrelvir, Omicron antibody evasion, EUA for bebtelovimab, IL-1 blocking agents, thromboprophylaxis, effectiveness of vaccines against long COVID, and risks of mental health outcomes. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Children and COVID state data (AAP) Effectiveness of maternal vaccina...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 19, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 843: COVID-19 clinical update #93 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #93, Dr. Griffin summarizes Omicron fitness, S-gene target failure, monoclonal efficacy against Omicron, vaccination, monoclonals, and disease in children, persistence of memory B cells in the elderly, infection and vaccine induced immunity, protection against severe illness and death by a third mRNA vaccine dose, high flow oxygen versus intubation, and therapeutic anticoagulation. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Variant updates (CDC) List of diagnostic kits (Global Fund, pd...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 18, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Azithromycin and IL-6 Antagonists for COVID-19, Ultraprocessed Food Consumption Among Youth, Screening for Gestational Diabetes, and more
Editor's Summary by Preeti Malani, MD, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the August 10, 2021 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - August 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 783: COVID-19 clinical update #72 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #72, Daniel Griffin covers long term symptoms in children, outcomes for MIS-C, recent guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, a large well traced outbreak of delta variant, low dose mRNA vaccination generates durable T cell memory and antibodies, protective immunity in recovered patients, assessment of BinaxNOW, no effect of oral azithromycin, post-discharge symptoms in Nigeria, and therapeutics for low and middle income countries. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode L...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 23, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 772: COVID-19 clinical update #68 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #68, Daniel Griffin discusses children acquiring infection at birthday parties, immunogenicity of vaccines in solid organ transplant patients, reinfection rates in recovered patients, lack of efficacy of azithromycin, bacterial and fungal infections in hospitalized patients, effect of monoclonal antibody treatment on clinical outcomes of ambulatory patients, and reduction in mortality of hospitalized patients treated with remedesivir. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode COVID-19...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 26, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA warns about increased risk of cancer relapse with long-term use of azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax) antibiotic after donor stem cell transplant
FDA Drug Safety podcast on azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax) antibiotic (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - July 12, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: podcasts

FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA warns about increased risk of cancer relapse with long-term use of azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax) antibiotic after donor stem cell transplant
On August 3, 2018 FDA warned that the antibiotic azithromycin (brand name Zithromax, Zmax) should not be given long-term to prevent a certain inflammatory lung condition in patients with cancers of the blood or lymph nodes who undergo a donor stem cell transplant. (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - August 6, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts

PodMed – Week of April 24, 2017
This week’s topics include the dangers of short term corticosteroids, troponin assay for assessing MI, azithromycin and arrhythmia, and eye screening intervals for people with diabetes. Program notes: 0:33 Short term corticosteroids and consequences 1:32 20% got a prescription for steroids 2:34 Steroids for minor indications 3:02 Azithromycin and ventricular arrhythmias 4:02 Over 14 million […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - April 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Diabetes Eye Care Heart And Vascular Patient Care PodMed Source Type: podcasts