Anticoagulation for Atrial Cardiopathy After Stroke, Eviction Threat and Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic, PSVT Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH, Senior Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 20, 2024, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1088: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the use of monoclonal antibody therapy to prevent RSV hospitalization of infants and use of GSK’s RSV vaccine Arexy to prevent severe disease following RSV infection in adults between 50-59 years before he reviews recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses if how the influenza vaccine is manufactured can reprogram the antibody response, cardiovascular consequences of influenza infection, mortality of chikungunya virus infection, if an alternative vacc...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 17, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1086: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market and why people conceal their infectious diseases before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses if susceptibility and disease severity are inheritable traits, if vaccination during pregnancy protects neonates or leads to adverse effects, the effectiveness of a monovalent XBB.1.5 against disease resulting from infection with Omicron variants, whether vaccination in the same or o...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 10, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents
Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years in the US, but were they effective? JAMA Associate Editor Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with author Leora R. Feldstein, PhD, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the effectiveness of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines in children and adolescents. Related Content: Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy and in Children, Climate Change and Health Series, Thyroid Cancer Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Christopher W. Seymour, MD, MSc, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 6, 2024, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Cervical cancer could be eliminated: here's how
Cervical cancer is both treatable and preventable, and the WHO has called for countries to come together to to eliminate the disease in the next century.However the disease still kills over 300,000 people each year, and levels of screening, treatment and vaccination need to be stepped up in order to achieve this goal.These challenges are particularly stark in low- and middle-income countries, where a lack of funding, staffing and infrastructure are obstacles. Vaccine hesitancy, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is also a key problem.In this Podcast Extra, two experts share their thoughts on how best to overcome...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1085: When macrophages go to alimentary school
TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) Research assistant p...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 4, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1084: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the how the pandemic influenced the healthcare job market before he reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, discusses the safety of the prefusion RSV vaccine, if high or moderate dose of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine is better for protection against hospitalization, summarizes the new WHO COVID guidelines, revisits how to prevent pathogen transmission in healthcare setting, the under use of COVID oral antiviral and what occurs in persistently...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 3, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
A health and care emergency, the US constitutional weakness for pandemic response, ActionAid in conflict zones
With a new logo, and new music, comes a revamped The BMJ Podcast.
Every two weeks we’ll be bringing you a magazine style show, more variety and perspectives on medicine, health, and wellbeing.
In this episode:
Former chief executive of the NHS, Nigel Crisp, explaining why the UK is facing a national health and care emergency (01:22)
The guest editors of our US covid series, Gavin Yamey and Ana Diez Roux, discuss the US pandemic response, and how problems are built into the US constitution (19:48)
How The BMJ’s ActionAid appeal will help people in Gaza, Syria and Somalia (33:06)
Reading list:
The BMJ Commission ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1082: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus, including all circulating variants in the US, before discussing viral transmission to adults in healthcare setting, the recently EUA approved protein based COBREVAX vaccine, reviews quarantine guidelines, the use of simnotrelivr for mild to moderate COVID-19, how viral RNA may persist in your cell culture dish following antiviral therapy, continues to dispel the myth of viral rebound, how to pay for Paxlovid, , when to use steroids and the benefits of convalescen...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 27, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
New ACG Guideline Offers Recommendations for ALD
The guideline was commissioned in light of the growing incidence of alcohol use disorder, which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 25, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent measles outbreaks, prequalification of nOPV2 by the WHO and most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US before discussing COVID-19 deaths linked to SNPs in C-reactive protein, spread of recent viral variants, how early vaccination reduced hospitalization of those infected with XBB.1.5, reviewed quarantine guidelines, how oral antivirals reduce hospitalizations, dissociation of antiviral treatment from infection rebound, and long COVID, deaths due to administration of hydroxychloroquine, mus...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 13, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1076: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin highlights global circulation of Mpox virus, reviews the most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, and discusses the clinical outcome of hospitalized children under 5 years infected with SARS-CoV-2, the perinatal and neonatal outcomes including adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus transmission in Italy between early 2020 and 2022, the guidelines to improve home ventilation, the safety and efficacy of the oral anti-viral molnupiravir and the use of convalescent plasma as a long term treatme...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 6, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1074: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in pediatric communities under the age of 18 years, the treatment of infants with the human monoclonal anti-respiratory syncytial virus antibody to prevent hospitalizations, most recent statistics on the circulation of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, how the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic affected school attendance and child healthcare, how exposure length influenced transmission of SARS-CoV-2, how the durability of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody respo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 30, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Prone Positioning During ECMO for ARDS, Fluvoxamine for COVID-19, Hepatitis D Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Rentoumis Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 26, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - December 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
