The updated COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax will be available this week. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the latest vaccine authorization, the discontinuation of the COVID-19 vaccination card and a new study that found differences in the blood of people with Long COVID. Plus, CDC draft recommendations on Doxy-PEP for STI prevention. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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00:00 AMA Update for Oct. 11, 2023
00:28 Novavax COVID vaccine updated version authorized by FDA
00:44 Novavax vaccine vs mRNA vaccines (non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, protein-based shot)
00:59 Current COVID variant Eris (EG.5, XBB.1.5, Omicron subvariants)
01:12 Original monovalent Novavax vaccine not authorized in US (adjuvanted)
01:26 CDC Novavax recommendations (ACIP recommendations)
02:01 FDA approved Novavax availability
02:40 COVID-19 vaccine cards
03:31 Proof of vaccination to fly: International travel COVID vaccine policy
04:08 New long COVID study findings (long haul COVID)
04:43 Long COVID symptoms (long COVID fatigue, cortisol levels)
04:57 Long COVID and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, infectious mononucleosis)
05:45 NCHS CDC survey on long COVID-19 symptoms (National Center for Health Statistics)
06:18 New long covid statistics (incidence of long COVID, minorities, racial and ethnic disparities)
07:06 CDC STD treatment guidelines (sexually transmitted disease)
07:14 New CDC STI guidelines (doxyPEP study)
07:30 Antibiotics for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea (sexually transmitted infection)
07:35 Doxycycline hyclate pills for STI treatment (doxyPEP dose, clinical trials)
08:58 CDC doxycycline for STI prevention
09:18 Is doxycycline FDA approved? (post-exposure prophylaxis)
09:33 STI epidemic (STD rates in the US)
09:49 CDC antimicrobial stewardship program (antimicrobial resistance)

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