New COVID data on blood types, excess deaths, EG.5 variant & FDA approved RSV vaccine for babies

The FDA approves an RSV vaccine for infants and vulnerable toddlers, and a new COVID variant emerges. AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses expectations for another “tripledemic”, the latest COVID death rate and research, and the White House’s new Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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00:00 AMA Update for July 26, 2023
00:30 RSV vaccine for babies approved by #FDA
01:20 Pfizer's RSV vaccine for pregnant persons still under FDA review
02:07 RSV infections: How many children are affected by #RSV each year?
02:57 COVID, flu and RSV tripledemic this fall, #CDC warns (influenza, Dr. Mandy Cohen)
04:03 New COVID variant EG.5 and Omicron XBB subvariants
04:57 COVID deaths (excess death rates related to COVID-19)
05:46 Coronavirus deaths
06:31 Paxlovid
07:04 Asymptomatic COVID and genetics
07:35 Study finds link between COVID infection and HLA (human leukocyte antigen genes, HLA-B*15:01 allele, SARS-CoV-2)
08:34 Blood types: Is there a link between COVID-19 and blood group?
09:53 White House launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR)
10:11 Dr. Paul Friedrichs to lead OPPR
10:29 OPPR to oversee Biden Administration's COVID-19 and #mpox response teams (biological threats, pathogens, future pandemics)

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