COVID-19 Clinical Update | October 19, 2022
Date of Presentation: October 19, 2022
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Virology
Keywords: #covid #covid clinical updates #covid treatment #influenza #monkeypox
In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, ECHO Medical Director and Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, discusses the latest COVID-19, Monkeypox and Influenza clinical updates, including COVID-19 epidemiology, variants, PASC, vaccine protection, Evusheld, and treatment updates.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Jorge Mera
Dr. Jorge Mera is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Resources Provided:
- To Claim CE
- COVID Data Tracker (CDC)
- COVID Data Tracker (NYTimes)
- Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 with clinical condition definitions and comparison in a matched cohort (Nature)
- Association of Primary and Booster Vaccination and Prior Infection With SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes (JAMA)
- Evusheld FDA Update (IDF)
- FDA Update for Paxlovid (FDA)
- Nirmatrelvir Use and Severe Covid-19 Outcomes during the Omicron Surge (NEJM)
- Monkeypox (CDC)
- Science Brief: Detection and Transmission of Monkeypox Virus (CDC)
- Influenza Hospitalizations and Vaccination Coverage by Race and Ethnicity—United States, 2009–10 Through 2021–22 Influenza Seasons (MMWR)
Date added: October 19, 2022