Clinical Updates | December 7, 2020
Date of Presentation: December 17, 2020
In this series of presentations, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, and Whitney Essex, Family Nurse Practitioner at Cherokee Nation Health Services, share clinical updates on COVID-19 and influenza diagnosis and treatment.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Jorge Mera, Whitney Essex
Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He oversees surveillance, policies, and programs to treat and prevent the transmission of COVID-19, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and HCV.
Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, is a Family Nurse Practitioner for Cherokee Nation Health Services. Mrs. Essex works in the Infectious Diseases Department, where she is the coordinator for the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Elimination program. She assists in the maintenance of general infectious diseases clinical services, as well as the provision of medical care for patients accessing HIV, PrEP, Hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases-related services.
Resources Provided:
- Clinical Updates (Presentation Slides)
- Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths, December 2020
- Options to Reduce Quarantine for Contacts of Persons with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Using Symptom Monitoring and Diagnostic Testing
- Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report
- Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany (PNAS)
- Comparative effectiveness of high dose versus adjuvanted influenza vaccine: A retrospective cohort study (Vaccine)
- Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2020–2021 (Pediatrics)
Date added: December 7, 2020