Clinical Updates | April 12, 2021
Date of Presentation: April 12, 2021
In this presentation, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, shares valuable COVID-19 clinical, epi, variant, and vaccine updates.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Jorge Mera
Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, 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:
- Clinical Updates (Presentation Slides)
- COVID-19 Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 14 States, January–June 2020 (MMWR)
- COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Among American Indian/Alaska Native and White Persons — Montana, March 13–November 30, 2020 (MMWR)
- Variants of Concern (CDC)
- Variant Proportions (CDC)
- High-throughput, single-copy sequencing reveals SARS-CoV-2 spike variants coincident with mounting humoral immunity during acute COVID-19 (PLOS PATHOGENS)
- A human coronavirus evolves antigenically to escape antibody immunity (PLOS PATHOGENS)
- Symptoms and functional impairment assessed 8 months after mild COVID-19 among health care workers (JAMA)
- Digital health passes in the age of COVID-19: Are “Vaccine Passports” lawful and ethical? (JAMA Viewpoint)
- What you should know about COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and other EEO laws (EEOC)
Date added: April 12, 2021