Is it COVID or flu? XBB.1.5 variant still dominates, but FDA has authorized Lucira Health's new at-home COVID test that also identifies influenza A. AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the latest coronavirus trends, seasonal influenza activity, plus CDC's recent health alert for shigellosis infections caused by the XDR Shigella bacteria strain. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
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00:00 AMA Update for March 1, 2023
00:27 COVID cases in the U.S.
01:13 COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths
02:03 FDA authorizes new at-home COVID test
02:18 Lucira Health's new COVID and flu test
02:30 No prescription needed for new COVID-19 test
03:00 How accurate is the new COVID and flu at-home test?
03:57 What should you do if you test positive for COVID or flu?
04:50 Flu cases in the US
05:45 Should you still get a flu shot?
05:55 Pediatric deaths from flu this year
06:43 How effective is the flu shot?
07:41 CDC alert for shigellosis infections
07:54 Shigellosis symptoms and transmission
08:38 XDR shigellosis treatments
09:14 Shigellosis is a nationally notifiable disease, report all cases to local/state health departments
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