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2022–2023 Recommendations for Influenza Prevention and Treatment in Children: An Update for Pediatric Providers (Slides CDC COCA CME 9/15/22) During this COCA Call, presenters will provide an overview of influenza prevention and treatment recommendations for the 2022–2023 season from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Recording at https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2022/callinfo_091522.asp

Monkeypox Update for Clinicians (LAC DPH Recording 7/22/22)

Virtual Grand Rounds: Updates in COVID-19 and Monkeypox (Slides: Cal HSS & CMA 7/12/22) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the state, we are now confronted by a new virus: monkeypox.
State epidemiologist Erica Pan, M.D. will share the latest updates about COVID-19 including information about vaccinations, epidemiology and patient care.
Infectious disease expert Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., from U.C. San Francisco will discuss the emergence of monkeypox as a global phenomenon, as well as the epidemiology, signs and symptoms of this disease.

Recommendations for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series in Children 6 Months through 5 Years Old (CDC COCA: Slides 6/22/22, Free CME)

LGBTQ+ Resources

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Equity in Healthcare

Eliminating Disparities in Care: What Can You Do? (Rockpoint Webinar Slides 7/9/20) While the health of Americans overall has improved dramatically over the last century, these gains have not been shared equally, with racial and ethnic minorities continuing to have worse health outcomes. Examples of this include higher rates of hypertension, myocardial infarctions, strokes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease and lower life expectancy seen in black individuals, and the increased rates of diabetes and infant mortality rate seen in Native Americans.
Education on healthcare disparities has focused on statistics and awareness. To address this issue effectively, the program Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare: What Can You Do? will provide physicians with an understanding of the causes of healthcare disparity and tools to help achieve healthcare equity.

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Climate Week Mon-Fri, Dec. 5-9 (Free Webinars, Boston Globe)
Protecting Patients from Climate Risks: A Conversation with Frontline Health Clinics on Resources (Register for Free Webinar: Boston Globe 12/6 9:30-10:30am PT)
The Earthshot Prize - Finalists & Winners 2022
Fentanyl Overdose (JAMA Patient Page 12/2/22)
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'Gaslighting' is 2022's word of the year. Healthcare is not immune to its flame. (Becker's Hospital Review 11/30/22)
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Systematic Review for Public Comment through Sunday, Dec. 4
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The report is open for public comment on the Effective Healthcare Program website through Sunday, December 4th.

Cumulative flu hospitalization rate hits 13-year high (Becker's Hospital Review 10/21/22)

Variant Influenza Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention for Summer and Fall 2022 (CDC Health Advisory 8/30/22) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers about cases of human infection with influenza viruses that usually spread only in pigs (i.e., variant influenza). Included in this health advisory are recommendations for identification, treatment, and prevention of variant influenza virus infection for the summer and fall of 2022.
If variant influenza infection is suspected in a patient, providers are asked to report the case immediately:

News

Monkeypox Talking Points on the latest news (ThisIsOurShot and Vacunateya 8/12/22) - The U.S. has recorded more than 10,000 monkeypox cases and declared the outbreak a public health emergency.
- Most monkeypox cases have been linked to sexual contact, though there are other ways people can get infected.
- Vaccines are available but can be difficult to find.

Information

Webinars

Update on Monkeypox in Children, Adolescents, and People Who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding (Join: CDC COCA Oct. 27, 11am-12pm PT) - Passcode: 776650
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If you are unable to attend the live COCA Call, the recording will be available for viewing on the COCA Call webpage a few hours after the live event ends.
The slide set will be available on the day of the call on the COCA Call webpage under Call Materials.
CDC and FDA Update: Interim Clinical Considerations for Monkeypox Vaccination (8/11/22 Recording & Slides)

CalHHS & CMA: Virtual Grand Rounds: Monkeypox and COVID-19 Vaccine Updates: Pediatric Vaccines and New Vaccine Technology (Slides 8/9/22) As summer wanes and school is about to begin, we now have new opportunities to vaccinate our youngest patients. At the same time, new vaccines made with old vaccine technology are becoming available. In this session, we will hear from California State Epidemiologist Erica Pan, M.D., about the state of COVID-19 in California, including variants, treatments and vaccine epidemiology. We will also hear from one of the country’s most articulate and experienced vaccine expert, Paul Offit, M.D

Variant Influenza Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention for Summer and Fall 2022 (CDC Health Advisory 8/30/22) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers about cases of human infection with influenza viruses that usually spread only in pigs (i.e., variant influenza). Included in this health advisory are recommendations for identification, treatment, and prevention of variant influenza virus infection for the summer and fall of 2022.
If variant influenza infection is suspected in a patient, providers are asked to report the case immediately:
Recent Reports of Human Parechovirus (PeV) in the United States—2022 (CDC Health Advisory 7/12/22) Since May 2022, CDC has received reports from healthcare providers in multiple states of PeV infections in neonates and young infants. Parechoviruses are a group of viruses known to cause a spectrum of disease in humans. Clinicians are encouraged to include PeV in the differential diagnoses of infants presenting with fever, sepsis-like syndrome, or neurologic illness (seizures, meningitis) without another known cause and to test for PeV in children with signs and symptoms compatible with PeV infection (see below). Commercial laboratory assays, multiplex platforms for meningitis and encephalitis, and testing through state public health laboratories (SPHLs) are available to test cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for PeV to confirm a diagnosis. CDC laboratory support is also available for testing and typing patient specimens.

Bipartisan agreement reached in U.S. Senate on gun reforms (CMA 6/14/22)
CMA calls for immediate action to address epidemic of gun violence - What You Can Do (CMA 6/3/22)
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“Physicians have a responsibility as trusted public health figures to respond to the harms associated with firearm violence, both as individual clinicians and as community advocates,” says Dr. Wailes. “I ask my fellow physicians to make a commitment to ask your patients about firearms when appropriate and follow through with support and resources to keep them safe. We can make a difference, one patient at a time.”
What You Can Do Initiative (California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis)
The BulletPoints Project: Clinical Tools for Preventing Firearm Injury (UC Davis)
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The BulletPoints project is funded by the State of California and developed by the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis. Some information provided is specific to California; laws in other states may differ.
Video Library: 2 minute Explainer Videos & Webinar Recordings (UC Davis)

'We can't punish our way to safer medical practices': 2 experts on criminalization of medical errors (Becker's Hospital Review 3/1/22)

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