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New monkeypox cases down 50%: 5 updates (Becker's Hospital Review 9/19/22)

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:

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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.

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Virtual Grand Rounds: Monkeypox and COVID-19 Vaccine Updates: Pediatric Vaccines and New Vaccine Technology (Slides: CalHHS & CMA 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

Monkeypox Outbreak: Updates on the Epidemiology, Testing, Treatment, and Vaccination (CDC COCA 7/26/22 11am-12noon PT)
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Monkeypox Update for Clinicians (LAC DPH Recording 7/22/22)

What New York's polio case means for the US (Becker's Hospital Review 8/22/22)

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:
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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Understanding the Climate Health Crisis and How California Physicians Can Make an Impact. (Register: CMA 10/21/22)

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)

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