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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 29, 2020

In the news: COVID-19 effect on platelets, Premature birth and heart disease risk, SCOTUS ruling on LA law, FDA: COVID-19 vaccine must be 50% effective, COVID-19 deaths.

Publications & Newsletters
Sandra Fryhofer, MD, and George Fryhofer, MD
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Mother-son doctor duo makes push for vaccine safety

Living together again during the COVID-19 pandemic, a mother and son had a unique opportunity to collaborate to increase awareness on a vital issue.

Public Health
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Dr. Fauci: 2021 may see up to 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Late-stage human vaccine trials starting in August could yield multiple COVID-19 vaccines that might be available for mass distribution by year’s end, says top infectious diseases doctor Anthony S. Fauci, MD.

Public Health
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The pandemic focuses an emphasis on the value of routine immunizations

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the impact on routine immunizations, in part two of a two-part series.

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Public Health
AMA Update
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Howard Bauchner, MD, with a look at COVID-19 research and potential treatments

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the latest in potential treatments.

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Public Health
AMA Update
Vials
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How to ready patients now so they’ll get a COVID-19 vaccine later

Polls show nearly 30% of U.S. adults would say no to COVID-19 vaccination. Now’s the time for doctors to lay the groundwork to increase immunization uptake.

Public Health
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials underway: How to protect participants

The fundamentals of ethical research are steadfast, even for vaccine trials in a pandemic. Opinions from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics outline top-level concerns.

Ethics
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Vaccine trials & healthy volunteers

Trial design and informed consent take on ethical significance when developing vaccines, even during the urgency of a pandemic such as COVID-19.

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Ethics
AMA COVID-19 Guides
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3 ways physicians can improve the vaccine conversation

Widespread vaccine hesitancy threatens the progress public immunization has made in the last few decades. This is how physicians can advance the conversation around vaccination.

Public Health