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Bird Flu Has Begun to Spread in Mammals—Here's What's Important to Know; Questions Remain About What Should Go Into Annual COVID-19 Vaccines; Long COVID Linked With Unemployment in New Analysis; As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest. Related Content: Bird Flu Has Begun to Spread in Mammals—Here's What's Important to Know Questions Remain About What SARS-CoV-2 Variants Should Go Into the Annual COVID-19 Vaccines Proposed by the FDA Long COVID Linked With Unemployment in New Analysis As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest

We're revisiting this 2017 episode—with updates! The episode is an interview with Robert T. "Chip" Schooley, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, and codirector of the school's Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Dr Schooley discusses the unique events that led to the first use of intravenous phage therapy in North America. Stay tuned to the end for an update on phage therapy and on Thomas Patterson, the patient who received the lifesaving treatment. Related Content: Phage Therapy's Role in Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest

Large Cohort Study Finds Possible Association Between Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccination but Far Stronger Link With SARS-CoV-2 Infection; From Thought to Text: How an Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Could Help Patients With Severe Paralysis Communicate Related Content: Large Cohort Study Finds Possible Association Between Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccination but Far Stronger Link With SARS-CoV-2 Infection From Thought to Text: How an Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Could Help Patients With Severe Paralysis Communicate Swab the Throat as Well as the Nose? The Debate Over the Best Way to Test for SARS-CoV-2 Study: Short Spurts of Vigorous Physical Activity During Daily Life Are Associated With Lower Mortality Ceasefire Declared, but Ethiopian Health Systems Remain in Critical Condition After Civil War

Telemedicine Rollbacks—Why Providing Care Across State Lines Is No Longer as Simple as It Was Early in the Pandemic; Amid Ohio Measles Outbreak, New Global Report Warns of Decreased Vaccination During COVID-19 Pandemic; Will the New CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Help Correct the Course in Pain Care? Related Content: Amid Ohio Measles Outbreak, New Global Report Warns of Decreased Vaccination During COVID-19 Pandemic Will the New CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Help Correct the Course in Pain Care?

Trying to Predict What the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Look Like This Winter in the US; "This Is Our COVID"—What Physicians Need to Know About the Pediatric RSV Surge; Conflict and Climate Collide to Create an Acute Hunger Crisis for an Unprecedented 345 Million People. Related Content: How Immune-Evasive Omicron Offspring and a Lack of Mitigation Measures Could Shape a COVID-19 Winter Wave "This Is Our COVID"—What Physicians Need to Know About the Pediatric RSV Surge Conflict and Climate Collide to Create an Acute Hunger Crisis for an Unprecedented 345 Million People Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022—COVID-19's Ripple Effects, a Triglyceride Disappointment, Gene Editing Advances, and More Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022—COVID-19, HIV, Monkeypox, and Polio After the First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant, Scientists Look to the Future of Cardiac Xenotransplantation Detailed Maternal Mortality Data Suggest More Than 4 in 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths in US Are Preventable

Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi and Conference Chair Manesh Patel, MD, discuss the latest trials and topics from the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions meeting. Patel is the Richard S. Stack Distinguished Professor and chief of cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine. Related Content: Treatment Time and In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 2018-2021 After the First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant, Scientists Look to the Future of Cardiac Xenotransplantation Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr. Patel has received research grants from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Janssen, Mytonomy and Procyrion, and he currently serves on the Advisory Boards for Bayer, Janssen and Novartis.

JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ, speaks with Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, about new research and timely topics discussed at Infectious Disease Week (IDWeek) 2022. Dr Bhimraj, who was one of the conference chairs, is also director of Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Education at Houston Methodist Hospital. Related Content: Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022—COVID-19, HIV, Monkeypox, and Polio

Deciding Whether to Continue Using Teratogenic Drugs in States That Have Banned Abortions; Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients After Roe v Wade Overturned; Dobbs Decision Threatens Full Breadth of Ob-Gyn Training Related Content: Threats to Evidence-Based Care With Teratogenic Medications in States With Abortion Restrictions Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients After Roe v Wade Overturned Dobbs Decision Threatens Full Breadth of Ob-Gyn Training

In July 2022, Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, joined the White House COVID-19 Response Team as senior policy advisor for Global COVID Response. The infectious disease physician, who is on sabbatical from Boston University, spoke with JAMA Associate Managing News Editor Jennifer Abbasi about the pandemic's true burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries and ongoing COVID-19 vaccine inequity. Related Content: White House Advisor Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, on COVID-19 in Resource-Limited Nations—Undercounted Deaths, Vaccine Inequity, and More Global COVID-19 Update (video)

New Guidance From the American Academy of Pediatrics on Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse in Health Care Settings; Growing Role of Gabapentin in Opioid-Related Overdoses Highlights Misuse Potential and Off-label Prescribing Practices. Related Content: New Guidance From the American Academy of Pediatrics on Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse in Health Care Settings Growing Role of Gabapentin in Opioid-Related Overdoses Highlights Misuse Potential and Off-label Prescribing Practices Reports of Asymptomatic Monkeypox Suggest That, at the Very Least, Some Infections Go Unnoticed After the Genome—A Brief History of Proteomics Dr Fauci and the Art of Science Communication The Dreaded "Twindemic" of Influenza and COVID-19 Has Not Yet Materialized—Might This Be the Year?