What are the symptoms of the new COVID variant? AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, talks about the FDA's recent approval of a maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants, as well as the recent uptick in COVID cases and a new, highly mutated variant, BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, that has put the CDC and WHO on watch. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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00:00 AMA Update for August 23, 2023
00:37 Pfizer RSV vaccine for pregnant persons approved by #FDA
01:26 ABRYSVO different from FDA approved monoclonal antibody RSV shot for babies (nirsevimab)
01:47 FDA approved RSV vaccines (GSK Arexvy, Beyfortus, AstraZeneca, Sanofi)
02:08 When will RSV vaccines be available?
02:27 #ACIP meeting in early October to review maternal vaccination for RSV
03:13 New COVID variant BA.2.86 (BA.2 subvariants)
04:13 Will COVID vaccines protect against new variant #Pirola? (XBB.1.5 COVID vaccines for fall)
04:58 Paxlovid and antiviral treatments vs latest COVID variant (highly mutated spike proteins)
05:32 COVID variant EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 #Fornax
06:01 #Eris COVID-19 variant EG.5 and Omicron XBB subvariants
06:35 Updated Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
06:59 Eris COVID symptoms
07:51 COVID hospitalizations and deaths
08:39 New #Pfizer #Moderna #Novavax COVID shots this fall
09:00 When to get a COVID booster shot
09:20 Should you wait for a new COVID shot or booster?
09:58 COVID, flu and RSV tripledemic this autumn (fall COVID surge, back-to-school)

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