Special AAFP Session Offers Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines
CME Credit Available for Participants
January 19, 2021, 12:37 pm News Staff With
new information about vaccines for COVID-19 coming on a daily basis, it’s understandable that family physicians have questions about the vaccines, not just for patients, but for themselves as well and the AAFP is here to provide answers.
On Jan. 26, the Academy will host a special panel session,
Three panelists will discuss the science behind the new vaccines, as well as what the vaccines mean to FPs and their patients. Topics scheduled to be covered include
clinical and practical considerations for the two currently available COVID-19 vaccines;
FP Guests Will Share Patient Care Experiences, Insights
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Editor’s note: The special Virtual Town Hall is now available for replay.)
January 12, 2021, 10:52 am News Staff It’s arguably impossible to overstate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The physical, emotional and spiritual impact on patients and their family members has been profound, while the ongoing drain on the health care system is unlike anything the United States ― or the world ― has experienced in the past century.
And it goes without saying that the
toll on physicians and other front-line health care professionals is unparalleled, as even in the midst of this public health calamity, they continue to care for patients ― putting their own health and well-being, and that of their loved ones, at risk.
Caught in deadly race with new COVID strain, Britain gambles with mix-and-match vaccine regimen Scientists have slammed the new guidance which allows for the interchange of vaccines, if the second dose of the vaccine originally received is not available, saying officials have abandoned science and are just trying to guess their way out of a mess Representational image. AP
Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus , Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook to allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen. If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials said.