Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A

Aaloke Mody, MD, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a cross-sectional study that uses Lorenz curves as a metric for quantifying racial inequities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. Read the article here: https://ja.ma/2MOMjWG. JNO Live is a weekly broadcast featuring conversations about the latest research being published in JAMA Network Op...

Gregory Armstrong, MD, director of the Advanced Molecular Detection Program for the CDC, explains what is currently known about the new mutations of SARS-CoV-2. Related Article(s): Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2—What Do They Mean?

Tom Shimabukuro, MD, MPH, MBA, and Sara Mbaeyi, MD, MPH, from the CDC discuss rare allergic complications in patients who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine between December 14-23, 2020.

Adam Lauring, MD, PhD, from the University of Michigan Division of Infectious Diseases, an expert on the evolutionary biology of RNA viruses, explains the new genetic variants recently found in SARS-CoV-2 and their importance. Related Article(s): Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2—What Do They Mean?

Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, PhD, MPH, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a survey study describing individuals' concerns regarding violence in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, experiences of pandemic-related unfair treatment, prevalence of and reasons for firearm acquisition, and changes in firearm storage practices due to the...

Communication science expert Brian Southwell, PhD, recently launched a training workshop at the Duke University School of Medicine to address a major clinical problem: What should physicians do when patients are misinformed about their health? It's one of only a few such programs in the nation. Southwell, a scholar with the medical school's Social Science Research Institute and a senior director a...

Elderly persons and residents of nursing homes have been the hardest hit in the COVID-19 pandemic. Harvard geriatrician Sharon Inouye, MD, discusses the effect COVID-19 has had on nursing homes and what should be done about it. Related Article: Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases

Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a survey study assessing the acceptability of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine mandates among members of the US public. Read the article here: https://ja.ma/3nGKAQP. JNO Live is a weekly broadcast featuring conversations about the latest research being published in JAMA Network...

With coronavirus vaccines now available, what are the timeline and prospects for "herd immunity" and return to a new normal? Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health returns to JAMA's Q&A series with Paul D. Biddinger, MD, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Disaster Medicine, to discuss. Recorded December 17, 2020. Related Article: The Ethics of Conti...

Ala Stanford, MD, founder of Philadelphia's Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, talks with JAMA Medical News Staff Writer Mary Chris Jaklevic about her work to establish COVID-19 testing sites for the city's Black residents. Related Article: Surgeon Fills COVID-19 Testing Gap in Philadelphia's Black Neighborhoods

Peter W. Marks, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Hahn, MD, return to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines: the data, the weekend's EUA designation (Pfizer/BioNTech), and the process for future full licensure and postmarketing safety surveillance. Dr Marks directs the US FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). Dr Hahn is commissioner of the US Food and Dru...

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a cohort study comparing the New York State Ventilator Allocation Guideline with the original triage criteria proposed by White and Lo to determine which and how many admissions to US intensive care units are identified as having the lowest priority for ventilator allocation. Read the article he...

JAMA Fishbein Fellow Kristin Walter, MD, interviews Craig Garfield, MD, and Richard Weissbourd, EdD, about parental relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. Related Article: Considerations for Young Children and Those With Special Needs as COVID-19 Continues

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines: the public data, deliberations at Thursday's FDA Advisory Committee meeting, and prospects for an agency Emergency Use Authorization designation, licensure, and rollout. Recorded December 11, 2020. Related Article(s): Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold

The COVID Tracking Project, launched by The Atlantic, collects and publishes data required to understand the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, including data on race and ethnicity needed to understand health inequities in the outbreak. Atlantic Monthly journalists Alexis C. Madrigal and Erin Kissane join JAMA's Q&A series to describe the project and their experience developing a database for fact-based...

Lockdowns resulting from COVID-19 have had a devastating effect on everyone's personal lives and the economy. What factors in people's daily lives are most associated with SARS-CoV-2 transmission between people? Manish Patel, MD, team lead of the CDC's Influenza Prevention & Control Team, discusses a study they conducted examining what sorts of activities might be associated with COVID-19 disease...

Ellen H. Lee, MD, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a cohort study describing the distribution of race/ethnicity among cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children reported to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Read the article here: https://ja.ma/37vCJ1K . JNO Live is a w...

Closing businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for individuals and the economy in general. Proper air handling combined with the use of masks and physical distancing can greatly improve the safety of indoor spaces. Joseph Allen, DSc, MPH, assistant professor of exposure assessment science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Andrew Ibrahim, MD, assist...

With the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines reportedly under review at the US FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to provide an update on what to expect, prospects for vaccine rollout and distribution in the coming months, and ongoing safety surveillance. Recorded December 2, 2020. Related Artic...

Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr Christakis is author of the recently published book "Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live." Recorded November 23, 2020.

Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH, joins JAMA Network Open Digital Media Editor, Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, to discuss a cohort study examining how frequently older adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present to the emergency department with delirium and their associated hospital outcomes. Read the article here: https://ja.ma/3q5h74S. JNO Live is a weekly broadcast featuring conversations about the l...

In the midst of rising COVID-19 case rates globally, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, return to JAMA's Q&A series to update viewers on developments in the pandemic and the critical care management of COVID-19 patients. Dr Angus is Chief Health Care Innovation Officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, professor and chair of Critical Care Medicine, and a seni...

Interview with Ipsit V. Vahia, MD, author of Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 Related Article(s): Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19

Ngozi O. Ezike, MD, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses state and regional management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded November 9, 2020. Related Article(s): Universal Masking in the United States

Would letting coronavirus infect the broad US and global population be a safe and effective means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic? Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, of Stanford University's Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research is a signatory of the "Great Barrington Declaration," which proposes to "allow those at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the viru...