Long COVID JAMA study, antibiotic resistance from microplastics and Oklahoma measles outbreak update

How many measles cases in 2025? Should you go to the hospital for measles? When did COVID start? How long can long COVID last? Why are microplastics bad?

Covering the latest measles outbreak news, recent flu vaccine meeting updates, plus new studies on long COVID and the health effects of microplastics on the body with AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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0:00 AMA Update March 19, 2025
00:10 How many people have long COVID?
00:49 How many people have measles now?
01:15 Measles in Oklahoma
01:49 Should you go to the doctor for measles?
02:06 Measles Texas
02:16 Measles in New Mexico
02:28 Measles outbreak in the USA: measles California, measles outbreak Maryland (measles spring break)
03:16 When does COVID surge?
04:05 Is long COVID real?
04:45 COVID-19 research: How common is long COVID?
05:19 What is long haul COVID?
05:59 FDA CDC flu vaccine meeting update (flu vaccine effectiveness 2025)
07:00 Journal of National Cancer Institute: Wildfire lung cancer study
07:44 Impact of wildfires on health
08:34 Applied and Environmental Microbiology study: Antimicrobial resistance from microplastics
09:33 Microplastics and antibiotic resistance: How do microplastics affect humans?

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