New study on colon cancer bacteria, recent measles outbreak, MMR vaccine dose and US life expectancy [Video]

Measles outbreak 2024: Why is measles on the rise? Can bacteria in dental plaque cause colon cancer? CDC measles update, new leading causes of death and colon cancer.

Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🔍 CDC measles cases and surveillance: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html

📋 CDC measles fact sheet PDF: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/downloads/Measles-fact-sheet-508.pdf

🦠 Wondering “how does measles spread” or curious “is measles deadly”? Watch: https://youtu.be/HaPs_HNFoB0?si=byg9vdQzF1YMjgsu

🌎 Measles outbreak 2024: Where is measles most common? Track measles cases worldwide: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/measles/data/global-measles-outbreaks.html

📢 CDC issues alert for measles on the rise in the US and the global measles outbreak (Increase in Global and Domestic Measles Cases and Outbreaks – Ensure Children in the United States and Those Traveling Internationally 6 Months and Older are Current on MMR Vaccination): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00504.asp

🚨 Latest CDC health alert 2024 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/

📬 Subscribe to the new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) CDC newsletter: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/newsletter/cmo/index2024.html

📰 Read the latest from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry, MD, MPH: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/newsletter/cmo/2024/Feb_2024.html

📧 Send questions and feedback on the CDC MMWR newsletter to: mmwrcommunications@cdc.gov

🔬 Fusobacterium nucleatum colorectal cancer study published in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07182-w

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00:00 AMA Update for March 25, 2024
00:25 Measles outbreak Chicago
00:45 CDC health alert measles (CDC measles alert, CDC HAN)
01:17 Measles vaccine age: When do kids get measles vaccine?
01:33 MMR vaccine schedule: CDC vaccine guidelines for international travel
01:51 MMR vaccine route for babies: What age is measles vaccine given?
02:10 Measles vaccine route and dose (MMR vaccine dose for adults)
02:33 CDC measles outbreak: Is there an outbreak of measles right now?
03:07 Measles worldwide (measles outbreak UK, CDC measles numbers)
03:18 Measles diagnosis: How to treat measles
03:27 How is measles transmitted: Is measles contagious?
03:38 CDC measles recommendations: What are the CDC guidelines for measles? (suspected measles, measles exposure, measles isolation)
04:05 CDC reportable diseases: How to report measles
04:22 Measles testing guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/index.html
04:36 Measles treatment and exposure to measles (PEP, post-exposure prophylaxis)
05:00 Measles symptoms
05:32 Measles rash: What do measles look like?
05:48 Is measles deadly?
06:22 MMWR CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry
06:36 New CDC MMWR newsletter (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report CDC monthly newsletter)
07:24 New study on causes of colon cancer (dental plaque, gum disease fusobacterium colon cancer)
08:49 New colon cancer treatments and colon cancer screening
09:48 Life expectancy in US
10:42 Fentanyl overdoes and COVID deaths in US
10:55 Leading cause of death in US
11:10 Drug overdose deaths 2023 (Fentanyl deaths, fatal overdoses)

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