COVID-19 vaccine costs, Paxlovid price change, new studies on long COVID symptoms and more

How much does COVID-19 cost? AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, breaks down how much COVID could cost you. From the risk of not getting vaccinated and the new HV.1 variant, to vaccines covered by insurance and coronavirus treatment costs in the U.S. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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00:00 AMA Update for Nov. 1, 2023
00:35 CDC COVID 19 vaccine (percentage of people vaccinated COVID)
01:32 COVID deaths
01:51 COVID hospitalization rate
02:12 COVID in elderly and older adults (COVID risk by age)
02:30 Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 (COVID cases and infections)
02:42 COVID vaccination rates by race (Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Black Americans)
02:54 U.S. COVID deaths per week 2023
03:25 Are COVID vaccines still free 2023 (COVID shot free, no insurance covid vaccine)
03:50 New COVID vaccine availability (Walgreens COVID booster, COVID shot CVS)
04:34 COVID vaccine recommendations
05:08 RSV and COVID vaccine at the same time
05:48 Newest COVID variant HV.1 (EG.5, XBB variant)
06:23 Updated COVID vaccine (XBB.1.5 variant)
06:44 HV.1 and EG.5 COVID variant symptoms
07:23 New study on long COVID (IDSA, Oxford University Press)
07:43 Long COVID fatigue (brain fog, memory loss, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS)
08:30 Risk factors for long COVID (BioMed Central, BMC)
09:00 COVID headache, fatigue, shortness of breath
10:14 How much does Paxlovid cost?
10:35 COVID treatment cost (Pfizer COVID pill price)
11:35 Lagevrio cost (molnupiravir)

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