Physicians CMA President Elect Climate Change Forum We see this as THE most important thing you can do to show your support for CMA making climate an organizational priority THIS YEAR. Please join us and invite your CMA friends and colleagues. About this event Climate change is a health emergency, but what is our professional duty as physicians? Join other California Medical Association physicians to discuss CMA's opportunity to lead. Date: Friday, Sept 17, 2021 Time : 12:30-1:30 PDT Our climate is changing. Across California climate change is multiplying health risks: more frequent and severe heat waves, worsening droughts and megafires in ... September 3, 2021 CMA, Leadership Climate Change, CMA, Environmental Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Bay Area Health Officers Reaffirm Support for Full In-Person School As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12th grade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley, many children are back in the classroom for the first time since early 2020. This summer’s surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalization due to the spread of the Delta variant is causing ... September 2, 2021 COVID19, Public Health COVID-19, Health Officials, School 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMA, APHA, ASHP, Call for Immediate End to Prescribing, Dispensing, and Use of Ivermectin to Prevent or Treat COVID-19 Outside Clinical Trials Following the FDA/CDC warning against the use of Ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19, the American Medical Association and other health care organizations issued a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the ordering, prescribing or dispensing of ivermectin for prevention or treatment of COVID-19. WASHINGTON, DC - The American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) strongly oppose the ordering, prescribing, or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial. Ivermectin is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ... September 2, 2021 AMA, COVID19, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing, Patient Care, Public Health AMA, APHA, ASHP, COVID-19, Ivermectin, Prescription 0 0 Comment Read More »
FDA/CDC Warn Against Use of Ivermectin to Prevent and Treat COVID-19 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert warning physicians and the public about the rise in prescriptions for the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for use in the treatment or prevention of COVID-19. The CDC also cautioned about the risk of severe illness caused by ivermectin, which was seen in increased calls to poison centers. Current NIH Treatment Guidelines state that there is insufficient evidence to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 outside of clinical trials. This recommendation is ... August 31, 2021 COVID19, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing CDC, COVID-19, FDA, Ivermectin, Prescriptions 0 0 Comment Read More »
When to Refinance a Mortgage: Is Now a Good Time? Sponsored Content: With mortgage rates near rock bottom, it's a good time to refinance a mortgage, right? Sure, in many cases, no doubt. As a matter of fact, 17% of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage on their primary residence refinanced in 2020, according to a September NerdWallet survey conducted online by The Harris Poll among 1,413 U.S. homeowners. And nearly one-third (31%) of homeowners with a mortgage on their primary residence said they were considering refinancing within the next 12 months, according to the survey. To know if it’s the right time to ... August 30, 2021 General Homeowner, Mortgage, Refinance 0 0 Comment Read More »
