Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A

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Conversations with experts and frontline clinicians about the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by editors from the JAMA Network.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A episodes:

04.05.2024
Measuring Medicaid Enrollment More Accurately to Guide Post–COVID-19 Pandemic Policy
Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD, of Harvard University, speaks with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, about differences in Medicaid enrollment as measured in surveys and administrative data. These differences have implications...
03.01.2024
February 2024 Medical News Summary
Rural Maternity Care Is in Crisis—Here’s What Could Help; Type and Severity of Immunodeficiency Affect Speed of SARS-CoV-2 Clearance, Study Finds Related Content: More Than Half of US Rural Hospitals No Longer Offer Birthing Services—Here’s Why When It...
02.06.2024
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents
Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years in the US, but were they effective? JAMA Associate Editor Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with author Leora R. Feldstein, PhD, US Centers for...
02.02.2024
Changes in Access to Care and Preventive Services by Race and Ethnicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in ambulatory care. In this interview with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, of Harvard Medical School discusses how...
01.22.2024
Safety and Effectiveness of Maternal and Child COVID-19 Vaccination
Two recent studies find that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is safe for infants and effective for children aged 1-4 years. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison Galbraith, MD, discuss clinical and policy...
09.26.2023
The Connection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Young Children
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of diabetes in childhood increased. JAMA Associate Editor Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, and Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, from the Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Dresden University of Technology, discuss SARS-CoV-2 infection and its...
09.21.2023
Efficacy of Gabapentin For Post–COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction
Interview with Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, author of Efficacy of Gabapentin For Post–COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction: The GRACE Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Paul C. Bryson, MD, MBA. Related Content: Efficacy of Gabapentin For Post–COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction
09.01.2023
Innovative Approach to Promote Equitable Access to COVID-19 Preventive Therapy
In this interview, JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, explore with Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, and Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, how a large regional health system used a weighted lottery and...
08.04.2023
How Safe Were Kids in School During Phases of the Pandemic?
JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, discuss with Sandra B. Nelson, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston), her JAMA Health Forum study of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools in Massachusetts during 2 different phases...
04.13.2023
Risk of New Retinal Vascular Occlusion After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination
Interview with Rishi P. Singh, MD, author of Risk of New Retinal Vascular Occlusion After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Within Aggregated Electronic Health Record Data. Hosted by Neil Bressler, MD. Related Content: Risk of New Retinal Vascular Occlusion After...
01.06.2023
Use of Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health care in many domains, including mental health services. JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, discuss with Ryan K. McBain, PhD, MPH, of RAND Corporation how the...
10.12.2022
Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Evaluate Long COVID-19 Symptoms in Adults
Interview with Matthew S. Durstenfeld, MD, MAS, and Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD, authors of Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Evaluate Long COVID-19 Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Hosted by Angel N. Desai, MD, MPH. Related...
10.05.2022
Global COVID-19 Update
In July 2022, Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, joined the White House COVID-19 Response Team as senior policy advisor for Global COVID Response. The infectious disease physician, who is on sabbatical from Boston University, spoke with JAMA Associate Managing News Editor...
09.16.2022
Receipt of Out-of-State Telemedicine Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, most states approved temporary regulatory changes so out-of-state physicians could provide telemedicine services to residents. Ateev Mehrotra, MD, of Harvard Medical School, and Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS, of the University of Michigan, speak with JAMA...
08.03.2022
Long COVID: The US Federal Response
On August 3, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services released 2 major reports in response to a presidential memo calling for a whole-of-government response to the SARS-CoV-2 sequelae known as “Long COVID." JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten...
07.18.2022
Childcare Stress and Professional Outcomes Among US Health Care Workers During COVID-19
Interview with Elizabeth M. Harry, author of Childcare Stress, Burnout, and Intent to Reduce Hours or Leave the Job During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among US Health Care Workers.Hosted by Angel N. Desai, MD, MPH.
07.07.2022
Global Association of COVID-19 Pandemic Measures With Cancer Screening
Interview with Paolo Boffetta, MD, author of Global Association of COVID-19 Pandemic Measures With Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Hosted by Jack West, MD.
05.24.2022
May 2022 Medical News Summary
What a Post–Roe v Wade US Might Look Like for Physicians; SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears Virus Related Article(s): What a Post–Roe v Wade US Might Look Like for Physicians SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can...
05.18.2022
Q&A With White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha
As the White House’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, plays a critical role in the federal government’s continued response to the pandemic. In this Q&A; with JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, Jha details current thinking and federal...
05.11.2022
Neuropsychiatric Ramifications of Severe COVID-19 and Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections
Interview with Peter Watkinson, MD, and Julia Hippisley-Cox, MD, authors of Neuropsychiatric Ramifications of Severe COVID-19 and Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.
04.19.2022
Reducing “COVID-19 Misinformation” While Preserving Free Speech
Misinformation about COVID-19 (such as around vaccines, masks, and ineffective drugs) has circulated widely during the pandemic, and much of this misinformation is protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care and...
04.11.2022
Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients With COVID-19
Interview with Cheng-Ying Ho, MD, PhD, author of Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients With COVID-19. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD.
04.08.2022
Health Care Job Loss During the Pandemic
The health care workforce has yet to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is a concerning trend of increasing numbers of physicians leaving the workforce. JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD,...
02.25.2022
Association of COVID-19 Quarantine Duration and Postquarantine Transmission Risk in 4 University Cohorts
Interview with Michael Springer, PhD, and Andrew Bo Liu, authors of Association of COVID-19 Quarantine Duration and Postquarantine Transmission Risk in 4 University Cohorts Hosted by Angel N. Desai, MD, MPH.
02.24.2022
Association Between COVID-19 Vaccine and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Interview with Ilana Doweck, MD, author of Association Between the BNT162b2 Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccine and the Risk of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, and Eric J. Formeister, MD, MS, author of Assessment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss After...
02.22.2022
COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Disease Outcomes and Prevention With Vaccination
Pregnant and recently pregnant individuals who become infected with the COVID-19 virus are at high risk of requiring extra medical care. JAMA Associate Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, from University of California San Diego discusses the rapidly evolving data around...
02.04.2022
Medicaid Policy Associated With Increased Enrollment During the Pandemic
For the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency, state Medicaid programs elected to maintain eligibility for Medicaid recipients in exchange for increased federal funding. In this podcast, Dr Laura Dague of the Bush School of Government & Public...
01.31.2022
At-Home Self-Testing Kits for SARS-CoV-2
Interview with Steven Woloshin, MD, MS, author of At-Home Self-Testing Kits for SARS-CoV-2: A Randomized Trial Assessing How Consumers Interpret and Act on Possible Test Results. Hosted by Deborah Grady, MD, MPH.
01.27.2022
Association of Child Masking With COVID-19 Childcare Program Closures
Interview with Walter S. Gilliam, PhD, and Thomas S. Murray, MD, PhD, authors of Association of Child Masking With COVID-19–Related Closures in US Childcare Programs. Hosted by Angel Desai, MD.
01.18.2022
Public Health in an Era of Endemic COVID-19
Three members of President Biden’s former COVID-19 Advisory Board—Luciana Borio, MD, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, and Mike Osterholm, PhD—discuss their recent JAMA Viewpoints, providing their ideas on strategies for public health as COVID-19 transitions from pandemic to endemic. Hosted by...
01.11.2022
COVID-19 CDC Update – Early January 2022
Former CDC Executive Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Amanda Cohn, MD, joins JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, for the latest on the need for vaccination and boosters, vaccine misinformation, and tackling the pandemic from a global...
12.06.2021
COVID-19 Update: Omicron Variant
Infectious disease experts Adam Lauring, MD, PhD, and Carlos del Rio, MD, join JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, for a discussion of the newly emerged Omicron variant, the potential for a 2021-2022 "twindemic" with flu, and the latest...
11.08.2021
Association of Self-reported COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Serology Results With Persistent Physical Symptoms
Interview with Cédric Lemogne, MD, PhD, and Joane Matta, PhD, authors of Association of Self-reported COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Serology Test Results With Persistent Physical Symptoms Among French Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hosted by Mitchell H. Katz, MD. Read...
10.26.2021
October 2021 Medical News Summary
COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes; Moving COVID-19 Testing Out of the Clinic and Into the Home; The Lingua Franca of Addiction—Stigmatizing Words That Wound Related Content: COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes COVID-19 Testing...
10.07.2021
Efficacy of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
Interview with Alex C. Spyropoulos, author of Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin vs Standard Prophylactic or Intermediate-Dose Heparins for Thromboprophylaxis in High-risk Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: The HEP-COVID Randomized Clinical Trial
10.06.2021
A New Vision for Nursing Homes
The longstanding shortcomings of the US nursing home model became more visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, a geriatric nurse practitioner and president of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, discusses the challenges skilled...
09.28.2021
COVID-19 in Canada—Experience and Response to Waves 2 and 3
Canadian law gives the country’s individual provinces and territories primary responsibility for coronavirus containment and mitigation. JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, from the University of Michigan and Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, from the University of Toronto, Ontario,...
09.23.2021
Delivery of Ophthalmic Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Interview with Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, author of Association of Patient Characteristics With Delivery of Ophthalmic Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Fasika Ambachew Woreta, MD, MPH, author of Analysis of Sex Diversity Trends Among Ophthalmology Match Applicants, Residents,...
09.15.2021
Rebounding From COVID-19’s Reversal of Recent Progress in the ICU
Many patients experience neurocognitive deficits, PTSD, and generalized weakness and disability following an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin talks with E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School...
09.03.2021
New Evidence on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Insurance Coverage
We know that the pandemic caused millions of people to lose their jobs, and potentially their job-based insurance, and yet new survey data showed surprisingly small changes in uninsurance rates at the end of 2020. Kate Bundorf, PhD, from the...
07.22.2021
Quantifying Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care
Interview with Alexander T. Hillel, M.D., author of Quantifying Viral Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care Related Content: Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic
07.06.2021
COVID-19’s Shock to Health Care Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the use of health care services. Dr Nora Becker of the University of Michigan talks about her research on reductions in the use of women’s preventive health services, and JAMA Health Forum...
06.17.2021
Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort
Lung transplantation has become an option of last resort for a small subset of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or pulmonary fibrosis. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery and director of Lung Transplant and ECMO at...
05.25.2021
May 2021 Medical News Summary
Researchers Tie Severe Immunosuppression to Chronic COVID-19 and Virus Variants; An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic; COVID-19 and the “Lost Year” for Smokers Trying to Quit Related Content: Researchers Tie Severe Immunosuppression to Chronic COVID-19 and Virus...
05.05.2021
An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic
COVID-19 leaves some people with a troubling constellation of symptoms that has been known as long-haul COVID but now has a more formal name: postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Currently, 33 states in the US have at least 1...
03.29.2021
Noninvasive Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) may help COVID-19 patients in respiratory failure avoid invasive mechanical ventilation but may also lead to delays in intubation with potential for worse clinical outcomes. Domenico L. Grieco, MD, of Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS in Rome,...
03.23.2021
March 2021 Medical News Summary
The Price of Success—How to Evaluate COVID-19 Vaccines When They’re Available Outside of Clinical Trials; When the Human Voice Speaks Volumes About Lung Function; COVID-19 Vaccines vs Variants—Determining How Much Immunity Is Enough Related Articles: The Price of Success—How...
03.18.2021
Coronavirus Update With Carlos del Rio and Preeti Malani
Coronavirus trends, variants, vaccines, treatment, and more. JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, also from the University of Michigan, and Emory University School of Medicine's Carlos del Rio, MD, return to JAMA's Q&A; series to discuss the latest in...
03.08.2021
Coronavirus Variants With John P. Moore
Genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are emerging but so far do not seem to have caused breakthrough infections in people with previous infection or in those who have been vaccinated. John P. Moore, PhD, of Weill Medical College of...
03.03.2021
Will COVID-19 Become a Recurrent Seasonal Disease?
Interview with Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, author of The Potential Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Will SARS-CoV-2 Become a Recurrent Seasonal Infection? Related Article(s): The Potential Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic

What's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A episodes:

Measuring Medicaid Enrollment More Accurately to Guide Post–COVID-19 Pandemic Policy

February 2024 Medical News Summary

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents

Changes in Access to Care and Preventive Services by Race and Ethnicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Safety and Effectiveness of Maternal and Child COVID-19 Vaccination

The Connection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Young Children

Efficacy of Gabapentin For Post–COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction

Innovative Approach to Promote Equitable Access to COVID-19 Preventive Therapy

How Safe Were Kids in School During Phases of the Pandemic?

Risk of New Retinal Vascular Occlusion After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination

Use of Mental Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Evaluate Long COVID-19 Symptoms in Adults

Global COVID-19 Update

Receipt of Out-of-State Telemedicine Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Long COVID: The US Federal Response

Childcare Stress and Professional Outcomes Among US Health Care Workers During COVID-19

Global Association of COVID-19 Pandemic Measures With Cancer Screening

May 2022 Medical News Summary

Q&A With White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha

Neuropsychiatric Ramifications of Severe COVID-19 and Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections

Reducing “COVID-19 Misinformation” While Preserving Free Speech

Postmortem Assessment of Olfactory Tissue Degeneration and Microvasculopathy in Patients With COVID-19

Health Care Job Loss During the Pandemic

Association of COVID-19 Quarantine Duration and Postquarantine Transmission Risk in 4 University Cohorts

Association Between COVID-19 Vaccine and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Disease Outcomes and Prevention With Vaccination

Medicaid Policy Associated With Increased Enrollment During the Pandemic

At-Home Self-Testing Kits for SARS-CoV-2

Association of Child Masking With COVID-19 Childcare Program Closures

Public Health in an Era of Endemic COVID-19

COVID-19 CDC Update – Early January 2022

COVID-19 Update: Omicron Variant

Association of Self-reported COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Serology Results With Persistent Physical Symptoms

October 2021 Medical News Summary

Efficacy of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19

A New Vision for Nursing Homes

COVID-19 in Canada—Experience and Response to Waves 2 and 3

Delivery of Ophthalmic Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rebounding From COVID-19’s Reversal of Recent Progress in the ICU

New Evidence on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Insurance Coverage

Quantifying Particle Aerosolization Risk During Tracheostomy Surgery and Tracheostomy Care

COVID-19’s Shock to Health Care Services

Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort

May 2021 Medical News Summary

An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

Noninvasive Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients

March 2021 Medical News Summary

Coronavirus Update With Carlos del Rio and Preeti Malani

Coronavirus Variants With John P. Moore

Will COVID-19 Become a Recurrent Seasonal Disease?