With coronavirus vaccines now available, what are the timeline and prospects for "herd immunity" and return to a new normal? Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health returns to JAMA's Q&A; series with Paul D. Biddinger, MD, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Disaster Medicine, to discuss. Recorded December 17, 2020. Related Article(s):   COVID-19 Vaccines and Herd Immunity  The Ethics of Continuing Placebo in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trials  Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines After Emergency Use Authorization or Licensing of Initial Candidate Vaccines  Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control  Herd Immunity as a Coronavirus Pandemic Strategy 

COVID-19 Vaccines and Herd Immunity

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Joel M. Dulhunty, MD, PhD, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and Jason A. Roberts, BPharm, PhD, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, join JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, to discuss the BLING trial that assessed continuous vs intermittent β-lactam antibiotic infusions in patients with sepsis or septic shock.  Related Content:  Continuous vs Intermittent β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis Prolonged vs Intermittent Infusions of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Adults With Sepsis or Septic Shock 

Continuous vs Intermittent β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions in Patients With Sepsis

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) frequently fail to generate knowledge relevant to practice, while practice patterns are frequently unsupported by RCT evidence. Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss The Integration of Clinical Trials With the Practice of Medicine: Repairing a House Divided.  Related Content:  The Integration of Clinical Trials With the Practice of Medicine 

Integrating Clinical Trials With the Practice of Medicine

Forced nitrogen inhalation was used by the state of Alabama to execute Kenneth Smith on January 25, 2024. Some politicians, attorneys general, and health care practitioners support its use for capital punishment in the US. Philip E. Bickler, MD, PhD, and Michael S. Lipnick, MD, discuss the evidence indicating that forced nitrogen inhalation is inhumane with JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD.  Related Content:  Evidence Against Use of Nitrogen for the Death Penalty 

Evidence Against Nitrogen’s Use for the Death Penalty

Guidelines call for better evidence on the health outcomes after living kidney donation. Author Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD, London Health Sciences Centre, and editorialist Elizabeth C. Lorenz, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, discuss a new study that compares the risks of hypertension and other health outcomes in living kidney donors, with JAMA Associate Editor Wolfgang Winkelmayer, MD, ScD.  Related Content:  Hypertension and Kidney Function After Living Kidney Donation Prospectively Examining Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation Kidney Transplant Outcomes From Deceased Donors Who Received Dialysis Expanding the Overton Window in Deceased Kidney Donor Eligibility—Enough to Make a Difference? 

Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation

What is the natural history and cardiovascular burden of the V142I transthyretin variant among US Black individuals who carry this variant? Senthil Selvaraj, MD, MS, MA, from Duke University, and Scott D. Solomon, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discuss this and more with JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD.  Related Content:  Cardiovascular Burden of the V142I Transthyretin Variant Addressing Health Disparities—The Case for Variant Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Grows Stronger Heart Failure in African American Individuals, Version 2.0 Cardiac Amyloidosis Due to Transthyretin Protein 

COVID-19 Vaccines and Herd Immunity

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