1. First pig to human heart transplant in USA (article)

2. California struggling with staffing (article 1) (article 2)

3. Novak Djokovic is unvaccinated and has been petitioning to play

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1: Omicron variant 

2: Global travel restrictions

3: Federal judges ruling against Biden's vaccine mandates leading some hospitals to resend employee mandates. 

4: Healthcare startup Cerebral is valued at $4.8 Billion. Found (a company we are really interested by) just closed a $100 Million dollar raise. 

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Terri Babineau, MD, FAAFP, MSt, is an associate professor of family medicine at UVA. Her clinical interests are in underserved populations. She helps others manage burnout and stress through her role as volunteer CMO for SafeHaven. She is interested in all aspects of teaching with residents and medical students as she feels this sharpens her thinking skills and broadens her knowledge base.

Dr. Babineau is a lifelong Virginian who attended the University of Virginia as an undergraduate and Eastern Virginia Medical School for medical school and her family medicine residency, where she served as chief resident. She is the founder of a number of free clinics and has developed ongoing clinics in Honduras and Haiti.

Dr. Babineau completed a master’s degree (MSt) from the University of Oxford in England in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, studying the science and theory of mindfulness and meditation practices. When she is not working, she stays busy on her small horse farm with her husband and her many children coming and going frequently.

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1. WHO recommends Malaria Vaccine

- initially started as pilot program, reached 800K kids in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

- now recommends for widespread use, 4 doses starting at 5 months

- not shown to impact any other vaccines kids get at that age

2. Covid Drug (good video and summary)

- Merck released interim clinical trial data for monupiravir which showed 50% decrease in mortality in covid patients

- waiting on FDA approval, first oral antiviral

- countries purchased USA, Singapore, Australia

-775 patients in Merck's study looked at hospitalizations or deaths among people at risk for severe disease. It found that 7.3% of those given molnupiravir twice a day for five days were hospitalized and none had died by 29 days after treatment. That compared with a hospitalization rate of 14.1% for placebo patients. There were also eight deaths in the placebo group.

3. 18 ex-nba charged in healthcare fraud

Article 2 with video

- Terrence william is scheme master, provided fake invoices to other players

- fake invoices for medical reimbursement

- 4 million claimed, about 2.5 million reimbursed over 3 years

4. UCSD Physicians

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Dr. Megan Tracci, MD, JD, is a member of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, as well as the medical director of the inpatient vascular unit and co-director of the multidisciplinary Vein Clinic at UVA Health. She completed her graduate training at the University of Illinois where she received a dual MD/JD degree with a focus on health policy and patient safety. Dr. Tracci has been a member of the UVA community since 2001 and completed her surgical training in both general and vascular surgery at UVA before joining the faculty in 2010. 

Her clinical and academic interests include the open surgical and endovascular treatment of aortic and peripheral vascular disease, the management of venous disorders and functional outcomes following surgery. 

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As you'll hear, Dr. Rebecca Scharf has always been fascinated by public health and caring for others. During a pediatric residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, she pursued her interests in caring for children with disabilities around the world as global health resident. Dr. Scharf later came to UVA in 2011 to care for children with developmental concerns and to work in the Center for Global Health. She is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology. Here in the UVA Children’s Hospital, she sees patients in four clinics: 1) Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida, 2) Neuromuscular/Muscular Dystrophy/Spinal Muscular Atrophy, 3) International Child Development/Refugee, and 4) Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Congenital Cardiac Disease.

Rebecca Scharf enjoys teaching medical students about childhood disability and global health. Her research focuses on improving child development and nutrition in locations around the world, including Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, and Brazil. She also collaborates with Biomedical Engineering to study ways to improve care for children with neuromuscular disorders.

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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (2009-2017). In these roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts.

Dr. Pearl hosts the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Coronavirus: The Truth. He publishes a newsletter with over 12,000 subscribers called Monthly Musings on American Healthcare and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNBC, NPR, and in TIME, USA Today and Bloomberg News. He has published more than 100 articles in medical journals and contributed to numerous books. A frequent keynote speaker at healthcare and medical technology conferences. Pearl has addressed the Commonwealth Club, the World Healthcare Congress, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Quality Forum and the National Committee for Quality Improvement (NCQA).

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Gabrielle Marzani, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. Alongside this, she is the Assistant Dean of Admissions for UVA School of Medicine. Dr. Marzani's clinical activities have been in the intersection of medicine and psychiatry, focused on the psychiatric needs of the medically ill. Her interests have been caring for and working with underserved populations. From 2003-2005, she was the Cancer Center Psychiatrist for UVA, working primarily for patients with brain tumors.

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Samhita Nelamangala is a 4th year MD/MBA student at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine and Darden School of Business. She received her bachelor's degree in Leadership and Public Policy from the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, which will make her a triple hoo come graduation.  Her career goal is simple: empower female-identifying individuals in every possible way. She is passionate about improving reproductive health access and health literacy and also hopes to dedicate her career to improving gender equity in healthcare leadership. She recently matched at Vanderbilt for her Ob-Gyn residency and is excited to start her next chapter of training. In her free time, you can find her mentoring medical students, playing with her precious nieces and nephews, and cuddling baby goats.

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