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In this Week's Issue
- September is
National Food Safety Education Month
- Disaster Prep Tool
to Help Patients Collect Their Personal Medical Information
- FDA Authorizes
Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as
a Booster Dose
- Variant Influenza
Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification,
Treatment and Prevention
- Inflation Reduction
Act Expands Health Coverage, Ignores Medicare Payment Fix
- SA Kids BREATHE
(SAKB) Program Offered by the City of San Antonio Metropolitan
Health District
- Last Chance for Free
PPE from BCMS
- University Health
Weekly News Digest
- The Official
CREC Conversations Newsletter
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Important
Physician News and Deadlines
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September is National Food Safety Education Month
September is National Food
Safety Education Month. Every year, an estimated one in
six Americans get food poisoning, but you can help protect
yourself and others from getting sick. Check out here
the four simple steps to prevent food poisoning and
cross-contamination.
Disaster Prep
Tool to Help Patients Collect Their Personal Medical Information
With flooding already hitting
parts of Texas, now’s the time to remind patients to get copies of
their vital personal medical information, in case of an emergency
or natural disaster later. This disaster prep flyer
from the Texas Medical Association can help you do just that as
Texas enters peak hurricane season. Read more
FDA Authorizes
Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a
Booster Dose
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of
the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines for use
as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or
booster vaccination. Continue Reading
Variant Influenza
Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification,
Treatment and Prevention
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network
(HAN) Health Advisory to provide updates on recent variant1
influenza virus infections and summarize CDC’s recommendations for
identification, treatment and prevention of variant influenza
virus infection for the summer and fall of 2022. Read the
recommendations here.
Inflation
Reduction Act Expands Health Coverage, Ignores Medicare Payment Fix
The Inflation Reduction Act,
which President Joe Biden signed into law on August 16, 2022 has
made headlines for its deficit, and climate change related
provisions. But the omnibus legislation also will expand health
care coverage and lower Medicare prescription drug costs. Read More
SA Kids BREATHE
(SAKB) Program offered by the City of San Antonio
Metropolitan Health District
This program is
designed to help high risk children between the ages of
three and seventeen, diagnosed with asthma in the City of
San Antonio and their families by providing home or
virtual interventions, designed to reduce asthma
triggers, including environmental hazards and social disparities of
health. Find more information here.
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Upcoming
Community Events
Communicating
COVID: ECHO for Community Health Workers
Sep 9 │12:00 pm - 1:00 pm│Register
This video conference is to
connect health professionals to a multi-disciplinary team of
experts to share knowledge and build capacity for delivering best
practice care. Sessions included presentations of real life
situations and group discussions to share resources and inform
care.
FREE CME Wellness
& Coaching Webinar
Sep 19│7:00 pm│Register
Efficient Charting Tips for
Busy Healthcare Professionals
Learn effective time-saving
strategies to get your charting done at work!
presented by Nora Vasquez, MD.
San Antonio’s
Inaugural Health Equity Symposium
Sep 23│9:00 am - 2:00 PM│Register
During this event,
presenters will discuss the status of health equity in San
Antonio. Topics Include: Racism as a Public Health Crisis
and Emergency, a snapshot of health inequities in San Antonio,
and short and long term strategies for impacting the effect
of inequities in the community
Managing
Superbugs: Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea in Texas
Sep 29 │12:00 pm - 2:00 pm│Register
This webinar is
for Medical providers who provide sexual health services,
including MDs, NPs, DOs, PAs, RNs, and other clinical support
staff in primary care, OB-GYN, public health, women’s health,
emergency care, and urgent care personnel.
Inaugural
Symposium On Host-Microbiome Interactions
By UT
Health San Antonio
Nov 3│8:00 am - 4:00 pm│Register
This event welcomes
researchers, healthcare professionals and students in the region
to explore the latest discoveries in host-microbiome interaction
and oral-gut-brain axis research!
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