Latest Hepatitis Podcast Episodes

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

How to Implement Earlier Hepatitis B Treatment

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - March 26, 2024 18:30 - 21 minutes
In this episode, Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, FIDSA, FAASLD; Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE; Paul Y. Kwo, MD; and patient advocate Jacki Chen, PhD, consider barriers and solutions for more expansive HBV treatment in the United States. Topics include: Patient subgroups to consider for treatment outside gui...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Southern CBO Summit 2024

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Learn more about the CBOs in this episode below, and stay connected with NASTAD to learn more about future CBO summits. Delaware HIV Consortium- https://www.delawarehiv.org/ Urban League of Hampton Roads- https://ulhr.org/ Legacy Community Health- https://www.legacycommunityhealth.org/ Posit...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of March 4, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - March 14, 2024 22:40 - 6 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, a new CDC study shows that nirsevimab, an antibody, protects babies against RSV hospitalization. Second, unsupervised melatonin ingestion by young children resulted in nearly 11,000 emergency department visits in the U.S. during 2019-2022. Third, a...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Learning and Growing

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
To learn more about LivWell Community Health Services, click here: https://livwellchs.org/ To learn more about Destination Tomorrow, click here: https//destinationtomorrow.org.

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Empowering Patients With Education on HBV: Sharing Session 2

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - March 11, 2024 19:03 - 16 minutes
In this episode, Robert Wong, MD, MS, and a patient discuss opportunities to optimize care for people living with hepatitis B virus (HBV), including: Opportunities to improve patient education, including education for expectant mothers with HBV Potential cultural considerations that may result...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Switching HIV ART in Older People With Weight Gain and Cardiovascular Comorbidities

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - March 08, 2024 14:35 - 14 minutes
Listen to Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP, discuss considerations for older people living with HIV, including: Polypharmacy and deprescribing The risk of cardiovascular events with various ART regimens Approaches for managing weight gain Presenter: Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP Professor of Medicin...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of February 26, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - March 06, 2024 15:05 - 7 minutes
This episode discusses six MMWR reports. First, deaths from excessive alcohol use are on the rise in the U.S. Next, this season's flu vaccines are effective at reducing flu-related medical visits and hospitalizations. Finally, CDC releases updated guidance for investigating and responding to suic...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Optimizing ART in Priority Populations: Initiating ART in Transgender Women

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - March 04, 2024 15:06 - 12 minutes
In this episode, Dr. Bedimo discusses best practices for individualized care in transgender women living with HIV, including: Providing services in a gender-affirmative care model Proactive counseling on drug-drug interactions with gender-affirming hormone therapy Strategies to reduce adverse...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of February 19, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - February 28, 2024 21:13 - 6 minutes
This episode discusses three MMWR reports. First, Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children have recently increased but remain below pre-pandemic levels. Next, a quick response by CDC's quarantine program for imported nonhuman primates prevented potential tuberculosis exposures. Finally, measl...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

COVID-19 Case Challenges: Employing Outpatient Antivirals and Addressing Drug‒Drug Interactions

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - February 27, 2024 22:11 - 34 minutes
In this episode, Renslow Sherer, MD, and Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP, discuss how to optimize the use of COVID-19 antivirals and how to navigate drug-drug interactions between COVID-19 treatments and a patient’s home medications. Their discussion includes: Current COVID-19 landscape COVID-19 te...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of February 12, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - February 22, 2024 18:38 - 6 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, improved reporting for Lyme disease helps track and monitor cases. Second, smoking overtakes injection as the primary route of drug use in U.S. overdose deaths. Third, a hepatitis A vaccination campaign helps prevent an outbreak at the Los Angeles ...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Bowing Out and Building Capacity

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - February 20, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
In this episode, recorded on World AIDS Day, co-hosts Justin and Shanice are joined by Leisha McKinley-Beach, Founder and CEO of the Black Public Health Academy. Now, on the brink of retirement, McKinley-Beach discusses her lifelong commitment to ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S., and her new v...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of February 5, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - February 14, 2024 20:21 - 5 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, teens report that seeking relief from stress, anxiety, and depression are top reasons for substance use. Second, antimicrobial resistance prompts CDC to update guidance on antibiotic selection to prevent meningococcal disease. Third, among workers ...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of January 29, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - February 07, 2024 03:58 - 5 minutes
This episode discusses five MMWR reports. First, a new CDC study shows that updated COVID-19 vaccines protect against symptomatic illness, including infections caused by the JN.1 variant. Second, Neptune's Fix, a flavored tianeptine elixir sold in gas stations, convenience stores, and online, is ...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Advocating Through Theater

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - February 06, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
To learn more about Breaking Ground, visit https://smyal.org/breaking-ground/ To learn more about SMYAL, visit https://smyal.org/  

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

New Audio Updates: CCO Independent Conference Coverage of Hepatitis B at AASLD 2023

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - February 05, 2024 14:59 - 37 minutes
In this episode, Nancy Reau, MD, discusses new data on hepatitis B virus presented at AASLD 2023, including: Current therapies Studies 108 and 110: Factors Linked With Lack of Virologic Suppression After 8 Yr of TAF or TDF Kaiser Permanente Northern California: HCC or Death With TDF vs ETV fo...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of January 22, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - January 31, 2024 14:58 - 6 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, when trying to understand who gets diabetes and heart disease, looking at traditional categories of race and ethnicity doesn't tell the whole story. Second, antivirals, which are known to reduce the risk of severe COVID-19, are underused. Third, de...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Reconsidering Your Approach: Strategies to Support PrEP Persistence and Reengagement

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - January 31, 2024 13:42 - 27 minutes
In this episode, LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN, discusses the role that healthcare professionals (HCPs) may be playing in their patients’ pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence and strategies to modify their approach to encourage persistence, from Clinical Care Options (C...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of January 15, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - January 25, 2024 19:39 - 5 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, cannabis use dropped among students, particularly male students, in King County, Washington. Second, inadequate chlorine levels in a hotel pool likely led to a water-associated Pseudomonas outbreak in Maine. Third, wastewater monitoring detects eve...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

My Journey With HBV and HDV: Sharing Session 1

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - January 24, 2024 16:02 - 15 minutes
In this episode, Nancy Reau, MD, and her patient discuss opportunities to optimize care for people living with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis delta virus, including: The importance of patient education along the care continuum Ensuring smooth transitions of care and communication between medi...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Driving the Train of Change

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - January 23, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Learn more about Let's BEEHIVE and their programs here: https://www.letsbeehive.org/ Check out the webinar series here: https://nastad.org/resources/black-women-researchers-and-prep-webinar-series

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of January 8, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - January 20, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, CDC encourages clinicians to confirm fungal diagnoses before prescribing topical antifungals. Next, CDC releases the 2024 immunization schedules for children and adolescents, as well as adults. Finally, staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines hel...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Why I Started and Why I Stayed on HIV PrEP

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - January 12, 2024 14:30 - 6 minutes
In this episode, David Saunders discusses the value of nonstigmatizing discussions between people using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and healthcare professionals, including:  Encouraging accountability to individualize adherence strategies and improve persistence to PrEP Reducing stigma...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of January 1, 2024

MMWR Weekly Briefing - January 11, 2024 01:03 - 5 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, an outbreak of tuberculosis caused by contaminated bone product shows that additional interventions are needed to address gaps in transplant tissue safety in the U.S. Next, drug shortages create additional challenges for tuberculosis patients and p...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

Long-Acting PrEP: Strategies to Support PrEP Persistence and Reengagement

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - January 10, 2024 19:21 - 29 minutes
In this episode, Sarah M. Wood, MD, MS, discusses data and recommendations for long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a strategy to support PrEP persistence and engagement for adolescents, including:  The PrEP care continuum for adolescents System barriers to PrEP coverage and privacy ...

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community artwork

Creating New Norms

Southern Steep: Brewing Stronger Community - January 09, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Learn more about the Normal Anomaly and their programs here: https://www.normalanomaly.org/ Learn more about the TRUTH Project at https://www.truthprojecthtx.org/

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of December 18, 2023

MMWR Weekly Briefing - January 04, 2024 19:50 - 7 minutes
This episode discusses four MMWR reports. First, researchers found no increased risk of hospitalizations or deaths due to COVID-19 rebound. Viral rebound rates were similar between COVID-19 patients who had or had not received antiviral treatment. Next, most nursing home residents have not receiv...

MMWR Weekly Briefing artwork

Week of December 11, 2023

MMWR Weekly Briefing - December 28, 2023 19:16 - 7 minutes
This week, MMWR published reports on unintentional firearm injury deaths among children and teens, suicide rates by industry, occupation, and sex, and more.

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

RSV Vaccines in Adults: A Risk-Based Approach

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - December 27, 2023 19:17 - 9 minutes
In this episode, Angela Branche, MD, discusses RSV vaccines in older adults, including:  Current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations Risk factors associated with severe RSV disease, including RSV-related hospitalizations Approach to stratifying risk factors (eg, age, ...

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast artwork

How to Implement Earlier Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Delta Screening

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast - December 22, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes
In this episode, Douglas Dieterich, MD, leads a panel discussion with Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH, and Robert Wong, MD, MS, to consider advantages and barriers to universal screening for chronic HBV infection and universal HDV screening in adults with HBV in the United States. Topics include: Up...

Related Hepatitis Topics