Was Live Friday May 30, 2025 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program, University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Benjamin Neuman, Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University
- Dr. Jirair Ratevosian, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
- Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Event Overview
Numerous US states are reporting outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough. Meanwhile, new protocols have been established for the development and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine: far fewer people will have access to this preventive tool this fall.
There is no vaccine as yet for HIV/AIDS, but the illness can be managed by antiretroviral therapy. However, the fate of a critical program — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — remains uncertain.
Speakers this week will discuss the factors behind the rise in preventable diseases, the shuttering of global vaccine distribution programs, vaccine hesitancy, and how to keep our families safe even as we face these new challenges.
Presented by ACoM
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