if you look at the 2018 journal, the american medical association study, even before that study was published, information was being linked to the press that many of the victims had these mysterious white matter track changes in their brains. about a year later, when the study finally came out, they found only 3 patients with white matter track changes. and if you go on the streets of moscow today, and you randomly pick 21 people, you'll have a similar breakdown because white matter track changes are common and everything from depression to migraine headaches, to normal aging professor. so let me, i think it's easy to understand the relatively easy to understand how something like this could have happened in the late 17th century. in rural must choose this, but in the 21st century in havana, as well as frankly all over the place. because american diplomats in russia, china, india, austria trolley at the united kingdom and a host of other countries, have several 100 similar complaints. what would possibly explain both a global scale of the problem? and it's very peculiar where so look 50 if di

and those studies in the journal, the american medical association, any neurologist or medical doctor worth their salt, takes the time to examine those studies. those studies are very flawed, and we need to listen to mainstream science. but unfortunately, the waters have been muddy bipartisan politics. and it's destroying the united states of america, and we've saw the last few years. and it's very concerning. it's very alarming. and it's, it's disturbing. well, let's hope that somebody will take a lesson or 2 from this. very interesting and yes, funny. although, as we discussed before, it would be pretty dangerous, given that this issue is now being discussed with been the military intelligence of russia, the united states, but all the nuclear capabilities that they have. anyway, professor told me we have to live in there. thank you very much for being with us. thank you. and thank you for watching hope to see you again next week. when will the part? ah ah, it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in our conflicts world wide. u. s. government doesn

what happened was in 2019, the journal of the american medical association published the study, which looked at this small cohort of patients in cuba. and they found brain anomalies. brain anomalies are not the same as brain damage. it's very common in small groups. when you look at brain scans to find vine or novelties, and these anomalies were very minor and they have conflated anomalies with brain damage. it is not been found whatsoever that there was brain damage in the diploma action. cuba, but it keeps getting reported over and over again. you so diplomatically avoided my direct question about the manipulation of the narrative. i'm the, that's your ride, but i want to say, i can rephrase my question a little bit because i think the level of psychological flores ation in the united states is very high. and this is what allows for such psychogenic infections originate. and brad, very rapidly. what do you foresee another case, this slide about shark curve, for example, here, a non conspiracy, do you think it's, it's sad by the, then the lar, psychic energy do you think they made th

the american medical association is encouraging people to commit to making better health choices to improveains >> reporter: like many of us, alfred monacella has some resolutions for the new year. >> i've got to lose 15 pounds and get back to the gym. >> eat better and continue to work out on a regular basis. i say it every year, but yes, this is going to be the year, 2022. >> reporter: the american medical association is offering recommendations to improve health this year and in the future. high blood pressure and diabetes can increase your risk of heart attack or stroke so they urge people to monitor blood pressure and take steps to reduce hypertension. they advise checking your risk of diabetes by taking a simple two-minute screening test at the website doihaveprediabetes.org. >> as many as one out of three may have prediabetes and not know about it. left untreated it can advance to full-blown diabetes. >> reporter: the ama president dr. gerald harmon says managing stress should also be at the top of your list. that includes eating right, getting at least 7.5 hours of sleep, and daily

and the american medical association now calling out the cdc on that guidance that you should isolate for just five days. what the doctors' group is now saying about that tonight. and what the ceo of moderna reportedly said today about the possibility of americans needing a fourth covid shot and when. >>> overseas tonight, that deadly revolt in kazakhstan. dozens of anti-government protesters killed. at least 12 police officers dead. russian troops now deployed to support the regime. >>> the growing controversy. the world's number one men's tennis star held at an immigration detention hotel, not allowed to play in australia. vaccine skeptic novak djokovic and what his family is now saying. and now top rival rafael nadal saying djokovic knew the rules. >>> and paying tribute tonight to a well-known movie director behind so many classic films. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this thursday night. it has been one year since the attack on the capitol. and today, president biden addressing the american people and condemning former president trump, saying, we must

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one of six former advisors to president biden publishing pieces in the journal of american medical associationgoals and strategies for post-pandemic hive with covid. and dr. sanjay gupta. i spoke with chicago's mayor. they were closed over covid disputes. mayor adams is determined to keep the schools open. what do you make of the way schools in big cities have handled back to school this week? >> according to the department of education, 96% of schools have been opened. so, you know, they've had a variety of strategies in different maces as your two interviews with shown. i think what we learned the past career, past year and a half, is that with certain strategies schools can be a splace. the test to stay strategy that mayor adams was talking about, but also masking and ventilation, all of the other things that we've learned the last couple of years in terms of reducing the spread. i think there is an issue which is right now there is a lot of virus out there. we are in the middle of a significant viral storm. so 13% of students testing positive. i can tell you my own kids' school district, 1

a universal national health insurance program. harry truman couldn't do it because the american medical association in particular, was very opposed to creating a system like most european countries had. and they began using the term socialized medicine, keep in mind, this was during the early part of the cold war on there was a great fear in this country of communism. in the early 19 sixties. now back in power, the democrats again tried to introduce a european style system. in this plan to met with resistance, a massive publicity campaign was launched to warn the american people of the dangers of socialized medicine. the propaganda paid off and the democrats bill failed to pass. in 1965, they got their revenge. president lyndon b johnson signed into law to public health insurance programs, medicaid for low income families, and people with disabilities and medicare for the over 60 fives. ah, witnessing 1st hand the despair of americans who cannot afford treatment prompted the former insurance executive wendell potter to change his life. ah, 10 years ago. his way to visit his parents. he ran into a m

reporter: the journal of the american medical association published a national strategy for the new normal of life with covid. they say omicron is pushing covid-19 toward being endemic. >> it is really everywhere. it is making some restrictions really impractical. reporter: being vaccinated and boosted has provided security during the pandemic. he is an advocate for seniors, he is over 70 and understands the senior population is more likely to get ill. >> you cannot be totally paranoid. you have to react with common sense and find a boundary you are comfortable with. reporter: while waiting for whatever the future holds. abc 7 news. ama: kaiser permanente is offering additional vaccines to 3900 patients who were given low doses by mistake. they sent a letter to the walnut creek medical center last fall. they say the dosing error should not significantly reduce immunity. they say, we have determined this was an isolated incident resulting from staff misunderstanding instructions. patients who received a or johnson & johnson are not affected. if you want to stay up-to-date on the latest head

you know, in a recent survey by the american medical association, a whopping 30% of nurses, 20% of physicians have quit in a year. i've never seen numbers like that. it really speaks to that feeling of, you know, fatigue, exhaustion. moral injury that many health care workers have faced. >> yeah, i mean, i see on social media all the time, nurses saying i want to quit. i can't take anymore. it's just really sad. and we're not out of this. we're in another surge, the omicron surge. what are hospitals facing right now? >> i think hospitals are projected to continue to go up even after we peak. we're expected to peak in the bay area maybe in the next week or two, but hospitals will stay and continue to increase in numbers because they usually lag what's happening in the community by two weeks and more. so what we're going to expect is continued strain on the hospitals. in fact some projections are 100% increase from where we are right now in the hospital setting, which is already several times higher than where we were at thanksgiving. >> i know that omicron is not as serious or as deadly as del

. >> reporter: the message from leading pandemic experts writing in the journal of the american medical association, covid-19 is here to stay and the country needs to adapt to a new normal since vaccines and infections don't seem to offer lifelong immunity. that means treating covid like other respiratory viruses. >> we have to re-orient our goal so that we get it to a manageable state and we can continue with our normal life while covid is around just like we do with flu. >> reporter: the call comes as confirmed cases are at an all-time high driven by omicron. hospitals nationwide swamped with patients, most unvaccinated, say their front line doctors and nurses are under tremendous stress. >> we are beyond exhausted, depleted and we're asking for your grace and understanding while in the hospital. >> oxygen is not enough. a ventilator is not enough and they require ecmo and they're laying in bed for months, for weeks to months. >> this has been a lot of uncertainty, and i'm tired. >> reporter: meanwhile pediatric covid hospitalizations are at an all-time high. most involving unvaccinated children

gerald harmon president of the american medical association, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. thanks for being part of the solution and the pbs folks being a source of reliable medical information and being on the side of science. thank you again. >> woodruff: it is one of the most significant crises with russia since the end of the cold war: 100,000 russian troops on ukraine's border that the u.s. says could invade within weeks. today in geneva, senior american and russian diplomats met, kicking off a week of intense diplomacy. nick schifrin begins our verage. >> schifrin: u.s. and russian negotiators met for eight hours of bilateral talks, that deputy russian foreign minister sergei ryabkov described as a “possible basis for agreement.” >> ( translated ): a professial practical conversation by itself puts us in an optimistic mood of course. but by all means, the main questions remain. >> schifrin: speaking to reporters by phone, deputy secretary of state wendy sherman called it a “frank and forthright” preliminary dialogue. >> today was a discussion, a better understandi

sanjay gupta as well as president of the american medical association, dr. gerald harman.h for joining me. sanjay, breaking news with the cdc advisers a little while ago recommending expanding boosters for youngsters as young as 12 years old. how significant is this development? >> on a personal note i have two children that fall into that category, so they will be getting their booster shots. my older daughter already got hers, she is 16. i think it will make a difference for people who qualify. here is the issue, wolf. i think we are talking overall in the country about 5% of the population, and of that 5% -- these are people between the ages of 12 and 15 -- only about half have already gotten their first two shots. so, you know, it is a relatively small percentage that we're talking about that are going to be impacted by this. so it is good for them, you know, to be able to get this added protection, but the real problem still, wolf, whether it is children or adults is still primarily the unvaccinated. this is giving another layer of protection to people who already hav

osterholm is the author of the column from the washington post and then from the journal of american medical association, this piece is getting a lot of attention, national strategy for the new normal of life with covid-19 and again dr. michael osterholm one who joined in writing that, what is inor and do normal of covid-9 look like. >> we know we will continue to see this virus in our communities for ever, is not going to go away not going to be eradicated it the question is under what will they look like in a year ago, i began to realize just how important these periods were, they in fact could either be much more transmissible in anything that we could or evade the vaccines that we've had as well as the immunity against him havingg previously been infected and you know i have sent for some time, and a joke that every morning i wake up and i hear that old fifth dimension ten, this is the dawning age of aquarius, just keeping hearing this is the dawning age of the bavarian and then when delta and omicron came along it was also price of this is something we should expect but we have to expect that coulh

the journal of the american medical association found that one in five patients were hit with an out-of-networkter having surgery. these bills can set you back hundreds or thousands of dollars. 50% of americans are carrying some medical debt right now which of course can make paying those bills and managing their regular expenses seem almost impossible. well, relief arrived on january 1 in the form of a new law. the "no surprises act" bans many of these surprise bills. katie keith is a researcher at the center on health insurance reforms at georgetown university. katie keith, so nice to have you. thank you for talking with me. so, we know that the "no surprises act" went into effect on january 1st. walk us through the basic features of this legislation and what exactly it does. katie: what the "no surprises act" means is that those with private health insurance shouldn't face what we call surprise out-of-network bills anymore. and what i mean when i say surprise out-of-network bills, this is really for patients who do everything right. if you schedule some kind of service, you make sure that th

reporter: the journal of the american medical association published a national strategy for the new normal of life with covid. they say omicron is pushing covid-19 toward being endemic. >> it is really everywhere. it is making some restrictions really impractical. reporter: being vaccinated and boosted has provided security during the pandemic. he is an advocate for seniors, he is over 70 and understands the senior population is more likely to get ill. >> you cannot be totally paranoid. you have to react with common sense and find a boundary you are comfortable with. reporter: while waiting for whatever the future holds. abc 7 news. ama: kaiser permanente is offering additional vaccines to 3900 patients who were given low doses by mistake. they sent a letter to the walnut creek medical center last fall. they say the dosing error should not significantly reduce immunity. they say, we have determined this was an isolated incident resulting from staff misunderstanding instructions. patients who received a or johnson & johnson are not affected. if you want to stay up-to-date on the latest head

that's why the cdc and the american medical association joined forces with a series of public serviceents. >> with early diagnosis, early diabetes can be reversed. >> reporter: life style changes make all the difference, including exercise and the right diet. >> they would want to have a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, very little so no processed foods. >> reporter: gooden followed that advice and turned her diabetes around. >> anyone who says they have diabetes, even if it runs in their family, i say go get checked. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news, new york. >> that is the overnight news for this monday. from the cbs broad cast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. have a great week. >>> this is cbs news flash. spotify will add content advisories to podcasts discussing coronavirus. the streaming giant's move comes after a handful of artists had their content removed saying it allowed joe rogan to spread misinformation regarding covid-19. >>> actor howard hessman has died. he was best known for his role as dr. johnny fever on "wkrp in cincinnati. " hessman d

. >> reporter: the american medical association is having none of it.se recommendations are not only confusing but are risking further spread of the virus. experts predict omicron surge across the u.s. to peak soon, but no question: our next couple of weeks will be rough. >> brennan: mark strassmann reporting in brunswick, georgia. we go to former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb who sits on the board of pfizer. good morning to you, doctor. >> doctor: good morning. >> brennan: you said we'll be past the omicron wave by february. do you stand by that trajectory? and do we get to breathe a sigh of relief at that point? >> hopefully we do. many people predicted that delta would be the last major wave of infection, and then omicron came along. i think it surprised us that the virus is able to mutate so quickly. if you look at what is happening across the east coast, new york city, washington, d.c., maryland, probably florida florida, too, have already peaked. wul styou'll start to see the statistics curve and bend down. you're already seeing that in w

but the cdc, of course, is in the crosshairs because today the american medical association blasting cdc and its decision to not require a negative test in its updated guidance on isolating after covid infection. the ama saying in a statement, quote, the new recommendations on quarantine and isolation are not only confusing but are risking further spread of the virus. out front now, dr. ashish jha, dean of brown university's school of public health and dr. robert wok ter, chair of the university of california san francisco department of medicine. always appreciate having both you on and bef a lot to talk about. so, dr. jha, let me start with you. the american medical association slamming the cdc in a press release, publicly, is a big deal, right? it's a -- it's a direct shot. are they right? >> yeah, thanks for having me back. you know, i -- i think the cdc guidance is confusing and i have been very, very clear from -- for many, many weeks that a negative test should be a really essential part of ending isolation. i think cdc's in a tough spot because there aren't enough tests and th

guidelines shortening the isolation to five days without recommending a test, that after the american medical association called them confusing and accused the cdc of risking further spread of the virus. >> i have deep respect for the ama, but i will also say we've heard a lot of support for ongoing guidance from public health partners, form other clinical and laboratory partners as well. >> reporter: and later, the cdc director acknowledging the confusion but reiterating that in a pandemic, the situation is constantly evolving. >> this is hard, and i am committed to continue to improve as we learn more about the science and to communicate that with all of you. >> reporter: david, there's been another concerning study from the cdc. data from the first year of the pandemic showing that children diagnosed with covid were then 2 1/2 times more likely to receive a diagnosis of diabetes in the months after infection. scientists are not sure why that is. david? >> yeah, we'll follow that potential link in the months to come, matt. thank you. >>> overseas tonight and to a dramatic escalation now in the unrest i

a survey by the american medical association shows that a high percentage of nurses nationally now haveentions to quit health care because of covid fatigue. that's 40% 20% of physicians. also us say that which is really shocking. doctor harold works to keep morale up at queen of the valley by highlighting positives during morning huddles while also being transparent about the current state of covid. we let people know this is what we've got today. how we make it work today. take care of each other. everybody rolls up their sleeves and jumps in and looks out for each other. >> doctor harold says a big problem at hospitals right now is the high number of people going to the er to try to get tested for covid. she says you should avoid the er for that and instead, try other means such as scheduling a point with your doctor or try your local pharmacy lie that live in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. >> santa clara county workers in high-risk settings have to get their covid booster shot by today. you may remember in late december county health officer doctor sara

advisers who counseled him during the presidential transition wrote in "the journal of the american medical association," one saying, the new normal requires recognizing that covid is one of several circulating respiratory viruses. the former advisers argue the focus should now be on testing and treatment instead of defeating the virus. meanwhile, a new cdc study is shedding light on breakthrough cases when vaccinated people get infected. researchers found every vaccinated participant in their study who developed a severe case of covid already had at least one underlying medical condition that made them vulnerable. the governor of west virginia is now the first governor to push for a fourth dose of the vaccine for people most vulnerable but many public health experts it's far too early to green light a fourth shot. now, the white house has responded to those former advisers calling for a new strategy that says the president's ultimate goal remains defeating the virus. mona. >> ike, thank you. >>> we have new information stemming from the investigation into the pipe bombs planted on capitol hill before

a national survey by the american medical association shows that a high percentage of nurses had the intention to quit health care because of covid fatigue. that's 40% 20% of physicians. also us say that which is really shocking. doctor harold works to keep morale up at queen of the valley by highlighting positives during morning huddles. >> while also being transparent about the current state of covid. >> and in health care, can't forget we have to take care of ourselves each other first to make sure there's enough people to take care of our patients. >> doctor harold says a big problem in hospitals right now is the high number of people going to the er to try to get tested for covid. she says you should avoid the er for that and instead try to get a test by scheduling a point with your doctor or try your local pharmacy in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> coming up, flames along the central coast. hundreds of people have been evacuated as a wildfire continues to burn near big sur. how much the fire has burned so far a heads up as you get ready to file your taxes. don

a national survey by the american medical association shows that a high percentage of nurses had the intention to quit health care because of covid fatigue. that's 40% 20% of physicians. also us say that which is really shocking. doctor harold works to keep morale up at queen of the valley by highlighting positives during morning huddles. >> while also being transparent about the current state of covid. >> and in health care, can't forget we have to take care of ourselves each other first to make sure there's enough people to take care of our patients. >> doctor harold says a big problem in hospitals right now is the high number of people going to the er to try to get tested for covid. she says you should avoid the er for that and instead try to get a test by scheduling a point with your doctor or try your local pharmacy in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> well, a record number of children statewide are being hospitalized with covid, but not necessarily because of the virus. federal data shows that children younger than 5 who aren't yet eligible for vaccination have b

. >> tom, the american medical association just weighed in, criticizing the cdc's recommendations. >> reporter: the ama says that the recommendations are confusing and the lack of a testing component, it says, could cause this to spread even further. hundreds of thousands of people returning to work while still infected, lester. >> all right tom costello also here in washington. all of this causing severe disruptions in the nation's schools a domino effect on teachers, students and parents as omicron spreads and testing falls short. and moments ago an announcement in chicago abou schools tomorrow after they were closed today with little notice stephanie gosk has late details >> reporter: classes in chicago closed again tomorrow the city and the teachers union unable to reach an agreement. >> i will not allow them to take our children hostage >> reporter: late last night, chicago school boards abruptly slammed shut, upending the lives of hundreds of thousands of chicago families >> we had all winter break to have this planned out, and here we are the kids are kind of caught in th middl

, to fatal consequences for some well, we are seeing that it's funny, the journal, the american medical association just came out just yesterday and it did stark about a huge rise of people with mount paradise as an inflammation of the heart just in young individual. so there seems to be, and this is going on that we've seen a rise of heart attacks or things like that. and we seen this and obviously the young children that have no risk for heart disease whatsoever. so it causes to ask questions, which is good, what we do and you know, in medical, in what we do in medicine. but we need to come up with answers at run. sure that maybe you should take a step back and make this not the right direction. again, you have to prove to me that the risk versus benefit, you know, are in the patients favor include or not, or perhaps as a question, this patient still needs care. there must be big ramifications of this one way or the other. do you think many other hospitals would use this as a precedent and deny treatment to the i'm fascinated. we are seeing that now you're right in the united states. and again, w

if you look at the 2018 journal of the american medical association study, even before that study was published, information was being leaked to the press that many of the victims had these mysterious white matter track changes in their brains. about a year later, when the study finally came out, they found only 3 patients with white matter track changes. and if you go on the streets of moscow today, and you randomly pick 21 people.

cdc and american medical association butting heads over new isolation and testing guidelines with peopleovid. we're live in atlanta with more. >> the president of the american medical association is criticizing the cdc for reducing the isolation period for persons infected with covid from 10 days to five days without requiring -- without requiring a negative covid test before they come out of isolation. instead the updated cdc guidance states if an individual has access to a test and wants to test the best approach is to use an antigen test toward the end of the five-day isolation period. ama president issued a statement saying the new recommendations on quarantine and isolation are not only confusing but risking further spread of the virus. cdc is recommending pfizer's booster shot for people ages 12 and up who received both primary doses of the pfizer vaccine more than five months ago. expanding access to boosters to additional age groups the agency does not include them in its criteria for being fully vaccinated and instead the cdc is referring to boosters as a way of keeping your vac

. >> reporter: the american medical association rebuking the cdc this week saying the guidelines are confusing and counter productive and risk spreading the virus even further. six former biden advisers published a series of articles making the case for a new approach of trying to live with the virus, not eliminate it. they recommend testing, mitigation, vaccines and trying to rebuild trust in public health care institutions savannah back to you >>> now you reported this earlier this week, the seven day average number of cases up 98%, hospitalizations up 63%, deaths up too, not as much. do you expect those numbers to go further up? when is this new wave going to taper off? >> yeah, you know, we are still seeing those numbers rising and as you note, the number of cases are rising faster than the number of hospitalizations and deaths, although we're now starting to see the number of hospitalizations rise as well. the way it is peaked in other countries, in south africa, it has come down as rapidly as well but i don't believe we've seen the peak yet here in the united states i will say