In COVID-19 clinical update #121, Dr. Griffin discusses age as a risk factor for severe disease, updated vaccine boosters for the fall, pediatric infection and antibody seroprevalence in Arkansas over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, all-cause maternal mortality in the United States before and during the pandemic, and the effect of 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment and how it impacts vaccine immunity. Subscribe (free):Apple Podcasts,Google Podcasts,RSS,email Become apatronofTWiV! Links for this episode Age as a risk factor for severe disease (NY Times) Omicron boosters for the fall (NPR) Pediatric infection and antibody seroprevalence in Arkansas (PIDS) All-cause US maternal mortality during pandemic (JAMA) Effect of 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment (The Lancet) PAXLOVID patient eligibility screening checklist (FDA) Remdesivir fact sheet for providers (Veklury) Bebtelovimab fact sheet for providers (FDA) PAXLOVID drug interaction checker(IDSA) Contri...