In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with the director of Infectious Disease and Prevention at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Dr. Kimberly Shriner.
Topics today include:
- Moderna announces full U.S. approval for its COVID-19 vaccine.
- New C.D.C. data shows the effectiveness of boosters.
- L.A. County’s daily coronavirus cases continue dramatic decline, but death rate remains high.
- Optimism at L.A. County’s nursing homes as coronavirus surge declines.
- People who are boosted against COVID-19 will be exempt from San Francisco’s mask mandate in certain group settings.
- New clues about who will develop Long COVID.
- Omicron pushes health authorities toward learning to live with COVID-19.
- Opinion: What we can learn from how the 1918 pandemic ended.
This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.