April 18, 2022 – California Ditches Vaccine Requirement For Kids, How At-Home Tests Are Affecting Case Counts, Breath Test To Detect COVID

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Sam Torbati, co-chair of the department of emergency medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Topics today include:

• White House Covid response coordinator: Americans over 60 should get second booster.
• With the rise in at-home testing, are we undercounting COVID-19 cases even more than before?
• COVID hospitalizations fall to 213 in L.A. County.
• California will not require COVID vaccines for children this fall.
• BA.2 is spreading in the U.S. but people are over it.
• FDA authorizes first breath test to detect coronavirus.

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.