In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF. 

Topics today include:

• L.A. County elementary schools are fully cleared to reopen

• Rate of new virus infections falling, but deaths remain high 

• CVS and Walmart decide who gets leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses 

• WHO authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use 

• Blue Shield to call shots under California vaccine contract 

• California data on vaccine distribution reveal disparities 

  • As COVID-19 ebbs, LA Latinos see disproportionate devastation 

Guest:

Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center; he tweets @PCH_SF