COVID-19 AMA: FDA Delays Moderna For Adolescents, Global Death Toll Hits 5 Million, And More
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Kimberly Shriner from Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.
Today’s topics include:
- F.D.A. delays decision on Moderna coronavirus vaccine for adolescents to evaluate myocarditis risk, company says
- Unvaccinated teens in L.A. are more likely to test positive for coronavirus than adults
- Covid-19's global death toll tops 5 million
- After months of decline, coronavirus cases plateau in California. Can we avoid a new surge?
- Shanghai Disneyland tests 33K, closes for 2 days, after 1 person tests positive for Covid-19
- L.A. city vaccine mandate kicks in soon, spurring worry over extra work and confusion for businesses
- Federal contractors get broad flexibility to enforce Covid vaccine rules for millions of workers
- How climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious diseases
As LA’s New Indoor Vaccine Mandate Takes Hold, How Will It Impact What You Do And Where You Go?
Last month, the Los Angeles City Council signed an ordinance
requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination when entering certain businesses, like restaurants, bars, movie theaters and museums. Although this applies to the city of LA, other localities can impose their own rules. For example, West Hollywood jumped on board with the requirements. Businesses can face fines if they don’t follow the rules. As these new requirements go into effect next Monday, how are you preparing? Are you seeing places already enforcing a vaccine mandate? Do you operate or work for a business that’s already implemented the requirement or is planning to do so? What has the experience been like? Will the vaccine mandates impact what you do and where you go?
Read more here from LAist
Climate Week: More Than Half Of L.A. County Residents Will Be Severely Impacted By The Climate Crisis
A recent report from the Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office found 56% of L.A. County residents live in a neighborhood that is highly vulnerable to at least one major consequence of human-driven climate change: extreme heat, wildfire, drought, inland flooding, and sea level rise. Using census data, the county also identified 47 communities that are particularly vulnerable, from Santa Clarita to Long Beach, from Crenshaw to East L.A. One pattern was abundantly clear: the vast majority of census tracts most at risk to climate change are home to people of color, primarily Latino and Black communities. Which communities are most at risk, and what are some solutions to address the negative impacts we will likely experience in the years ahead? Today on AirTalk, we’re joined by KPCC / LAist’s new climate emergency reporter Erin Stone, and Natalie Hernandez, associate director of climate planning & resilience at the nonprofit Climate Resolve as we kick off a week of special reports highlighting the climate crisis in California, and the possible solutions to make the best future we can.
With files from LAist. Read more here.
Climate Week: Long Term Solutions To Drought And Water Scarcity In California
Drought is, by definition, a temporary state -- something from which an area is eventually supposed to merge. Yet here in California, it seems that we are constantly on the verge of, or in the middle of, a drought. What is happening in California, some experts say, is closer to what’s called aridification -- which describes a longer term, deeper change in an area’s climate from wetter to drier. Knowing this, how do we solve the issue of water scarcity as more water is used from storage than gets replenished? How far does conservation on the part of users really go? What are some of the long term solutions that have been proposed and acted on? Is it simply a matter of updating and better maintaining existing infrastructure, or are bigger, more advanced solutions required to truly address the issue?
As part of our weeklong series looking at the effects of climate change on California, today on AirTalk we’re looking at long term solutions to drought and water scarcity with PPIC Water Policy Center Director Ellen Hanak, Chair of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Celeste Cantú and UC Davis Associate Professor of Water Management Samuel Sandoval.