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Aug 26, 2020
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COVID AMA: LA County COVID-19 Cases Drop, CDC Changes Testing Guidelines And More
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.
MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA - JULY 22:  Health care workers take information from Ashley Perez and her daughter Hailey Garcia before they are tested for COVID-19 in a medical tent at a testing site locate at the Miami Lakes Youth Center on July 22, 2020 in Miami Lakes, Florida. Testing is being provided by doctors from New York City associated with SOMOS Community Care, as the state of Florida experiences a surge in coronavirus cases.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Health care workers take information from Ashley Perez and her daughter Hailey Garcia before they are tested for COVID-19 in a medical tent at a testing site locate at the Miami Lakes Youth Center on July 22, 2020 in Miami Lakes, Florida.
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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.

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.

Today’s topics include:

  • L.A. County COVID-19 cases continue to drop, setting up potential for some school reopenings

  • CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested

  • San Pedro rep presses for county to review coronavirus brewery closures

  • Feeling anxious and depressed? In California, you’re right at home

  • 6 feet may not always be enough distance to protect from COVID-19

  •  Moderna vaccine trial lacks Black, Latinx and Indigenous participants

Guest:

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

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