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DOC AMA: California Loosens Mask Rules For Vaccinated Workers, The U.S. Is Betting On A Pill To Treat COVID-19 And More

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jun 18, 2021
This picture shows a vial of Remdesivir at Movianto premises, as parcels of drugs are being sent to India, in Aalst, on April 30, 2021. - Belgium will help India, where the situation in the ongoing pandemic is very severe, with 9000 doses of the antiviral drug Remdesivir. The pharmaceuticals have to be packed in special cases before they leave on a flight tonight. - Belgium OUT (Photo by DIRK WAEM / various sources / AFP) / Belgium OUT (Photo by DIRK WAEM/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)
This picture shows a vial of Remdesivir at Movianto premises, as parcels of drugs are being sent to India, in Aalst, on April 30, 2021.
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DOC AMA California Loosens Mask Rules For Vaccinated Workers, The U.S. Is Betting On A Pill To Treat COVID-19 And More
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Timothy Brewer from UCLA. Topics today include: California loosens COVID-19 mask rules for vaccinated workers A pill to treat COVID-19? The U.S. is betting on it Mental health worsens for parents, other unpaid caregivers during COVID-19 Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers get COVID-19, dozens in hospital CDC lowers warning for cruises, recommends only fully vaccinated travel High hopes for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine have fizzled in the U.S. Gavin Newsom says vaccine incentives have worked. Have they? New COVID-19 study hints at long-term loss of brain tissue, Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns With guest host Sharon McNary GUEST: Timothy Brewer, M.D., epidemiologist and professor of medicine at UCLA’s school of public health; has served on the advisory boards of the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Timothy Brewer from UCLA.

Topics today include:

  • California loosens COVID-19 mask rules for vaccinated workers 

  • A pill to treat COVID-19? The U.S. is betting on it 

  • Mental health worsens for parents, other unpaid caregivers during COVID-19 

  • Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers get COVID-19, dozens in hospital 

  • CDC lowers warning for cruises, recommends only fully vaccinated travel 

  • High hopes for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine have fizzled in the U.S.

  • Gavin Newsom says vaccine incentives have worked. Have they? 

  • New COVID-19 study hints at long-term loss of brain tissue, Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns

With guest host Sharon McNary

Guest:

Timothy Brewer, M.D., epidemiologist and professor of medicine at UCLA’s school of public health; has served on the advisory boards of the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention