January 25, 2022 – Pfizer Starts Testing Omicron-Specific Vaccines, L.A. County Omicron Deaths Rise

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with infectious diseases physician and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dr. Paul Adamson.  Topics today include:  Pfizer begins testing Omicron-matched COVID-19 vaccines in adults.  F.D.A. halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work versus Omicron.  L.A. County seeing more deaths from Omicron.  “Mild” but still deadly: Omicron may kill tens of thousands more Americans by March.  Omicron is spreading. How should we respond now?  Coronavirus tests from the U.S. government have started to arrive at homes.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.