Podcast Episodes

Parents are going to have wait longer to get their young kids vaccinated against COVID -- What will the transition from pandemic to endemic actually look like?

Parents who were hoping to get their babies and toddlers vaccinated soon will have to wait even longer--if it ever happens. U-S health regulators hav…

4 years ago

Exercising right after getting a COVID vaccine or flu shot tends to make it much more effective -- What if losing more weight was as simple as getting more sleep?

So what did you do right after your COVID or flu shot? Did you go home and take it easy out of concerns of potential side effects? Or did you go for …

4 years ago

How do some people who were exposed to all kinds of coronavirus manage to never get infected? -- Is the mask mandate in your part of the world on its way out?

One of the big mysteries of the pandemic is why some people haven't gotten sick yet while others around them have. We will try to unravel this as the…

4 years ago

Have we all picked up a little coronavirus along the way? -- Johnson & Johnson stop production of their COVID vaccine at a bad time -- Broken heart syndrome is real, and on the increase

By now...we've all likely been exposed to COVID somewhere and at some point during this pandemic. Is all of that viral exposure slowly helping our im…

4 years ago

The CDC wants to see & study what you're flushing down the study -- Is the key to turning COVID from pandemic to endemic a nasal spray vaccine?

The CDC would really like to see and know what you're flushing down the toilet.  

The public health agency is expanding programs so scientists can stu…

4 years ago

Turns on some old fashioned sunshine will do us good: new study links Vitamin D deficiency to higher likelihood of severe COVID

When your grandmother used to tell you that getting a little sunshine would do you good, turns out she knew what she was talking about.

The sun could …

4 years, 1 month ago

So which is it: is the COVID pandemic winding down and becoming endemic, or will a highly lethal coronavirus be with us forever?

Doctors and scientists have been saying COVID will eventually become endemic......meaning the virus is still there, still circulating but it's manage…

4 years, 1 month ago

Were the early pandemic lockdows ineffective, bad policy and a waste of time? -- Europe is moving beyond COVID restrictions, so why can't we?

Think back to when this all started, March of 2020 when the world basically shut down. We were told we all had to stay home to both flatten the curve…

4 years, 1 month ago

Tiny doses for tiny arms: Pfizer applies for EUA for its COVID vaccine in kids 5-and-younger -- Why does the Bay Area manage COVID outbreaks so much better than L.A.?

Pfizer has formally submitted its COVID vaccine to the FDA for emergency use authorization for use in children ages 5 and younger. Scientists have ha…

4 years, 1 month ago

Have mask mandates jumped the pandemic shark?

After the governor of California, the mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco plus a whole bunch of their VIP guests were all photographed without ma…

4 years, 1 month ago