KPFA - Corona Calls
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A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news). We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at upfront@kpfa.org . Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Our question-wrangler most weeks is Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s morning public affairs program, UpFront. Music: Now Son by Podingto...
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- Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined
- Corona Calls for 03.16.2026 – ACIP’s anti-vax working group
- Corona Calls for 03.11.2026 – Vinay Prasad is out, again
- Corona Calls for 02.23.2026 – Modernacoaster
- Corona Calls for 02.09.2026 – What the next vaccine breakthrough might look like
- Corona Calls for 02.02.2026 – Is influenza headed for a second surge?
- Corona Calls for 01.26.26 – Measles on the rise, Flu deaths topping COVID deaths
- Corona Calls for 01.12.2026 – RFK Jr. Updends the US childhood vaccination schedule