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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 Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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episode Corona Calls for 04.13.2026 – Why did Trump’s NIH Director delay data on COVID vaccines? cover

Corona Calls for 04.13.2026 – Why did Trump’s NIH Director delay data on COVID vaccines?

Discussed in this episode: * Jay Bhattacharya, who heads the National Institutes of Health for the Trump administration, kept the CDC from publishing data [https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/] showing getting an updated COVID shot drastically reduced [https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/quick-takes-cdc-delays-report-covid-vaccines-human-plague-case-arizona] the need for emergency care and hospitalization. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org [coronacalls@kpfa.org] Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/NowSon/] by Podington Bear,  [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/contact]licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]. The post Corona Calls for 04.13.2026 – Why did Trump’s NIH Director delay data on COVID vaccines? [https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/corona-calls-for-04-13-2026-why-did-trumps-nih-director-delay-data-on-covid-vaccines/] appeared first on KPFA [https://kpfa.org].

13. april 2026 - 25 min
episode Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined cover

Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined

Discussed in this episode: * In a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a federal judge has stayed [https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-win-for-your-access-to-vaccines] (put on hold) every decision made by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices since RFK Jr. purged and replaced its membership last summer. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org [coronacalls@kpfa.org] Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/NowSon/] by Podington Bear,  [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/contact]licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/].   The post Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined [https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/corona-calls-for-03-23-2026-acip-enjoined/] appeared first on KPFA [https://kpfa.org].

23. mars 2026 - 37 min
episode Corona Calls for 03.16.2026 – ACIP’s anti-vax working group cover

Corona Calls for 03.16.2026 – ACIP’s anti-vax working group

Discussed in this episode: * The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/health/covid-vaccine-side-effects-cdc-acip.html] got a copy of an internal report by a working group of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. It makes outlandlish claims about the prevalence of COVID vaccine injury based in part on second-hand reports a conservative pollster, and suggests internal changes to how the government defines and tracks vaccine injury. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org [coronacalls@kpfa.org] Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/NowSon/] by Podington Bear,  [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/contact]licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]. The post Corona Calls for 03.16.2026 – ACIP’s anti-vax working group [https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/corona-calls-for-03-16-2026-acips-anti-vax-working-group/] appeared first on KPFA [https://kpfa.org].

16. mars 2026 - 25 min
episode Corona Calls for 03.11.2026 – Vinay Prasad is out, again cover

Corona Calls for 03.11.2026 – Vinay Prasad is out, again

Discussed in this episode: * Vinay Prasad, the Trump appointee who heads the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, has announced he’s leaving his position at the end of April. The announcement came shortly after he reversed a controversial decision to block FDA review of a new MRNA influenza vaccine from Moderna. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org [coronacalls@kpfa.org] Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/NowSon/] by Podington Bear,  [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/contact]licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]. The post Corona Calls for 03.11.2026 – Vinay Prasad is out, again [https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/corona-calls-for-03-11-2026-vinay-prasad-is-out-again/] appeared first on KPFA [https://kpfa.org].

11. mars 2026 - 39 min
episode Corona Calls for 02.23.2026 – Modernacoaster cover

Corona Calls for 02.23.2026 – Modernacoaster

Discussed in this episode: * Moderna’s got a new MRNA vaccine [https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/double-reverse-fda-now-says-it-will-review-moderna-s-mrna-flu-vaccine] for influenza. It says clinical trials show the vaccine is 26% more effective than the flu vaccine currently in use. But when Moderna asked the FDA to review the new vaccine for approval, the FDA refused. Then, within a week, the FDA reversed itself and started the review. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org [coronacalls@kpfa.org] Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/NowSon/] by Podington Bear,  [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/contact]licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]. The post Corona Calls for 02.23.2026 – Modernacoaster [https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/corona-calls-for-02-23-2026-modernacoaster/] appeared first on KPFA [https://kpfa.org].

23. feb. 2026 - 21 min
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