In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Kimberly Shriner of Huntington Hospital. 

Topics today include:

• California over capacity:

  • Hospitals ordered to accept patients from other hospitals over capacity

  • Healthcare workers are getting sick

• New COVID variant spreading in the state

• Distribution troubles: some non-health care workers in L.A. County are skipping the line and getting vaccinated 

• Pfizer has a local clinical trial focusing on kids

• Rise in COVID outbreaks in SoCal warehouses

• EU commission approves Moderna’s vaccine

Guest: 

Kimberly Shriner, M.D., infectious disease specialist at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena