In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, guest host Sharon McNary speaks with Dr. Shruti Gohil from UC Irvine’s School of Medicine.

Topics today include:

• These communities remain at high risk for dangerous COVID-19 variants rapidly increasing in US, expert warns 

• Former White House adviser says dangerous coronavirus variant is 'like COVID on steroids' 

• People hospitalized with COVID-19 now have one overwhelming thing in common. They're not vaccinated. 

• Amid COVID-19 reopening, many Californians keeping masks on 

• How are health experts handling California's reopening?

• University of California says COVID-19 vaccines mandatory 

• CDC to discuss reports of heart inflammation in young people after COVID-19 vaccines

With guest host Sharon McNary

GUEST:

Shruti Gohil, M.D., professor of medicine and associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine