In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with infectious diseases physician and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dr. Paul Adamson. 

Topics today include: 

• Pfizer begins testing Omicron-matched COVID-19 vaccines in adults. 
• F.D.A. halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work versus Omicron. 
• L.A. County seeing more deaths from Omicron. 
• “Mild” but still deadly: Omicron may kill tens of thousands more Americans by March. 
• Omicron is spreading. How should we respond now? 
• Coronavirus tests from the U.S. government have started to arrive at homes. 

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.