In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Annabelle De St. Maurice of UCLA/Mattel Children’s Hospital.

Topics today include:

CDC reduces physical distancing guidelines for schoolchildren

CA logs record-breaking week of vaccinations

Cost to vaccinate Californians rises amid changes to Blue Shield oversight

Concerns about increased transmission in Florida during spring break

New U.K. study finds slow walkers more likely to die of COVID

Moderna testing vaccines on young children (a few days old but I think it’d be worth bringing up, given your area of expertise)

More than 4 in 10 health-care workers have not been vaccinated, Post-KFF poll finds

AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots resume in Germany after EU declares vaccine safe

Why side effects are worse after a second dose of COVID-19

GUEST:

Annabelle De St. Maurice, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases and the co-chief infection prevention officer at University of California Los Angeles/Mattel Children’s Hospital; she tweets @destmauricemd