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: 

• L.A. County launches new pick-up PCR testing kit program to help meet demand. 
  
  • How and where to get free COVID and flu test kits in L.A. County. 
• Home COVID-19 tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday. 
• California surpasses 6 million COVID-19 infections as Omicron wave expands. 
• U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations reach record high. 
• How reliable are COVID-19 rapid tests for detecting Omicron? 
• Spain calls for debate to consider COVID-19 as endemic. 
• Omicron may infect half of Europeans within weeks, W.H.O. says. 

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