In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Robert-Kim Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. 

Topics today include: 

• New COVID-19 cases in California have dropped more than 95% since the peak of the Omicron surge. 
• WHO: COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to fall globally. 
• California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws. 
• C.D.C. apparently misjudged California’s COVID-19 risks by relying on outdated numbers. 
• Wealth, poverty, and race continue to affect the toll COVID-19 takes on different L.A. County communities. 
• New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation. 

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