Russia's military marches west, bringing danger close to the border with Poland. 

Ukrainians in the capital city of Kyiv are preparing for the worst.

An American rabbi is now in Poland, helping Ukrainian refugees.

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We've covered the pandemic for the past 2 years, but now we've got a new focus on this show: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

On today's podcast, Russia appears to be gearing up for an attack on Ukraine's capital city. 

We speak to a teenage refugee who is now in Greece with his family. 

And we hear from a Ukrainian woman who got married the day the Russians invaded. 

President Biden announces more sanctions on Russia's economy. 

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Yes, the podcast is changing. After 2 years covering the pandemic, we are focusing on what's now the biggest story in the world: The War in Ukraine. 

On today's podcast, we talk to a Ukrainian who lives in the capital city of Kyiv and says he'll never leave. 

The Ukrainian owner of a Russian restaurant in New York is dealing with hate mail, vandalism, and more

The U-S House of Representatives approves a package that includes billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.  

More major companies are pulling out of Russia.

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We've spent the last two years on this show covering the pandemic, when that was the world's biggest story. Now we're shifting gears, and focusing on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

On today's podcast, more accusations of war crimes by Russia as a maternity hospital in Ukraine is bombed. 

We speak with a woman in Southern Ukraine, in an area currently under Russian control. 

Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Poland, which has taken in a number of Ukrainian refugees. But this comes as the Pentagon rejects a plan to hand over Polish fighter jets to Ukraine. 

And sanctions against Russia are ratcheting up, with the U-S officially banning Russian oil. But could that move backfire? 

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We will continue to bring you the absolute latest in COVID news and developments as the pandemic continues to impact our world, but for the time being we're shifting our focus to the global crisis that is front and center: Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On today's podcast, President Biden is starting to take the gloves on when it comes to making Russia feel financial pain.  

The president today put a ban on Russian oil imports into the U-S. The goal is to rock the now-fragile Russian economy even harder..........but we'll also feel it here with ever increasing gas prices.

A doctor right here in southern California was all set to head to Ukraine to help train civilians in combat medicine. But now he can't go because the Russians might be after him--so we'll talk with him.

We head back to Ukraine to talk to with a woman who was forced to evacuate Kyiv and is doing what she can do to help the war effort.....including making Molotov cocktails. 

And we'll talk with a long time Moscow based, American report who got out of Russia after new press censorship laws were put into place.

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Yes, this is still the coronavirus daily podcast..........but we're going to put a pause on bringing you the latest COVID news to temporarily shift our focus to what is arguably the biggest global crisis underway right now---Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

There is seemingly no end in site for Russia's war against Ukraine. As Russian forces step up their attacks against Ukrainian cities, there still hasn't been any establishment of reliable humanitarian corridors for escaping civilians to use.

We'll talk to a woman there who says she got out of her hometown, in a suburb of Kyiv, right after Russian tanks moved in. 

The U-S is working with its partners in Europe on a possible ban of Russian oil imports. We'll look into what this will do to already high gas prices here at home. And we'll take the pulse of a very anxious Wall Street.

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There was a lot of controversy when the FDA approved an expensive, and possibly ineffective drug for Alzheimer's patients last year. Turns out this has become a trend---the FDA has been busy greenlighting several contested drugs under so-called "accelerated approval"---we'll take a closer look.

And which of the COVID-induced changes to the American workplace will be sticking around for good........and which ones will be tossed out with your old face masks?

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President Biden has announced a new plan for the pandemic that will let people take antiviral drugs immediately after testing positive, right at the pharmacy and free of charge. They're calling it "test to treat," we'll explain how that will work. 

Did you notice all the faces at the State of the Union? Masks were not required in House chambers last night, in a scene that almost looked like a slice of pre-pandemic life. We'll look into whether this is a signal that lawmakers and the Biden administration are ready to move on from COVID. 

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California is ready to let school kids show their faces.  It's lifting the statewide mask mandate in schools, in two weeks. But state public health officials are going to great pains to recommend continued mask wearing in classrooms, even if it's not mandatory.

And the ultimate decisions on ending or continuing mask mandates will fall to individual school districts.

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The CDC says most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely stop wearing masks. This comes in new guidelines that shift from looking at COVID-19 case counts to a more holistic view of COVID risk to a community. 

Developing countries and international aid organizations have spent the better part of a year asking for more COVID vaccine doses to be available outside of Western countries-----we'll take a closer look at why that's still not happening.

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