28 September 2022 Blog Post: Following the UK’s Lead Recent press reports have suggested that the UK could be heading into a fall COVID-19 wave with the United States not far behind (link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/health/uk-fall-wave-covid-us). It made me curious that this statement, and

14 September 2022 Blog Post: Mid-September COVID Case Numbers A brief look today at the current incidence and prevalence of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County. Incidence is defined as the number of new cases in the population over a specified period

13 September 2022 Blog Post: Fall 2022 COVID Boosters What is in the new boosters? Is there any difference between the Pfizer and Moderna formulations? Both new vaccines consist of equal portions of mRNA directed against the ancestral 2020 strain of the

9 September 2022 Blog Post: New Booster Shot “Heralds” COVID Seasonality The latest bivalent boosters began shipping over the Labor Day weekend and have now become available in local pharmacies. These are termed ‘bivalent’ as they contain two messenger RNA (mRNA) components