The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 is administered at the Arizona Department of Health Services State Laboratory in Phoenix, Dec. 16, 2020.

COVID News Roundup

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 17, 2022

Nsikan Akpan, WNYC's health and science editor, joins for a roundup of the latest COVID-related news, including the latest science on masks, and why New York City isn't recording many at-home COVID tests.

 

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