KPFA - Corona Calls

About KPFA - Corona Calls

A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news). We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at upfront@kpfa.org . Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Our question-wrangler most weeks is Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s morning public affairs program, UpFront. Music: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Publisher

KPFA

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

28 Mar 2023

Latest episode

10 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

131 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Salmonella, new MRNA Flu Vaccine w/ Guest host Teresa Wierzbianska and Dr. John Schwartzberg

   Dr John Schwartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.  You can send in your questions to coronacalls@kpfa.org and we’ll read them on the airjoins us again to give us the scoop on staying healthy. Guest hosted by Teresa Wierzbianska. The post Salmonella, new MRNA Flu Vaccine w/ Guest host Teresa Wierzbianska and Dr. John Schwartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

2. 

   13 Apr 2026

   Corona Calls for 04.13.2026 – Why did Trump’s NIH Director delay data on COVID vaccines?

   Discussed in this episode: Jay Bhattacharya, who heads the National Institutes of Health for the Trump administration, kept the CDC from publishing data showing getting an updated COVID shot drastically reduced the need for emergency care and hospitalization. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Corona Calls for 04.13.2026 – Why did Trump’s NIH Director delay data on COVID vaccines? appeared first on KPFA.

3. 

   23 Mar 2026

   Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined

   Discussed in this episode: In a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a federal judge has stayed (put on hold) every decision made by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices since RFK Jr. purged and replaced its membership last summer. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org. Podcast music credit:  Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Corona Calls for 03.23.2026 – ACIP enjoined appeared first on KPFA.

Who has been a guest on KPFA - Corona Calls

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Swartzberg
• Dr Paul Offit
• Dr John Swartzberg

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

405,752

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

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