Discussed in this episode:

A new study shows the risk of heart attack and stroke shoot up in the immediate aftermath of an infection with influenza or COVID 19, and stay elevated for weeks.
Another study, in Nature, shows MRNA vaccines for Covid made cancer patients receiving immunotherapy respond better to treatment, and live longer.

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Corona Calls for 11.10.2025 – Flying Blind in Cold and Flu Season

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.