Health Experts Warn of Coronavirus Surge Following Thanksgiving Travel

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the U.S. has proven to be slower than expected, with millions of distributed vaccines still not yet administered. Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, associate dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, breaks down the process and how the U.S. compares to other countries.

Florida is offering the vaccine to people over 65, but is not requiring proof of residence. That is leading to people flocking to Florida to get vaccinated, in what is being called "vaccine tourism." We welcome in Dr. Bernard Ashby, Miami cardiologist and Florida State Lead for the Committee to Protect Medicare, to discuss the problem, and how it is affecting his state.

Concerns over new strains of the coronavirus are rising across the U.S. Researchers in Ohio say they've discovered two new versions of covid which likely originated right here in the United States. That's in addition to a UK variant already spreading in the country. One Bay Area company, called Helix, is working with the CDC to identify new cases of that UK strain, here in the U.S. For more, we spoke to Dr. James Lu, President & Chief Scientific Officer of Helix.