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Leqembi was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last month.

By the end of this year, one Nebraska Medicine doctor says he hopes the hospital system will be able to provide a new Alzheimer's drug. It's called Leqembi, and it was FDA-approved last month. It's specifically for Alzheimer's.

Dr. michael mena is the chief science officer for e-med. really good to have you here. you have been speaking to us for several months, in fact the better part of two years. last november, you wrote -- and i quote -- in "time" magazine, we need a multi-pronged public health strategy that includes a national testing plan that utilizes widespread, frequent, rapid tests to stop the spread of the virus. nothings changed, has it, d dr. mina? why didnt this happen when people like you were calling for...

Medical association president dr. patrice harris, a pediatric psychiatrist and co-founder of e-med. dr. hey, ive got three kid and ive been blown away how well they have acclimated at least publicly to the last two years but we all live in persistent fear to what this is doing to them long term. do you agree with what some administration officials said that theres an epidemic of mental health challenges among children right now? >> we have certainly seen an increase in reported symptoms of depre...

>> another big question, too, would there be any vaccination mandates for schools? we heard from the mayor who said at this point he is leaving that up to governor kathy hokul. joining me is the chief science officer at e-med that offers at-home testing skand he also a professor of epidemiology. dr doctor, thanks for being here. i want to start with the at-home tests because there are so many questions about whether theyre accurate. i know youre a rapid test company, but i want to play for you...

Swells up in you when you know youre helping your community. its a beautiful feeling, honestly. >> reporter: at this hospital, national guard members are scheduled to work only for about two weeks. that two weeks can be extended if there is a need. it seems fairly clear there will be a need. bianna. >> our hats off to them for extending their help. joining me, dr. megan ran any, associate dean of public health at brown university and dr. michael min nah from e med, a health care company that p...

Out they will be reassessing what their protocols will be. they say they will do right by our children and went on to say that by the end of the week they expect to have updated policies to address things like mask wearing, testing, et cetera, how they will move forward given the rapid spread of omicron. >> a lot of parts are in limbo wondering what they should do once school gets under way. leyla santiago, thank you. joining me is dr. michael mina, the chief science officer at e-med, a health...

With e-med. theres lots of different ways that we could use these tests tone able society to use them in a very powerful and profound way rather than just being plastic cassettes with paper on them in a home. the u.s. has to recognize that we can purchase them. the u.s. can build them. the government could actually build these tests. we have not done that after two years. i dont expect that we will as a government, but they do exist, and it shouldnt be a mad dash to see who gets to wall greens f...

Layla santiago fours in florida, thanks so much. lets talk more about all of this. joining us now is dr. michael menna, the chief science officer for e-med. thanks for being here. i want to get your reaction to the new cdc guidance that elizabeth walked us through. do you think this was the right move at the right time? >> i think the cdc is doing everything obviously in its power to try to keep society running, so on that front i think this is a good approach, but i do believe that this is a po...

To find. we med with ahmed abu khattala in public at a coffee shop for around two hours. he seemed to be confident, his demeanor most certainly not that of a man who believed he was going to be detained or targeted any time soon. he agreed to let us film audio, but not video of our conversation. [ speaking foreign language ] arwa is engines us now. you mentioned it wasnt very hard to find this guy. how easy was it? >> reporter: very easy, wolf. this is you saw on that report