Best MedPage Today Podcasts (2025)

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MedPod Today: Alzheimer's Blood Test; Vax Claims Debunked; Top GLP-1 for Weight Loss 13:09

10d ago13:09

13:09

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the first FDA-approved , HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s about , which GLP-1 receptor agonist has the . Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering b…

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MedPod Today: Makary Interview; DEI Order Targets Medical Education; HICPAC Ends 13:51

24d ago13:51

13:51

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss our editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust's with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, Trump's executive order , and how HICPAC's days was axed. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. …

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MedPod Today: DOJ's Med Journal Letters; Supreme Court Hears ACA Case; More HHS 11:10

1M ago11:10

11:10

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss letters the , a Supreme Court case that could change what services the , and how the team behind a was axed. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by…

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MedPod Today: Inside HHS Cuts; Immigrant HCPs at Risk; Tariffs' Impact on Healthcare 14:57

2M ago14:57

14:57

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the fallout from major , a study on how many immigrant HCPs under Trump, and how sweeping tariffs . Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Lau…

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MedPod Today: Hospital Hoarded Corpses; Washington Rundown; Match Day Trends 14:07

2M ago14:07

14:07

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the disturbing story of a hospital their loved ones had died, as well as the latest and Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Our guest…

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MedPod Today: This Week's Top D.C. Healthcare News 14:15

3M ago14:15

14:15

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the deluge of healthcare news updates out of Washington from the past month. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Our guests this week…

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MedPod Today: Healthcare Policy in the Second Trump Administration 8:41

4M ago8:41

8:41

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the deluge of healthcare news updates from the first few weeks of the second Trump presidency. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Ou…

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MedPod Today: 'Medical Freedom'; More Private Equity Harms; USMLE Cheating Scandal 11:29

5M ago11:29

11:29

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the growing 'medical freedom' movement, another way that private equity harms patients, and the latest updates on the USMLE cheating scandal . Episode produced and hosted by Racha…

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MedPod Today: CEO Murder Shows Industry Risks; RFK Jr. Conspiracies; Gold Card Laws 13:50

6M ago13:50

13:50

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how the murder of United Healthcare’s CEO raised questions about the risks healthcare leadership faces, RFK Jr. health-related conspiracies, and 'gold card' laws. Episode produced…

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MedPod Today: What Happens to Healthcare Under Trump? 11:21

7M ago11:21

11:21

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss what happens to healthcare under Trump, including what actions he'll take and how he'll handle the Federal Trade Commission. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Soun…

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MedPod Today: Upcoding Concerns; COVID Vax Recs; Med School Credit for Parenting 11:07

7M ago11:07

11:07

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discussallegations of a toxic work environment at the University of Virginia, new recommendations for additional COVID vaccines for older adults, and how some medical schools are giving c…

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A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine 32:35

7M ago32:35

32:35

We are back for another episode of our medical podcast, which we hope isn't really a podcast about medicine, but a podcast about life, death, dilemma, the challenges, and sometimes the joys of medicine. But what gets us going at Anamnesis isn’t that black and white discussion of medicine, but the parts of medicine that are gray. It’s what makes med…

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MedPod Today: Med Ed Drama; Chiropractic in Academia; MA 'Extra Benefits' Worth It? 15:01

8M ago15:01

15:01

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discussa medical education rundown, the first doctor of chiropractic program, and why MedPAC is questioning the value of 'extra benefits'. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson…

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MedPod Today: New COVID Variant; FDA Eye Drop Warning; CRNA Scope Creep? 11:00

8M ago11:00

11:00

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discussa new COVID variant, why the FDA is concerned about amniotic fluid in eyedrops, conversations happening in California about certified registered nurse anesthetists’ scope of practi…

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MedPod Today: Med Board Snubs New Law; Is Ketamine Addictive? AMR the Musical 13:18

9M ago13:18

13:18

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how Tennessee is trying to fill their physician shortage and why they’re facing some hurdles. Plus, we dive into the question: how addictive is ketamine, the drug that killed Matt…

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MedPod Today: Journal Disclosure Policies; Doc Fights Insurance; IUD Pain Treatment 13:20

10M ago13:20

13:20

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss major medical journals' highly varried conflict of interest policies. Plus, one doctor's fight for insurance coverage for her baby daughter's cancer . And lastly, the CDC's update…

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MedPod Today: Latest AIDS 'Cure'; Seine Swimming Risks; Slushie Dangers for Kids? 14:02

10M ago14:02

14:02

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss new AIDS research, including an apparently cured AIDS patient and the PURPOSE 1 trial. Plus, the risks of swimming in dirty water (yeah...we're looking at you, Olympic swimming in…

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MedPod Today: Administrative Harm; GOP-Backed Alternative to IVF? 'Zebra' Stories 12:33

11M ago12:33

12:33

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss administrative harm, why there is no alternative to IVF despite what some GOP lawmakers say, and some zebra tales. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineer…

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MedPod Today: Abortion Ban Workarounds; Bungled COVID Vax Paper; Texas Doc Indicted 9:56

11M ago9:56

9:56

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the results of a survey that MedPage Today conducted among ob/gyns in abortion-restrictive states, a controversial BMJ paper that got an expression of concern after public outcry,…

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MedPod Today: Thumbs Down for MDMA; NEJM Embargo Policy Reversed; 'Margarita Burn' 10:48

12M ago10:48

10:48

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the FDA advisory committee meeting on MDMA for PTSD treatment, how MedPage Today's reporting helped reverse NEJM's embargo policy that limited access for physician-focused publica…

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MedPod Today: RFK Jr.'s Ailments; Tenpenny Gets License Back; Shady Stem Cell Shots 10:41

1y ago10:41

10:41

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discus RFK Jr.'s brain worm and creaky, strained voice, as well as how the doctor who said COVID vaccines could magnetize people got her license back and some medical tourism stem cell sh…

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MedPod Today: Bird Flu Rundown; EMTALA at the Supreme Court; NEJM Embargo Changes 14:46

1y ago14:46

14:46

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discus H5N1 updates, including testing, vaccines, and antivirals, as well as a case that could change whether emergency departments can offer abortions and NEJM's rolled back embargo poli…

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MedPod Today Deep Dive: What’s The Matter With For-Profit Nursing Schools? (Part Two) 19:15

1y ago19:15

19:15

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters dive deep into the world of for-profit nursing programs based on MedPage Today reporter Shannon Firth's series "What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?" Here's part one (conte…

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MedPod Today Deep Dive: What’s The Matter With For-Profit Nursing Schools? (Part One) 16:31

1y ago16:31

16:31

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters dive deep into the world of for-profit nursing programs based on MedPage Today reporter Shannon Firth's series "What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?" Here's part one (conte…

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MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankings 10:54

1y ago10:54

10:54

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how an anti-DEI legislator has not been disinvited from speaking at a medical conference, a Senate investigation into some private equity companies that own emergency department s…

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MedPod Today: IMGs Skip Residency? Butt Lift Gone Wrong; Medicine's Gender Gap 13:56

1y ago13:56

13:56

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss international medical graduates and residency, a Miami doctor facing complaints related to a Brazilian butt lift gone wrong, and new research on gender and sexual harassment durin…

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MedPod Today: AAMC Leaked Emails; 'Wild West' of Ketamine; MA Games the System 12:44

1y ago12:44

12:44

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss leaked emails from the AAMCthat reveal concern about an exodus from the standard residency application pathway, the APA’s thoughts on the rise of ketamine clinics, and a conversat…

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Rx for Reality: Clinicians Confront Medical Gaslighting 45:55

1+ y ago45:55

45:55

By way of introduction, here at Anamnesis — this is a medical podcast, but its one that isn’t about the pure medicine. Because sometimes medicine — the practice of medicine — is actually kind of simple. There’s drugs, there’s labs, there’s imaging, there’s research studies, trials, evidence-based medicine. Even if the actual content isn’t perfectly…

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MedPod Today: Are MA 'Extras' Used? USMLE Cheating Scandal; Keto for Mental Health 12:55

1+ y ago12:55

12:55

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss whether people actually use their Medicare Advantage benefits, the recent USMLE cheating scandal and the class action lawsuit that came out of it , and how the ketogenic diet migh…

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What to Know About the Factor XIa Inhibitors on the Horizon 17:53

1+ y ago17:53

17:53

A novel class of antithrombotic medication, the factor XIa inhibitors, has had a rocky start but is powering through phase III trials, which are now underway. MedPage Today sat down to discuss the novel agents with Graeme Hankey, MBBS, MD, of the University of Western Australia School of Medicine & Pharmacology and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, bo…

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MedPod Today: Medicare Advantage Woes, Double Billing, NHPI Health Disparities 13:26

1+ y ago13:26

13:26

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week on the pod we discuss a recent interview with the head of the agency that advisoes Congress on Medicare, some instances of double billing patients, and the story of one physician-scientist changing the narrative …

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MedPod Today: Residency Application Updates; Doc Discipline; Vacation and Burnout 10:45

1+ y ago10:45

10:45

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss some updates on residency application prices and other changes to the process,” a doctor who got disciplined for spewing COVID misinformation, and a new study that found doctors e…

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MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids 10:27

1+ y ago10:27

10:27

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how stem cell companies are marketing to long COVID patients ,” a rare case of abdominal ectopic pregnancy where the patient and baby both survived, and how Americans are using em…

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MedPod Today: Rare "Long Vax" Cases; Macchiarini's Missteps; AI Cloned Docs' Voice 10:07

1+ y ago10:07

10:07

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss a rare syndrome following COVID vaccination that some are calling “long vax,” why people are talking about disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini a decade after his experiments on pa…

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MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax 12:38

1+ y ago12:38

12:38

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss a legal battle in Colorado over whether or not the state can ban so-called medication abortion reversal, a new CMS rule that includes Medicare pay cuts, and one doctor who got tin…

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MedPod Today Ep. 6: COVID Rundown; Shady Medicare Advantage Ads; RIP 'Excited Delirium' 12:38

1+ y ago12:38

12:38

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss changes in COVID peak viral load, how long kids are contagious, and the latest COVID variant. Plus, several issues with Medicare Advantage advertising and an update on the loaded …

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Breaking Point: Why We Become Activists 46:53

1+ y ago46:53

46:53

It's the podcast about the practice of medicine, the art of medicine, the experience of medicine -- not the science of it. Not the nitty-gritty drugs, not the procedures, the parts of science that were on pathophys [pathophysiology] exams. But it does mean we need to think beyond just the bedside sometimes. What are the things that trigger us? What…

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MedPod Today Ep. 5: Interpreting COVID Rapid Tests; Medical Meeting Scams; Shadow Work 20:29

1+ y ago20:29

20:29

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss n the details you may not have known to look foropens in a new tab or window on your at-home COVID tests, a scam impacting medical meetings, and the latest pop psychology craze sw…

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MedPod Today Ep. 4: Surprise Medical Bill, GLP-1 Agonist Plateau, Grateful Patient Fundraising 14:42

1+ y ago14:42

14:42

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how a Medicare switch led to a massive surprise medical bill, the GLP-1 agonist plateau no one's talking about, and a new position statement on Grateful Patient Fundraising. Episo…

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MedPod Today Ep. 3: New CDC Goals, Hospital Hires AI Job, and Med Student Mental Health 12:49

1+ y ago12:49

12:49

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the CDC Director's plan to build trust, the first artificial intelligence job at a hospital, and mental health coverage for med students. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Ro…

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MedPod Today Ep. 2: Texas Abortion Ban Fallout, Movie Docs, and Fall COVID Shots 10:51

2y ago10:51

10:51

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss abortion care, doctors in movies, and fall boosters. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Reporting by Sophie Putka, Rachael Robertson…

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MedPod Today Ep. 1: The Medical Misinformation Mess 10:11

2y ago10:11

10:11

MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss recent cases of doctors spreading fake news. Featured Stories: Story one, story two, story three, and story four. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson Sound engineerin…

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Is There a Doctor in the House? 34:44

2y ago34:44

34:44

This is a podcast about the other parts of medicine. Not the drugs, or the latest clinical trial, or the how-to-schedule-your-clinic sort of best-practice discussions, but it’s the place that we talk about medicine and what keeps us coming back for it. It’s the ‘je ne sais quoi’ that makes it special, that lets us forgive it for all its faults and …

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Mysteries: Cracking the Complex Case 55:39

2y ago55:39

55:39

Anamnesis is where we celebrate the parts of medicine that don’t always hit the limelight. It’s not about the newest drugs or the latest how-to on the cool procedure — this is where we talk about the medicine behind medicine — what keeps us going in this field. And what keeps us going in medicine. Here on this episode, we have three doctors sharing…

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One Addiction Clinic, Five Stories of Perseverance 25:28

2+ y ago25:28

25:28

This Anamnesis episode follows Michelle Jobes, PhD, CIP, a clinical research specialist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Maryland, as she recounts the experiences of five patients she’s worked alongside to help overcome substance use. Bittersweet Holidays (8:57) When Perseverance Pays Off (10:40) Inspiring Others Through Art (12:47) The ‘…

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A Nurse. A Pandemic. An Addiction. 40:41

3+ y ago40:41

40:41

Over the holidays, a nurse in recovery from opioid use disorder struggled to keep her addiction in check. She was caring for coronavirus patients on the front lines in an ICU outside Seattle. She asked her hospital for more support, and received little. She reached out to her family, but that just made things worse. On Sunday, January 3, 2021, Tiff…

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S02-15: COVID-19 Vaccines: What Does the Future Hold? 20:21

3+ y ago20:21

20:21

We did it all. We social distanced, masked, got vaccinated, masked some more, and got boosted. But still, with Omicron -- a much more contagious variant spreading like wildfire -- infections are at an all-time high. There remain more than 100 different vaccines in human trials and development for COVID-19, from protein subunits to inactivated coron…

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S02-14: How Do We Treat Long COVID? 20:41

3+ y ago20:41

20:41

Millions of Americans are experiencing chronic, lingering, and debilitating symptoms months after recovering from COVID-19. The symptoms of so-called long COVID range from breathing problems to memory impairment, making it difficult for clinicians to pinpoint the syndrome and who may be at highest risk. The NIH has directed $1 billion toward studyi…

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S02-13: Under the Microscope: How Sequencing Plays Pandemic Detective 22:30

3+ y ago22:30

22:30

The longer the COVID-19 epidemic persists the more likely we are to see more super-spreader events, even among those vaccinated, and possibly by variants not yet identified. Health experts have already worked to help prevent and treat COVID – but say there's more we need to do to track individual cases and community spread. On this week's episode, …

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S02-12: What to Expect When We're Expecting More Omicron Cases 22:48

3+ y ago22:48

22:48

Omicron has reached the U.S., and widespread vaccination may not be enough to keep the new variant from spreading. The variant is expected to outpace Delta in the coming weeks, with more than 30 states having now reported a case. On this week's episode, Abraar Karan, MD, MPH, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University, joins us to expla…

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