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2021/10/01
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2026/10/22
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Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.

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A New Vision for Public Health with Ashwin Vasan
2026/10/22
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Public Health senior fellow Ashwin Vasan to discuss the ambitious agenda he pursued as New York City health commissioner: helping New Yorkers live longer, transforming mental healthcare, and rethinking what government can do to make people healthier. Howie examines the blood clots suffered by Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and the questions they raise about player safety; Harlan discusses the financial pressures that put healthcare out of reach for many Americans. Show notes: Blood Clots and the NFL "NFL Network: Eagles QB Jalen Hurts likely out for rest of 2026 season due to blood clots" Pulmonary embolism: symptoms and causes "Venous Thromboembolism Within Professional American Sport Leagues" CDC: Data and Statistics on Venous Thromboembolism "No apparent association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination and venous thromboembolism" "NFL commissioner says protocols were 'incredibly good' and welcomes investigation after Jalen Hurts injury" Ashwin Vasan "Mayor Mamdani Appoints Dr. Dave A. Chokshi to the NYC Board of Health" Omicron Variant: Symptoms and Treatment Legionnaires' disease: symptoms and causes Ashwin Vasan: "Balancing Personal Choice and Societal Factors in Health" Peptides: Types, Health Benefits, and Uses NYC Health: Healthy New York City: Goals for 2030 What Is Cardiovascular Disease? NYC Health: Public Health Corps Mary Bassett Fountain House Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City "Who is Jordan Neely, the man killed in NYC subway chokehold death?" "Community Mental Health Act of 1963: Passage, Repeal, and Aftermath" Mountains Beyond Mountains "World Health Organization and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005" Commonweal Ventures Financial Insecurity in America "Many Americans Are Struggling to Afford Basic Necessities" Pew Research Center: "Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact" "ICER, West Health Release New Report Indicating that Median Prices of Newly Launched Drugs Continue to Exceed $250,000" "Social Security Trustees Report Warns of 22% Benefit Cut In 2032" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Long COVID, Regulating AI Medical Advice, and the Hidden Costs of Prior Authorization
2026/10/15
Howie and Harlan discuss new research into the biological mechanisms behind long COVID and other post-infectious syndromes, how the FDA can ensure the safety of AI-powered medical tools, and why prior authorization can discourage necessary care even when treatments are ultimately approved. They also examine an early flu season, the changing calculus of COVID vaccination, and the continuing surge in measles cases.
The Revolution in Heart Care with Eric Velazquez
2026/10/08
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine cardiologist Eric Velazquez to discuss how advances in treatment have transformed cardiovascular medicine and how technology could make care more accessible and equitable. Howie reports on a possible case of plague in Russia; Harlan reflects on how AI is changing the relationship between doctors and patients—and what that means for medical education. Show notes: Plague "Pneumonic plague: WHO says it wants more details from Russia in death of worker at research lab" "Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of 'unknown' infection" "U.S. Seeks Information From Russia on Possible Plague Death" "Rumors Are Swirling of a Plague Outbreak in Russia. Here's What We Know." "What to know about pneumonic plague "World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics" CDC: International Health Regulations WHO: Biological weapons Eric Velazquez Yale School of Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC) Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) Interventional Cardiology Myocardial Infarction (MI) Stent Statins Beta-Blockers Atrial fibrillation Structural Heart Disease Heartbeat Health "What Is an Ambulatory Center? How It Differs From a Hospital" Expertise and AI Harlan Krumholz: "Beyond Information Asymmetry in Medicine: The Changing Nature of Medical Authority and Expertise" "Why Do London Taxi Drivers Have Larger Hippocampuses?" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Learning from Your Own Health Data with Sara Riggare and Gary Wolf
2026/10/01
Howie and Harlan are joined by journalist Gary Wolf, author of the new book The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe, and patient researcher Sara Riggare, who has spent years studying her own experience with Parkinson's disease to better understand and manage her health. They discuss how systematic self-observation can help people ask better questions and learn more about their own health. Howie examines Sweden's use of AI as a second reader of screening mammograms; Harlan asks whether AI will streamline healthcare billing or fuel an arms race between providers and insurers. Show notes: AI Radiologists "Health system will use AI instead of radiologists for breast imaging 2nd reads" "Lunit Expands AI-Powered Breast Cancer Screening Across the Stockholm Region" "Artificial intelligence for breast cancer detection in screening mammography in Sweden: a prospective, population-based, paired-reader, non-inferiority study" Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH The Quantified Self Quantified Self: Self-Knowledge Through Numbers Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe Quantified Self: Personal Science Research Group "N-of-1 Trial Design: Single-Patient Crossover Methodology" What is Parkinson's? Sara Riggare: "The Red Dot and the Blue Dots: My ISDM 2026 Keynote" Sara Riggare: "Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease—Exploring Patient-Initiated Self-Tracking" Sara Riggare: "The Burden of Tracking" TED Talk by Gary Wolf: "The Quantified Self" Gary Wolf: "The Data-Driven Life" "What Is Biohacking and Is It Safe?" Gary Wolf: "A Conceptual Framework for Personal Science" AI Billing "What Is Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)?" "Agentic AI and the race to a touchless revenue cycle" "Analysis examines AI in hospital billing as spike in complex patients adds nearly $1 billion in extra costs" "Hospital Coding Intensity Analysis" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Expanding the Reach of Pediatric Cardiology with Emily Bucholz
2026/09/24
Howie and Harlan are joined by pediatric cardiologist Emily Bucholz to discuss her work treating fetal heart abnormalities across a multistate region and the challenges of bringing specialized pediatric care to patients far from major medical centers. For Suicide Prevention Month, Howie examines evidence that restricting access to lethal means can prevent suicide; Harlan pays tribute to the late Yale political scientist Theodore Marmor and remembers a moment when Marmor's mentorship changed his professional path. Show notes: Preventing Suicide Suicide Prevention Month CDC: Leading Causes of Death "Declining gun homicides, record gun suicides in 2024" "Banning pesticides saves lives from suicide" Strong Star Training Initiative: Caring Contacts Emily Bucholz Children's Hospital Colorado:Fetal Cardiology Program "Fetal Cardiology: What is it? Why is it important?" Children's Hospital Association: About Children's Hospitals "Telemedicine: Definition, uses, benefits, and more" Children's Hospital Colorado "Differences Between Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Care" CDC: About Congenital Heart Defects Mayo Clinic: Electrocardiogram Cleveland Clinic: Chambers of the Heart NIH: Medical Scientist Training Program Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) "Ensuring Readiness for Practice: Advancing Competency-Based Subspecialty Training" The Children's Heart Foundation Remembering a Mentor Harlan Krumholz: "The Return on Mentorship" Yale School of Management: "Remembering Professor Emeritus Theodore Marmor, 1939–2026" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Mission, Margin, and the Tradeoffs Facing Hospitals with Omar Lateef
2026/09/17
Howie and Harlan are joined by Omar Lateef, CEO of Chicago's Rush University System for Health, to discuss balancing the financial pressures facing hospitals with commitments to patient care, community health, and research—and why healthcare leaders will need to rethink traditional models of care. Howie examines how proposed changes to student and exchange visitor visas could affect international researchers and physicians; Harlan discusses proposed changes to Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring. Show notes: Visa Rules "Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs" NAFSA: Duration of Status Rule "AAMC Statement on Duration of Status Final Rule" "What does the new duration of status rule mean for international students and workers?" Memorandum and Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction Omar Lateef Rush University Medical Center Stat Status List 2025: Omar Lateef "Modern Healthcare Again Lists Rush CEO Among Most Influential" Rush Remains Among Nation's Best in Vizient Quality Rankings" "Corporate Finance Institute: Debt Covenants "Bond Covenants Demystified: What You Need to Know" "Health Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush University Medical Center Framework" "A Community Anchor for Health Equity" Fillmore Center Laundry Linen "Rush Signs on as First Partner for Local Laundry Service" "Key Facts About Hospitals": Profit Margins "Despite sectorwide financial recovery, not all are hospitals are finding their footing" "Hospital Margins Rebounded in 2023, But Rural Hospitals and Those With High Medicaid Shares Were Struggling More Than Others" Payments for Remote Monitoring Remote Patient Monitoring "Billing for Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare" "States are betting millions on remote monitoring. Providers, tech groups say proposed Medicare policy could undercut it" "CMS Proposes Transformational Medicare Reforms to Expand Accountable Care, Modernize Physician Payment, and Shift from Sick Care to Healthcare" CMS: "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program" "Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure" CMS: ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
The Future of Heart Care with Aakriti Gupta
2026/09/10
Howie and Harlan are joined by cardiologist Aakriti Gupta to discuss advances in minimally invasive heart valve treatment, her work to expand access to cardiovascular care through technology and AI, and a major clinical trial on aortic valve replacement. Howie examines claims that immigration is driving the surge in measles cases; Harlan discusses disappointing trial results for two drugs aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease. Show notes: September 11 9/11 Memorial & Museum: Marking the 25th Anniversary Measles CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks" "No evidence linking illegal immigration to measles outbreak, despite Byron Donalds' comment". "Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline" "'Real-life consequences': Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro, RFK Jr. spar over measles-associated deaths" "Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania" Aakriti Gupta Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) Structural Heart Disease Structural Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology Heart Valve Disease Open-Heart Surgery Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)" "Gender Bias in Choosing Cardiology, Training and Early Career Development" Rajendra Makkar Tia Health Jeff Wessler Heartbeat Health Echocardiogram iCardio.ai AllHeart BELIEVERS trial Failed Drug Trials "Novo Nordisk stops two cardiovascular studies aimed at lowering inflammation" "Ionis partner Novartis announces Lp(a)HORIZON Phase 3 topline results for pelacarsen in patients with elevated Lp(a) and established cardiovascular disease" Lipoprotein(a) GLP-1 Agonists
Fads, Outbreaks, and Health Policy
2026/07/30
Howie and Harlan discuss health headlines including the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak; a recent FDA decision allowing pharmacies to compound certain peptides; and a concerning report from Medicare trustees on the program's financial future. They also dive into the health habits they're changing this year and a new feature from ChatGPT allowing users to connect medical records and health data to the platform. Watch a video edition of this episode. Show Notes: Healthy Habits Health & Veritas: Ezekiel Emanuel "What's Erythritol? And Is It Bad for You?" NIH: Aging and Alcohol "Low-plastic diet and urinary levels of plastic-associated phthalates and bisphenols: the randomized controlled PERTH Trial" Health & Veritas: Eric Topol Cyclosporiasis Outbreak CDC: Surveillance of Cyclosporiasis FDA: Investigation of 9-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses: Iceberg Lettuce (July 2026) "Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce in 9 States" National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: Norovirus FDA: Cyclospora CDC: Clinical Overview of Cyclosporiasis CDC: About FoodNet CDC: About PulseNet FDA: FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods Peptides and the FDA Health & Veritas: Trust, Truth, and Moral Distress "Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns" "FDA committee votes to make peptides more widely available" LinkedIn: Ezekiel Emanuel The Future of Medicare OASDI: Trustees Report Summary U.S. Department of the Treasury: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports H.R.1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. IRS: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ChatGPT Ventures into Health "Launching Health in ChatGPT" "OpenAI makes Health in ChatGPT widely available, moving deeper into consumer health" "ChatGPT Led to a Man's Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims" LinkedIn: David Rhew A Record Measles Season Health & Veritas: Measles Outbreaks, Preventative Cardiology, and Other News CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks "Measles Cases in the U.S. Are at a 35-Year High" "What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America's Measles Outbreaks" Pan American Health Organization Senator Bill Cassidy In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Melanie Matheu: Turning Science into Impact
2026/07/23
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melanie Matheu, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lyric Bio, who also shares evidence-based health and science information on TikTok as LaughterinLight PhD. They discuss developing new antibody therapies, building biotech companies, and communicating complex science to the public. Harlan warns that AI could drive up healthcare costs unless payment models change; Howie highlights encouraging declines in traffic deaths while noting the growing risks associated with e-bikes and e-scooters. Show notes: AI and Healthcare Costs "What Is Fee for Service in Healthcare and How It Works" "Payment for Clinical AI" "CMS floats new Medicare payment category for AI diagnostic software: 6 notes" Melanie Matheu LaughterinLight PhD on TikTok Lyric Bio Hyper-IgM (HIgM) Syndromes Polyclonal Antibodies (PAbs) Autoimmune Diseases Kawasaki disease NIH: R01 research grants Prellis Biologics Cyclosporiasis "FDA says false-positive lettuce test doesn't change Taylor Farms cyclospora probe" WHO: Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Dr. Zachary Rubin From Bench to Bedside podcast Zachary Rubin: All About Allergies: How to Live Well with Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever and More Road Safety "The '100 Deadliest Days' Have Begun" WHO: "Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives" NHTSA: "Crash-Stats: Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rate in 2025" Consumer Product Safety Commission: "Micromobility Products-Related Deaths Injuries and Hazard Patterns 2017-2024" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Shivan Mehta: Designing Better Healthcare Decisions
2026/07/16
Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare organizations can use behavioral science to remove barriers that keep patients from getting recommended care. Harlan warns that ill-defined rules governing scientific collaboration with China could chill medical research; Howie revisits the discovery of Legionnaires' disease 50 years ago as New York confronts a new outbreak. Show notes: Restrictions on Collaboration National Science Foundation "Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities" "Fact of the Week: China Has Surpassed the US in the Number of Drug Clinical Trials, With 1,100 More Trials Listed" Texas Executive Order GA-48 Governor Greg Abbott's executive order restricting travel to China and other countries. Shivan Mehta Shivan Mehta: "Texting in Health Care—Preserving Impact and Managing Influx" Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD "Randomized controlled trials – The what, when, how and why" CDC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer Cleveland Clinic: What is a Gastroenterologist? Cologuard Plus Colon Cancer Screening Test Mayo Clinic: Colonoscopy "What to know about the new blood-based test for colorectal cancer" Mayo Clinic: Fecal immunochemical test Mayo Clinic: Colon polyps Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Occult Blood Test "Non-invasive blood and stool CRC screening tests: Available modalities and their clinical application" "Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System" Integrated Delivery System Corinne M. Rhodes, MD, MPH Legionnaires' Disease CDC: Legionnaires' Disease "New York Is Having a Legionnaires' Outbreak. Here's What to Know."  "Mayor Mamdani Takes Aggressive Action to Address Upper East Side Legionnaires' Disease Community Cluster" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Kate Heilpern: Redefining the Hospital's Role
2026/07/09
Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the hospital's 200-year history, the financial pressures facing health systems, and how Yale New Haven is balancing innovation with its mission to serve the local community. Harlan examines the growing burden of U.S. healthcare costs; Howie highlights encouraging trends in infant mortality, life expectancy, overdose deaths, and cancer survival. Show notes: Healthcare Costs "National Health Expenditure Projections, 2025–34: Strong Utilization Growth Initially, Legislative Impacts Later" "KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms" "Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the Nation" "How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2027" "U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2026" "The Cost of Health Insurance for a Family Jumps to $27,000" Zack Cooper "FDA approves Trutakna for IgA nephropathy" Kate Heilpern Yale New Haven Hospital: Vision, Mission, and Values Yale New Haven Hospital: History and Heritage "A Bicentennial Milestone: Yale New Haven Hospital Reflects on 200 Years of Care" Megan L. Ranney Azita Emami CDC: Social Determinants of Health Health & Veritas Episode 188: "Kate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End" American Hospital Association: "Costs of Caring" Adams Neurosciences Center Positive Trends in Mortality CDC: Infant Mortality Quarterly Provisional Estimates "Life Expectancy in U.S. Hit Record High of 79 Years in 2024, CDC Says" CDC: "Provisional Data: U.S. Death Rate Fell to a Record Low in 2025" CDC: Provisional Drug Overdose Data CDC: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024 "American Cancer Society Releases Latest Cancer Statistics" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Selwyn Rogers: Bearing Witness to Violence (Encore)
2026/07/07
In this special episode, Howie and Harlan revisit their conversation with trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, whose book Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope was published on July 7. Show notes: Selwyn Rogers: Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope Albert Ko "Selwyn Rogers named associate editor of prestigious New England Journal of Medicine" Selwyn Rogers: "Hope—Beyond Firearm Trauma" Selwyn Rogers: "Structural Racism and Firearm Injury: Operationalizing Health Equity in Trauma Care" Brain Death: What it is, Stages & Criteria New York Times Live Updates: Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case Annual Gun Violence Data 2023 In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Jessica Federer: Closing Gaps in Women's Health Research
2026/07/02
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jessica Federer, managing director of the Women's Health Fund and a member of the Yale Institutional Review Board, to discuss how investors can help address the dearth of research on medical problems facing women and why she's optimistic about the future of women's health. Harlan explains how caps on indirect costs affect institutional staffing and research agendas; Howie reports on a lawsuit filed by 26 states against the Trump administration over bureaucratic hurdles to accessing Medicaid coverage. Show notes:  Indirect research costs Yale Research Support: Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs  Yale University: Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement  "NIH Indirect Costs Policy for Research Grants: Recent Developments" Jessica Federer Yale School of Public Health Megan L. Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Women's Health Fund Yale School of Medicine: Basmah Safdar Health & Veritas: Basmah Safdar Women's Health Research at Yale "Women's Health Research at Yale and SWHR's Symposium Highlights the Power of Collaboration to Advance Women's Health Research" "CARE for women: Investing in care delivery to improve women's lives and livelihoods" LinkedIn: Jessica J. Federer Health & Veritas: Live at the Yale Innovation Summit 2026  "What Is a General Partner in Venture Capital (VC)?" "April Koh (Co-Founder & CEO, Spring Health) Featured on Cover of TIME" "Closing the Gap: How Yale Is Advancing Women's Health Research"  Medicaid work requirement "States Sue CMS Over Medicaid Work Requirements Rule, Citing Departure from Earlier Guidance on Medical Frailty" Massachusetts v. Oz [pp. 208-231]  Health & Veritas: Ryan Schwarz   In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Bhramar Mukherjee: What Can the Data Tell Us?
2026/06/25
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Public Health biostatistician Bhramar Mukherjee to discuss how statisticians help researchers turn observations into evidence. Harlan examines a new study linking updated COVID vaccination to lower cardiovascular risk and explains why a headline-grabbing result may not settle the question; Howie discusses new Medicaid work requirements and the danger that administrative hurdles could cost vulnerable patients their coverage. Show notes: The COVID-19 Vaccine and Cardiovascular Health "2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among US Veterans" "Target Trial Emulation—A Unifying Approach for Causal Inference From Observational Data | Research, Methods, Statistics" "Risk Reduction: Absolute vs. Relative Explained" Bhramar Mukherjee "Ten Core Concepts for Ensuring Data Equity in Public Health" Bhramar Mukherjee: "Privacy-enhancing sequential learning under heterogeneous selection bias in multi-site electronic health records data" Michigan Genomics Initiative NIH: All of Us Research Program Megan Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale "The big data paradox and significance" 'What Is Variance in Statistics? Definition, Formula, and Example" Medicaid work requirements Center for Health Care Strategies: Summary of Federal Medicaid Work Requirements "CMS Requires More Restrictive Definition of Medical Frailty in New Medicaid Work Requirements Rule" Cleveland Clinic: Frailty "Coverage losses, substantial confusion in Arkansas following implementation of Medicaid work requirements" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.
Ingrid Katz: What Would It Take to Eradicate HIV?
2026/06/18
Howie and Harlan are joined by Ingrid Katz, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, to discuss why HIV continues to spread despite the existence of cheap and effective treatment, what AIDS activism can teach us about tackling chronic diseases like hypertension, and what outbreaks like Ebola reveal about the consequences of fragile health systems. Harlan reports on a breach of UK Biobank data and what it means for the future of open science; Howie highlights two recent papers illustrating the importance of vitamin C and the danger of treating it as a cure-all. Show notes: The UK Biobank Data Breach UK Biobank NIH: All of Us Research Program "UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms" "UK Biobank: Confidential patient health details still online three months after leaks, BMJ finds" Ingrid Katz HIV PEPFAR The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Differentiated Service Delivery Hypertension "Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in 37 African Countries: Trends From 2003 to 2022" Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) Treatment Action Campaign "Health & Veritas Episode 224: Nicholas Christakis: The Science of Human Connection" CDC: Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation South African president Thabo Mbeki "More than Two Decades Since the Abuja Declaration: A Way Forward for Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030" Vitamin C Linus Pauling "High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C and Mortality and Organ Dysfunction in Severe Burn Injury: The VICTORY Randomized Clinical Trial" "High-Dose Vitamin C in Burns: Time to Stop" "A 7-Year-Old Girl with Limping and Leg Pain" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

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Ben Tolchin 2026/09/05
Excellent healthcare updates
Howie and Harlan give excellent updates on new developments in medicine, their own thoughtful perspectives, and terrific links to learn more. What a f...
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Smash Garlic in my Eyes 2026/05/03
Dr.Foreman is amazing!
I knew him when I was in grad school and he amazing back then! I love this podcast!
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Gsreno 2024/10/03
What a treat!
The quality of the information here is outstanding, the guests are interesting, but I loved the recent episode with just discussion of current issues!...
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StephQ44 2024/04/06
Health and Veritas
Wide-ranging discussions on health policy and on health care discoveries and controversies driven by policy decisions (or in some cases ignored by pol...
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acook01 2024/03/04
Informative + Balanced
Great podcast for updates in medicine, health policy, and the business of healthcare. The discussions are lively and well-researched. Highly recommend...
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BeachChris 2024/03/01
Really useful and timely updates and opinion…
As a busy practicing physician, it is nice to hear a brief synopsis and insightful commentary on timely medical events from Howard and guest(s). Ver...
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DawninFlorida 2023/08/26
Informative and thoughtful podcast
If you want to learn about a broad range of scientific, individual health, and population health topics, this is a perfect way to do it. It’s hard to ...
★★★★☆
Dr__Nick 2023/04/16
Great medical podcast
Great podcast and hosts. Very timely subject matter and topics discussed. Needs help with sound quality in interviews at sone points, makes it a diffi...
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Melshorell 2022/06/04
Great podcast
I enjoy learning from two of Yale’s finest. The guests are fabulous and the discussion about the latest public health topics is so relevant and disc...
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platelet Gina 2022/03/28
Sickle Cell episode was excellent
I found the podcast on Spotify while doing a search for sickle cell information. It was an excellent episode, so I look forward to hearing several of...
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