We're Not Hunting Hard Enough For Variants

Rochelle Walensky, the new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, faces two difficult missions at the same time: Leading the agency’s Covid-19 response and trying to restore the agency’s stature, post-Trump. I talked to John Tozzi reports on the job ahead for W ...  Show more

Since Pfizer and Moderna vaccine shipments in the U.S. began in mid-December, the priority has been doctors, nurses and other professionals likely to come in contact with the novel coronavirus. But health care workers who aren’t with hospitals and major health systems say they’re ...  Show more

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in May 2022

Guest: Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)

Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd

America's coronavirus death toll passes 500,000, white people receive the vast majority of COVID-19 vaccinations in the U.S., and Gov. Ron DeSantis plays favorites with vaccine distribution. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio ...  Show more

Covid-19 outbreaks have ripped through America’s correctional facilities, but access to the vaccines inside prisons and jails still varies state by state. On today’s episode, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Zachary Rosner about current vaccinati ...  Show more

A review of multiple studies on common painkillers found that they have a marked effect on our resistance to infection—which is sometimes bad and sometimes good. Some of these medications could also reduce our response to a vaccination—especially if taken straight before one. Doc ...  Show more