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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt: A 90% Effective Vaccine!

Could this be a light at the end of the tunnel? Andy evaluates the remarkable news that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine proved more than 90% effective…

Eric TopolNovember 11, 2020

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Vivek Murthy: Everyone Gets Lonely; Here’s How to Counter It

In this episode of Medicine and the Machine, Vivek Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General, discusses the importance of social connections in medicine and life, and…

Eric TopolOctober 30, 2020

Op-Ed

These Coronavirus Trials Don’t Answer the One Question We Need to Know

If you were to approve a coronavirus vaccine, would you approve one that you only knew protected people only from the most mild form of…

Eric TopolSeptember 22, 2020

Podcast

Antibodies, Vaccines and the Current State of COVID-19

This special edition of PreSCRIPPSion Sound features an extended conversation between Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and Professor Dennis Burton,…

Eric TopolSeptember 1, 2020

Op-Ed

Dear Commissioner Hahn: Tell the Truth or Resign

An Open Letter to Stephen Hahn, MD, From Eric Topol, MD Dear Dr. Hahn, I'm writing because I'm gravely concerned about your leadership of the…

Eric TopolAugust 31, 2020

Media Podcast

Science Friday: Rethinking Our COVID-19 Testing Strategy

Throughout the pandemic, testing has continued to be one of the biggest issues, particularly in the United States. Some scientists say that the solution is to…

Eric TopolAugust 14, 2020

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Fauci to Medscape: ‘We’re Gonna Get Through It’

In a discussion with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese, Anthony Fauci describes how we'll make it through the pandemic as a country and scientific community.…

Eric TopolJuly 17, 2020

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National COVID-19 Testing and Tracing Action Plan – Update Report

America faces an impending disaster. The extraordinary scale of theCovid-19 crisis is evident in the growing deaths and economic losses the pandemic has wrought in…

Eric TopolJuly 16, 2020

Op-Ed

We were warned what to expect in the pandemic, shows health-care league table

Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? Ezekiel J. Emanuel PublicAffairs (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic is an acid test of the world’s health systems. The United…

Eric TopolJune 16, 2020

Op-Ed

Lots of us are infected by the coronavirus — and don’t know it. Here’s what that means.

On Monday, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization technical lead on covid-19, stunned public health officials worldwide when she said during a briefing in…

Eric TopolJune 11, 2020

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These Coronavirus Trials Don’t Answer the One Question We Need to Know

Antibodies, Vaccines and the Current State of COVID-19

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Science Friday: Rethinking Our COVID-19 Testing Strategy

Fauci to Medscape: ‘We’re Gonna Get Through It’

National COVID-19 Testing and Tracing Action Plan – Update Report

We were warned what to expect in the pandemic, shows health-care league table

Lots of us are infected by the coronavirus — and don’t know it. Here’s what that means.