Giving Paxlovid to an older adult with COVID is a clinical no-brainer. So why is there so much Paxlovid prescribing phobia? Eric Topol interviews Ashish…
Eric TopolJanuary 31, 2023
Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese chat with the UK's professor Hannah Fry about taking risks and asking the right questions. Listen to the podcast via…
Eric TopolJanuary 18, 2023
Two-way masking is pretty effective, but it's not sustainable. Environmental engineer and viral transmission expert Dr Linsey Marr reveals how we can fight COVID by…
Eric TopolDecember 22, 2022
Dr Trish Greenhalgh explains how we miss the boat when we discount real-world evidence in favor of randomized trial evidence. Listen to the podcast via…
Eric TopolNovember 23, 2022
Stephen Thrasher discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or…
Eric TopolOctober 13, 2022
Virologist Jeremy Kamil shares his relatively upbeat perspective on the viral threats we face today. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or Medscape.
Eric TopolSeptember 21, 2022
Another COVID-19 variant is inevitable because we aren't doing anything to stop it, says UK operational researcher Christina Pagel. Listen to the podcast via Apple…
Eric TopolSeptember 9, 2022
An AI model accurately predicts a person's race from a chest radiograph with stunning accuracy. Here's why it matters, and how it poses research questions…
Eric TopolJuly 27, 2022
Abraham Verghese talks with Stanford's Dr Linda Geng, who is studying the puzzling and poorly understood postviral phenomenon known as long COVID. Listen to the…
Eric TopolJune 23, 2022
Eric Topol speaks with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis about harnessing the potential of AI in health and medicine. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts…
Eric TopolJune 15, 2022
Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of…
Eric TopolMay 20, 2022
Stanford's Benjamin Pinsky on the potential for even more transmissible and pathogenic versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to arise. Listen to the podcast via Apple…
Eric TopolApril 21, 2022
Why we should be shifting into high gear on treatments for long COVID and a pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or…
Eric TopolApril 8, 2022
Former NIMH Director Tom Insel explains how the medical model has failed the field of psychiatry. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcast or Medscape.
Eric TopolMarch 25, 2022
Epidemiologist-engineer Michael Mina thinks diagnostics belong in the hands of the people. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or Medscape.
Eric TopolMarch 9, 2022
Randy Olson on what science can learn from Hollywood about communicating with the masses. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcast or Medscape.
Eric TopolFebruary 25, 2022
‘Your Local Epidemiologist’ Katelyn Jetelina translates the COVID science for millions. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts or Medscape.
Eric TopolFebruary 17, 2022
Two bouts with cancer and a cardiac arrest at age 35 haven't stopped this ophthalmologist-comedian from becoming a social media phenomenon for hilariously poking fun…
Eric TopolJanuary 22, 2022
Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese reflect on 2021's extraordinary podcast guests, and how we excelled in science and healthcare but were tripped up by the…
Eric TopolDecember 22, 2021
Andy Slavitt believes we've made real progress, despite overselling vaccines and the public's dismay with rapidly changing science. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts…
Eric TopolDecember 14, 2021