Podcasts

Emily Landon, MD, returns to discuss crucial considerations for reopening the country, reactions to the way infection control experts have handled new information, and the overreaction to a recent preliminary report from the University of...

Vincent Rajkumar, MD, and Rafael Fonseca, MD, discuss the prospect of opening the country before a vaccine is developed for COVID-19 and the critical need for a "TTP" approach: widespread adequate Testing, contact Tracing, and PPEs.

Alison Bateman-House, MPH, PhD, returns to discuss the ethics of "expanded access" and "Right To Try" when treating COVID-19, health care workers refusing to report to work if proper PPEs are not available, medical students graduating early...

Nurses from Chicago and California join Chadi to discuss when their institutions began preparing for an influx of COVID-19 patients, conflicting information from their institutions regarding PPE supplies, ease of complying with CDC/WHO...

Emily Landon, MD, returns for her fourth update on COVID-19 testing options and timeliness, whether asymptomatic patients with the disease can transmit it to others, a simple and helpful practice to keep patients needing more oxygen off the...

Peter Antevy, MD, describes his bout with COVID-19 as a medical professional, breaks down some of the latest tests being used with rapid turnaround times, projects the coming reality of a national mechanism for instant testing in public...

Niesha Griffith, RPh, MS, FASHP, and Michael Ganio, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FASHP, provide varying perspectives on the potential of drug shortages (eg, pain medications, cancer therapies, and hydroxychloroquine) emerging during the COVID-19...

Cam Harvey, PhD, professor of finance, Duke University, compares the COVID-19 pandemic to the likes of the Spanish Flu and SARS in terms of "systemic risk," breaks down the finances of the recently enacted CARES Act, floats the idea of a...

Emily Landon, MD, returns to share valuable information on COVID-19 testing, ethical dilemmas regarding treatment decisions, proper N95 mask reuse and disposal, potential of durable immunity to the virus, and more.

Priya Sampathkumar, MD, breaks down truths and misconceptions of which types of individuals should wear masks in public, when N95 masks are truly needed and reasons for the potential shortage, and more.