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Osterholm Update

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A weekly report on the COVID-19 pandemic from infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Dr. Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota and has spent a career investigating outbreaks. Since 2005, he has emphasized supply chain and other vulnerabilities and a critical need for pandemic preparedness. In this podcast, Dr. Osterholm dissects the latest COVID-19 news, data, and guidance.

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Episode 171: Serious Challenges Ahead: RFK Jr and a New HHS
In "Serious Challenges Ahead: RFK Jr and a New HHS," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the recent nomination of RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human…
Nov 21, 2024
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Episode 170: What Happens Now? Public Health in Uncertain Times
In "What Now? Public Health in Uncertain TImes", Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall revisit their discussion on the consequences of the US presidential election…
Nov 14, 2024
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Episode 169: The Most Important Episode I'll Ever Record
In "The Most Important Episode I'll Ever Record," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest respiratory virus trends, two human cases of H5N1 in…
Oct 31, 2024
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Episode 168: Better Times
In "Better Times," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest COVID, H5N1, and seasonal influenza data. Dr. Osterholm also answers an ID query on the…
Oct 17, 2024
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Episode 167: A Coronavirus Dance
In "A Coronavirus Dance," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest COVId trends, the upcoming winter respiratory virus season, and a UN meeting on…
Oct 3, 2024
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Episode 166: Infectious Diseases Roulette
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall cover the latest infectious disease news on topics including H5N1, mpox, measles, and polio. Dr. Osterholm…
Sep 19, 2024
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Episode 165: Frustrating Times: H5N1, Mpox, & Vectorborne Disease
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss H5N1 in cattle, mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of different vectorborne…
Sep 5, 2024
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Episode 164 Addendum: COVID Vaccine Update
In this addendum to Episode 164, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the approval of the 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.  <a…
Aug 23, 2024
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Episode 164: Only the Beginning
In "Only the Beginning," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the mpox public health emergency and the latest COVID-19 and H5N1 trends. Dr…
Aug 22, 2024
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Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the current COVID-19 and H5N1 trends, answer a COVID query about influenza vaccination, and share the…
Aug 8, 2024
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Episode 162: Class is Not Dismissed
In "Class is Not Dismissed," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall review the latest trends in COVID-19 and discuss new human cases of H5N1 influenza. Dr. Osterholm…
Jul 25, 2024
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Episode 161: What's Going On and Why Does it Matter?
In "What's Going On and Why Does it Matter?," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data, the H5N1 influenza outbreak…
Jul 11, 2024
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Episode 160: The H5N1 Response
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the U.S. response to H5N1 cases in dairy cattle, the latest long COVID research, and a recent New York…
Jun 27, 2024
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Episode 159: Uncharted Territory
In "Uncharted Territory," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall cover the latest H5N1 news and updates to the COVID-19 vaccine formulation. Dr. Osterholm also…
Jun 13, 2024
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Episode 158: An Unfolding Saga
In "An Unfolding Saga," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest H5N1, COVID-19, and measles news. Dr. Osterholm also answers an ID query on…
May 30, 2024
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Episode 157: Lungs & Udders
In "Lungs & Udders," Dr. Osterholm provides updates on H5N1 influenza, COVID-19, and mpox. He also shares his thoughts on a recent WHO report about…
May 16, 2024
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Episode 156: H5N1: An Impending Crisis?
In "H5N1: An Impending Crisis," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the spread of H5N1 avian influenza in US dairy cows, cover the latest COVID-19…
May 2, 2024
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Episode 155: Brighter Days Ahead
In "Brighter Days Ahead," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest national and international COVID trends, recent research on long COVID, and…
Apr 18, 2024
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Episode 154: H5N1 Uncertainty
In "H5N1 Uncertainty," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest national COVID trends, a recent study on Paxlovid, and H5N1 avian flu virus infection…
Apr 4, 2024
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Episode 153: Good News in a COVID-Indifferent World
In "Good News in a COVID-Indifferent World," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the national and international COVID trends, the latest research on long…
Mar 21, 2024
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Episode 152: A Tough Conversation
In "A Tough Conversation," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the new CDC COVID isolation guidelines, a measles outbreak in Florida, and the latest news…
Mar 7, 2024
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Episode 151: Harm Reduction
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss COVID isolation guidelines, the BA.2.87.1 variant, and the importance of measles and other rare public…
Feb 22, 2024
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Episode 150: A Family Discussion
In "A Family Discussion," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant, consider the current and future challenges accessing Paxlovid…
Feb 8, 2024
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Episode 149: A Period of Transition
In "A Period of Transition," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest COVID-19 trends in the U.S. and around the world, a recent study on long COVID…
Jan 25, 2024
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Episode 148: No Time to Quit
In "No Time to Quit," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the JN.1 variant, Paxlovid uptake, and COVID-19 vaccine disinformation. Dr. Osterholm also…
Jan 11, 2024
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Episode 147: JN.1, Hospital Capacity, & Vaccine Uptake
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the JN.1 variant, the rising levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, and the low uptake of the COVID-19…
Dec 28, 2023
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Episode 146: A Seasonless Virus
In "A Seasonless Virus," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest COVID-19 trends in the U.S. and around the world, provide an update on influenza…
Dec 14, 2023
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Episode 145: The Hospital Capacity Crisis
In "The Hospital Capacity Crisis," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the reclassification of…
Nov 30, 2023
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Episode 144: A Slow Motion Tsunami
In "A Slow Motion Tsunami," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest data on influenza…
Nov 16, 2023
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Episode 143: Immunological Chess Match
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss national and international COVID trends, the low uptake in the latest COVID vaccine, and share…
Nov 2, 2023
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Episode 142: Long COVID, Intranasal Vaccines, & Booster Dose Timing
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest national and international COVID trends, an intranasal COVID vaccine candidate, and some…
Oct 19, 2023
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Episode 141: One Huge Puzzle
In "One Huge Puzzle," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the rollout of the updated mRNA…
Oct 5, 2023
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Episode 140: Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world as they reflect on infectious disease…
Sep 21, 2023
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Episode 139: Time for a Mindset Change
In "Time for a Mindset Change," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the rise in COVID activity in the U.S. and around the world, a recent study on COVID in…
Sep 7, 2023
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Episode 138: More Confusing Times
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest research on long COVID, and the…
Aug 24, 2023
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Episode 137: Variant Soup
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss national and international COVID trends, record dengue outbreaks around the world, and the updated…
Aug 10, 2023
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Episode 136: Perspective and Humility
In "Perspective and Humility," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and internationally, a recent study on recombinant…
Jul 27, 2023
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Episode 135: More to Learn
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss recent studies on the neurologic effects of COVID-19, the newly approved RSV vaccine, and locally…
Jul 13, 2023
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Episode 134: Good News
In "Good News," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and internationally, a recent report on the origins of the…
Jun 29, 2023
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Episode 133: No Simple Answers
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss national and international COVID trends, a study on metformin and long COVID incidence, and the use of…
Jun 15, 2023
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Episode 132: Looking in the Windows
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest data on long COVID, bivalent boosters, and mpox. Dr. Osterholm also shares the…
Jun 1, 2023
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Episode 131: A COVID Fog
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the end of the COVID Public Health…
May 18, 2023
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Episode 130: A Better Place
In "A Better Place," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest booster shot update from…
May 4, 2023
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Episode 129: Not Out of the Woods Yet
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the end of the Public Health Emergency in…
Apr 20, 2023
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Episode 128: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest news on vaccines, and the…
Apr 6, 2023
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Episode 127: A Tough Two Weeks
In "A Tough Two Weeks," Dr. Osterholm shares why the past two weeks have been among the most challenging of the pandemic for him. He also provides an update…
Mar 23, 2023
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Episode 126: Truth in the Midst of Political Theater
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the role of booster doses and masks in the…
Mar 9, 2023
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Episode 125: Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground
In "Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and around the world, the newly released…
Feb 23, 2023
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Episode 124: Taking Long COVID Seriously
In "Taking Long COVID Seriously," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and around the world, review the…
Feb 9, 2023
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Episode 123: Nowhere Land
In "Nowhere Land," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest data on the XBB.1.5…
Jan 26, 2023
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Episode 122: Shutting Down Misinformation
In "Shutting Down Misinformation," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and around the world, China’s struggle to keep…
Jan 12, 2023
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Episode 121: Thank You, Dr. Jena: Part 2
In "Thank You, Dr. Jena: Part 2," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the crisis that China is currently facing, the latest influenza data, and what…
Dec 29, 2022
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Episode 120: Entering Phase 5
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss China's new COVID mitigation strategy, a COVID query about KN95s, and the fifth phase of the pandemic…
Dec 15, 2022
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Episode 119: COVID in the Driver's Seat
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the challenges that China is facing with its COVID response, analyze a study that was recently…
Dec 1, 2022
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A Time to Be Thankful but Alert
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States and around the world, a recent study on COVID…
Nov 17, 2022
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A Positive Note
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, some positive news about COVID vaccines…
Nov 10, 2022
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Subvariants, Long COVID, and Influenza
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the impact of the many subvariants that are currently circulating in the U.S. and around the world…
Oct 27, 2022
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A New Phase
In "A New Phase," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the many new subvariants that are competing with BA.5, the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, and the…
Oct 13, 2022
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A Three Act Play
In "A Three Act Play," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the trajectory of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, President Biden's recent…
Sep 29, 2022
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Time for Learning, Not Forgetting
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the impact of COVID on the economy, and…
Sep 15, 2022