Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
The Real-World Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination
21 mins; February 24, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on the work that health care organizations will need to take on to ensure effective delivery of Covid-19 vaccines.
11 mins; February 24, 2021
Viral Variants and Covid-19
34 mins; February 17, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Perri Klass on vaccinating children against Covid-19, including lessons from measles vaccination campaigns.
12 mins; February 17, 2021
Does Vaccination Mean the End of Masking and Social Distancing?
20 mins; February 10, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. William Feldman on a new federal price-transparency rule and legal challenges to efforts to increase access to pricing information.
11 mins; February 10, 2021
Covid-19 and the States — A Conversation with Ralph Northam
24 mins; February 03, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Gerberding on the past half-century of vaccine development and policy.
14 mins; February 03, 2021
A Covid-19 Conversation with Anthony Fauci
43 mins; January 27, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Incze on building multidisciplinary care teams for endocarditis and reducing stigma related to substance use.
7 mins; January 27, 2021
An International Look at Covid-19
43 mins; January 20, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Pardis Sabeti on the importance of testing during an epidemic and why testing approaches in the United States have fallen short.
14 mins; January 20, 2021
Covid-19 in South Africa and a New SARS-CoV-2 Variant
40 mins; January 13, 2021
NEJM Interview: Corey Davis on the recent federal settlement with Purdue Pharma over its actions to increase prescriptions of its opioid medications.
9 mins; January 13, 2021
Planning for the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Rollout
26 mins; January 06, 2021
NEJM Interview: Dr. Charles Rotimi on advances in human molecular genetics and genomics.
12 mins; January 06, 2021
A Look at Covid-19 Prevention and Care in 2020
26 mins; December 30, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Paula Chatterjee on the role of safety-net hospitals and the challenges associated with defining these facilities.
8 mins; December 30, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Raphael Rush on consent and the gift that patients give when they allow trainees to learn on their bodies.
8 mins; December 23, 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Fundamentals
19 mins; December 16, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Daphna Stroumsa on transgender rights, including coverage of gender-affirming health care.
12 mins; December 16, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Vulnerable Populations
39 mins; December 09, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jay Hoofnagle on the discovery of hepatitis C and progress in preventing and treating chronic infection.
14 mins; December 09, 2020
Caring for Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
18 mins; December 02, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika on U.S. and global strategies for addressing obesity and related health threats.
11 mins; December 02, 2020
New Studies of Covid-19 Transmission
30 mins; November 25, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Sonja Rasmussen on guidance related to pursuing or delaying pregnancy during a public health emergency.
10 mins; November 25, 2020
Covid-19 in Europe and New Information on Vaccines
26 mins; November 18, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Elizabeth Rourke on practicing primary care over the Internet during the Covid-19 pandemic.
5 mins; November 18, 2020
An Update from Operation Warp Speed
28 mins; November 11, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Holly Taylor on the ethical issues involved in conducting Covid-19 vaccine research in correctional facilities.
19 mins; November 11, 2020
What the U.S. Response to Covid-19 Looks Like Today
23 mins; November 04, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Linda McCauley on historical and current concerns related to the health of U.S. veterans.
13 mins; November 04, 2020
A New Monoclonal Antibody for Covid-19
20 mins; October 28, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jason Schwartz on processes for determining the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccine candidates and for distributing vaccines.
12 mins; October 28, 2020
Tocilizumab and Covid-19
19 mins; October 21, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on health reform and the 2020 elections.
10 mins; October 21, 2020
Vaccinology and Covid-19
32 mins; October 14, 2020
NEJM Interview: Drs. Sherry Glied and Mark Pauly on what U.S. health policy could look like in the coming years under a Biden or a Trump administration.
18 mins; October 14, 2020
Covid-19 and the President
24 mins; October 07, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Chernew on the role of markets in improving the efficiency of health care delivery.
12 mins; October 07, 2020
Covid-19 Testing and the Individual Physician
23 mins; September 30, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Linda Fried on advances in research on aging and ongoing efforts to provide older Americans with high-quality prevention and care.
12 mins; September 30, 2020
Eight Months of Action and Inaction against Covid-19
27 mins; September 23, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on empathy, transparency, and global disease outbreaks
23 mins; September 23, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew Fiedler on disagreement about the role of government in health insurance and health care in the United States.
9 mins; September 23, 2020
Operation Warp Speed and Covid-19 Therapeutics
25 mins; September 16, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Greene on considerations regarding the consent process for procedures performed by medical students and residents.
9 mins; September 16, 2020
Guidelines for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment
30 mins; September 09, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Evans on the role that public policies have played in exacerbating health inequities in the United States.
14 mins; September 09, 2020
Understanding Antibody Testing in Covid-19
23 mins; September 02, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schilsky on milestones in the prevention and treatment of cancer in the United States.
16 mins; September 02, 2020
Operation Warp Speed and Covid-19
23 mins; August 26, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn on why efforts to improve health care quality have often been unsuccessful and where we can go from here
12 mins; August 26, 2020
Covid-19 and Contact Tracing
27 mins; August 19, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Justin Berk on starting patients recently released from incarceration on treatment for opioid use disorder.
10 mins; August 19, 2020
Building a Successful Public Health Response to Covid-19
25 mins; August 12, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Katherine Baicker on assessments of health care spending in the United States and moving toward higher-value use of resources.
10 mins; August 12, 2020
The Impact of Covid-19 on Patients with Other Diseases, with Arnold Epstein
22 mins; August 05, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Donald Berwick on the history and challenges of measuring and improving health care quality in the United States.
10 mins; August 05, 2020
New SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Results, with Peter Piot
27 mins; July 29, 2020
How Policy Shapes Health Care
8 mins; July 29, 2020
Dexamethasone and Covid-19
19 mins; July 22, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Caroline Buckee on the uses — and limitations — of epidemiologic modeling to predict the spread of Covid-19.
10 mins; July 22, 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Development
22 mins; July 15, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Morse on how academic medical centers can engage with social movements to confront inequities in health care practices.
16 mins; July 15, 2020
Acute Lung Injury in Covid-19
19 mins; July 08, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Martin Roland on opportunities for using socially oriented interventions when illnesses are influenced by social circumstances.
10 mins; July 08, 2020
A Covid-19–Related Syndrome in Children
15 mins; July 01, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on progress made during the past four decades of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ongoing efforts to end this threat.
18 mins; July 01, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on the challenges of safe reopening
17 mins; June 24, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Pamela Hartzband on lessons from organizational psychology for ameliorating physician burnout.
11 mins; June 24, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on a look at SARS-CoV-2 transmission
20 mins; June 17, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Weinstein on the announcement that scores for Step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination will be reported as pass or fail.
11 mins; June 17, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin, Dr. Lindsey Baden, and Dr. Michele Evans on the impact of Covid-19 on minority communities
19 mins; June 10, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Benjamin Sommers on increased pressure on state Medicaid programs caused by Covid-19 and policies for strengthening Medicaid.
10 mins; June 10, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on diagnosis and early treatment of Covid-19
21 mins; June 03, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Erin Fraher on opportunities for expanding health workforce capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
13 mins; June 03, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on new data on remdesivir in Covid-19
21 mins; May 27, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on how health care workers have responded to the challenges of caring for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 mins; May 27, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on capitalizing on immune responses to Covid-19
20 mins; May 20, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Nicole Lurie on rapid vaccine development, including new tools to facilitate vaccine testing and manufacturing and persistent challenges.
13 mins; May 20, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on finding reliable information about Covid-19
19 mins; May 13, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Marco Vergano on caring for critically ill patients with Covid-19 and resource allocation in the ICU.
7 mins; May 13, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on studying potential Covid-19 therapies
22 mins; May 06, 2020
NEJM Interview: Prof. Rachel Sachs on the Trump administration’s proposal to allow states to develop programs to import prescription drugs from Canada.
10 mins; May 06, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on Loosening Covid-19 Restrictions
22 mins; April 29, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Judd Hollander on how health systems can use telemedicine services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 mins; April 29, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on approaches to Covid-19 vaccines and antivirals.
21 mins; April 22, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. William Shrank on the management of clinical and social risk factors in quality-assessment and payment programs.
10 mins; April 22, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on caring for patients with Covid-19.
18 mins; April 15, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Amy Finkelstein on the use of evidence from randomized, controlled trials to answer questions about health care policy.
10 mins; April 15, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on emerging tools in the fight against Covid-19.
20 mins; April 08, 2020
NEJM Interview: Prof. Michelle Mello on health professionals’ moral duty to intervene in response to sexual harassment and gender bias.
10 mins; April 08, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on lessons from Covid-19 hotspots.
16 mins; April 01, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Nora Volkow on stigma against people who use drugs and its effects on care delivery and the burden of substance use disorders.
11 mins; April 01, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on practical measures to help prevent Covid-19.
14 mins; March 25, 2020
NEJM Interview: Prof. Erin Fuse Brown on Congress’s failure to address surprise medical bills in 2019 and renewed efforts in 2020.
13 mins; March 25, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on new research on possible treatments for Covid-19.
15 mins; March 18, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. William Haseltine on lessons from Egypt’s screening for hepatitis C in the context of its universal disease screening and treatment program.
