Health & Veritas
Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise.
Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.

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Episodes
- PodcastEpisode 21Duration 33:01
Dr. Saad Omer: Lessons Learned about Vaccine Hesitancy
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. They discuss mistakes made in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and how to avoid a crisis in childhood immunizations.
- PodcastEpisode 20Duration 33:12
Dr. Emily Wang: Mass Incarceration and Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Emily Wang, director of Yale's SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, to discuss the health effects of mass incarceration on the imprisoned and their families and communities.
- PodcastEpisode 19Duration 33:42
Dr. Akiko Iwasaki: Is Long COVID One Disease or Many?
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Akiko Iwasaki about her research trying to understand the cause or causes of long COVID, which has over 200 reported symptoms.
- PodcastEpisode 18Duration 31:50
Dr. Randi Epstein: Medical Storytelling
Howie and Harlan discuss two recent studies (one of them co-authored by Harlan) illustrating the health impacts of racism. Then they're joined by Randi Epstein, a physician and journalist whose most recent book is Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.
- PodcastEpisode 17Duration 31:55
Nathan Grubaugh: Genomic Surveillance
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale epidemiologist Nathan Grubaugh. They discuss the utility of rapid antigen tests and Grubaugh's work tracking the evolution of COVID-19 variants.
- PodcastEpisode 16Duration 29:02
From COVID or with COVID?
Howie and Harlan talk about the patients who test positive for COVID-19 after being admitted to the hospital for something else, and other health issues in the news, including the explosion in healthcare spending last year, a controversial Alzheimer’s drug, and the consequences of underinsurance in the United States.
- PodcastEpisode 15Duration 31:57
Anne Wyllie: The Latest on Omicron
Howie and Harlan discuss the state of the omicron surge and what we know and don’t know about the variant. Then they’re joined by Yale scientist Anne Wyllie, whose new research casts doubt on the ability of rapid antigen tests to detect asymptomatic omicron infections.
- PodcastEpisode 14Duration 36:45
Dr. Albert Ko: A Wider View of COVID-19
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Albert Ko, a Yale epidemiologist who has advised Connecticut governor Ned Lamont. They discuss the state of the pandemic, rebuilding global public health infrastructure, and what omicron tells us about future variants.
- PodcastEpisode 13Duration 30:31
Fiona Scott Morton: Taming Healthcare Costs
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale economist Fiona Scott Morton, an expert on competition in healthcare and other industries. They discuss the forces driving up healthcare costs in the U.S. and the steps that Scott Morton and her colleagues have proposed to bring them under control.
- PodcastEpisode 12Duration 32:08
Liza Fisher: Long COVID
Howie and Harlan are joined by Liza Fisher to talk about her experience navigating the medical system and advocating for patients while enduring 18 months of debilitating COVID symptoms. Fisher is a participant and co-author (with Harlan) for a new study examining internal tremors and vibrations among long COVID patients.