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Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

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…

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What Do the Midterms Mean for Public Health? 2026-11-05
Measles: It's More Than a Rash 2026-10-22
CDC Cuts: Understaffed and Overwhelmed 2026-10-08
The Current State of Measles 2026-09-24
Making Sense of Measles Misinformation 2026-09-10
Back to School: What You Need to Know 2026-08-27
Answering Your Questions: The Executive Order & More! 2026-08-13
Cyclospora: Then and Now 2026-07-30
Cyclospora, Ticks, and Mosquitoes: Summertime Threats 2026-07-16
Episode 212: Major Roadblocks 2026-07-02
Episode 211: A System Held With Duct Tape 2026-06-18
Episode 210: Ebola: What the Past Tells Us about the Present 2026-06-04
Episode 209: Awareness vs. Alarm: Making Sense of the Headlines 2026-05-21
Episode 208: Bad News, Good News 2026-05-07
Episode 207: Asking the Right Questions 2026-04-23
Episode 206: What we know about long COVID 2026-04-09
Episode 205: Disease Waits for No One 2026-03-26
Episode 204: Holding the Tools 2026-03-12
Episode 203: Somebody to Lean On 2026-02-26
Episode 202: The Bells Still Ring 2026-02-12
Episode 201: The Twilight Zone of Immunization 2026-01-29
Episode 200: A Moment Among Moments 2026-01-15
Episode 199: Flu Takes Charge 2026-01-02
Episode 198: Gaps in the Safety Net 2025-12-18
Special Episode: ACIP's Hepatitis B Vaccine Decisions 2025-12-08
Episode 197: Fork in the Road 2025-12-04
Episode 196: Flu Shifts: Why Vaccines Still Matter 2025-11-20
Episode 195: We Can Make a Difference 2025-10-30
Episode 194: Bending Not Breaking 2025-10-16
Episode 193: Fevers, Furloughs, and Falsehoods 2025-10-02
Special Update: Dysfunction at ACIP 2025-09-22
Episode 192: Ice Cream and Shark Attacks 2025-09-18
Episode 191: 'The Big One' with Mark Olshaker, Ann Hennigan Grace, & Dr. Sydney Redepenning 2025-09-03
Episode 190: Courage Over Fear 2025-08-21
Episode 189: Are We at Risk of Losing Our Vaccines? 2025-08-07
Episode 188: Finding the Light 2025-07-24
Episode 187: Stay the Course 2025-07-11
Episode 186: Chaos Reigns 2025-06-26
Episode 185: Our Light, Our Fight 2025-06-12
Episode 184: Fool's Gold: Reframing the Science 2025-05-29
Episode 183: Time to Organize 2025-05-15
Episode 182: The Vaccine Confidence Crisis 2025-05-01
Episode 181: Public Health Policy Is Political 2025-04-17
Episode 180: The April Fool's Tragedy 2025-04-03
Episode 179: Remembering Darkness, Sharing Light: Five Years Later 2025-03-20
Episode 178: Mixed Messages: Navigating the Unfolding Confusion 2025-03-06
Episode 177: We Cannot Give Up or Give In 2025-02-20
Episode 176: Responding to Shock, Awe, and Censorship 2025-02-06
Episode 175: Drinking From a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning? 2025-01-23
Episode 174: The H5N1 Pandemic Cliff: Are We at the Edge? 2025-01-09
Episode 173: What Is Safe and Effective? 2024-12-19
Episode 172: A Tunnel of Uncertainty 2024-12-05
Episode 171: Serious Challenges Ahead: RFK Jr and a New HHS 2024-11-21
Episode 170: What Happens Now? Public Health in Uncertain Times 2024-11-14
Episode 169: The Most Important Episode I'll Ever Record 2024-10-31
Episode 168: Better Times 2024-10-17
Episode 167: A Coronavirus Dance 2024-10-03
Episode 166: Infectious Diseases Roulette 2024-09-19
Episode 165: Frustrating Times: H5N1, Mpox, & Vectorborne Disease 2024-09-05
Episode 164 Addendum: COVID Vaccine Update 2024-08-23
Episode 164: Only the Beginning 2024-08-22
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On? 2024-08-08
Episode 162: Class is Not Dismissed 2024-07-25
Episode 161: What's Going On and Why Does it Matter? 2024-07-11
Episode 160: The H5N1 Response 2024-06-27
Episode 159: Uncharted Territory 2024-06-13
Episode 158: An Unfolding Saga 2024-05-30
Episode 157: Lungs & Udders 2024-05-16
Episode 156: H1N1: An Impending Crisis? 2024-05-02
Episode 156: H5N1: An Impending Crisis? 2024-05-02
Episode 155: Brighter Days Ahead 2024-04-18
Episode 154: H5N1 Uncertainty 2024-04-04
Episode 153: Good News in a COVID Indifferent World 2024-03-21
Episode 153: Good News in a COVID-Indifferent World 2024-03-21
Episode 152: A Tough Conversation 2024-03-07
Episode 152: A Tough Conversation 2024-03-07
Episode 151: Harm Reduction 2024-02-22
Episode 150: A Family Discussion 2024-02-08
Episode 149: A Period of Transition 2024-01-25
Episode 149: A Period of Transition 2024-01-25
Episode 148: No Time to Quit 2024-01-11
Episode 147: JN.1, Hospital Capacity, & Vaccine Uptake 2023-12-28
Episode 146: A Seasonless Virus 2023-12-14
Episode 146: A Seasonless Virus 2023-12-14
Episode 145: The Hospital Capacity Crisis 2023-11-30
Episode 144: A Slow Motion Tsunami 2023-11-16
Episode 144: A Slow Motion Tsunami 2023-11-16
Episode 143: Immunological Chess Match 2023-11-02
Episode 143: Immunological Chess Match 2023-11-02
Episode 142: Long COVID, Intranasal Vaccines, & Booster Dose Timing 2023-10-19
Episode 141: One Huge Puzzle 2023-10-05
Episode 140: Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future 2023-09-21
Episode 139: Time for a Mindset Change 2023-09-07
Episode 139: Time for a Mindset Change 2023-09-07
Episode 138: More Confusing Times 2023-08-24
Episode 138: More Confusing Times 2023-08-24
Episode 137: Variant Soup 2023-08-10
Episode 136: Perspective and Humility 2023-07-27
Episode 135: More to Learn 2023-07-13
Episode 134: Good News 2023-06-29
Episode 133: No Simple Answers 2023-06-15
Episode 132: Looking in the Windows 2023-06-01
Episode 131: A COVID Fog 2023-05-18
Episode 130: A Better Place 2023-05-04
Episode 129: Not Out of the Woods Yet 2023-04-20
Episode 128: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks 2023-04-06
Episode 127: A Tough Two Weeks 2023-03-23
Episode 126: Truth in the Midst of Political Theater 2023-03-09
Episode 125: Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground 2023-02-23
Episode 124: Taking Long COVID Seriously 2023-02-09
Episode 123: Nowhere Land 2023-01-26
Episode 122: Shutting Down Misinformation 2023-01-12
Episode 121: Thank You, Dr. Jena: Part 2 2022-12-29
Episode 120: Entering Phase 5 2022-12-15
Episode 119: COVID in the Driver's Seat 2022-12-01
A Time to Be Thankful but Alert 2022-11-17
A Positive Note 2022-11-10
Subvariants, Long COVID, and Influenza 2022-10-27
A New Phase 2022-10-13
A Three Act Play 2022-09-29
Time for Learning, Not Forgetting 2022-09-15
A Reason for Hope 2022-09-01
A High Plain Plateau 2022-08-18
A COVID Marathon 2022-08-04
Rejecting the Status Quo 2022-07-21
Episode 108: Living with COVID 2022-07-08
A BA.4 and BA.5 World 2022-06-23
COVID Meteorology 2022-06-09
COVID-19, Monkeypox, and Pediatric Hepatitis 2022-05-26
Tougher than Rocket Science 2022-05-19
Episode 103: Words Matter 2022-05-12
Episode 102: Choose Your Own Path 2022-05-05
Episode 101: Class in Complicated Times 2022-04-28
Episode 100: You Can't Stop the Wind 2022-04-21
Episode 99: A Time for Humility 2022-04-14
Episode 98: A Stay-Tuned Moment 2022-04-07
Episode 97: This Virus Isn't Done with Us 2022-03-31
Episode 96: A Familiar Uncertainty 2022-03-24
Episode 95: Expect the Unexpected 2022-03-17
Episode 94: The Next Normal 2022-03-10
Episode 93: What the World Needs 2022-03-03
Episode 92: Shifting Baselines 2022-02-24
Episode 91: The Decline of Omicron 2022-02-17
Episode 90: A Pandemic of Lost Trust 2022-02-10
Episode 89: Understanding Immunity 2022-02-03
Episode 88: Vaccines, Variants, and Long COVID 2022-01-27
Episode 87: Hope Is Not a Strategy 2022-01-20
Episode 86: The Omicron Crisis 2022-01-13
Episode 85: Smart Testing in the Omicron Surge 2022-01-06
Episode 84: Imperfect Situations and Imperfect Solutions 2021-12-29
On Viral Time 2021-12-22
A Viral Blizzard 2021-12-16
The Early Data on Omicron 2021-12-09
The Emergence of Omicron 2021-12-02
Thanksgiving Mini Episode 2021-11-24
Episode 78: Breakthroughs and Boosters 2021-11-18
Episode 77: A Booster Dose of Humility 2021-11-11
Episode 76: Vaccines in the World of Delta 2021-11-04
Episode 75: Evolving Science 2021-10-28
Episode 74: Implement, Study, Learn 2021-10-21
Episode 73: Don't Think Like June 2021-10-14
Episode 72: A Surge in Optimism 2021-10-07
Episode 71: Boosting the Vaccination Effort 2021-09-30
Episode 70: Corrected Science 2021-09-23
Episode 69: A Whole New Ball Game 2021-09-16
Episode 68: Recalculating Risk 2021-09-09
Episode 67: You Can’t Run Out the Game Clock 2021-09-02
Episode 66: Thank You, Dr. Jena 2021-08-26
Episode 65: An Ongoing Tug of War 2021-08-19
Episode 64: Straight Talk 2021-08-12
Episode 63: Ebbs and Flows 2021-08-05
Episode 62: Untangling the Data 2021-07-29
Episode 61: Divided by Delta 2021-07-22
Episode 60: A Formidable Foe 2021-07-08
Episode 59: Wrestling with Risk 2021-06-24
Episode 58: A Year at Sea 2021-06-10
Episode 57: Reading the Pitch 2021-05-27
Episode 56: From Checkers to Chess 2021-05-20
Episode 55: Mother Nature Strikes Again 2021-05-13
Episode 54: Vaccines and Taking Care of Friends 2021-05-06
Episode 53: Two Doses of Vaccine and One Dose of Humility 2021-04-29
Episode 52: A Balancing Act Continued 2021-04-22
Episode 51: A Balancing Act 2021-04-15
Episode 50: Sitting in Limbo 2021-04-08
Episode 49: You Can't Dismiss Gravity 2021-04-01
Osterholm Update Live (March 23, 2021) 2021-03-25
Episode 48: A Mended Heart 2021-03-18
Episode 47: Preparing for Act Three 2021-03-11
Episode 46: Winnable Moments 2021-03-04
Episode 45: Watchful Waiting 2021-02-24
Episode 44: Hurricane Warning 2021-02-18
Episode 43: A Realist Adjusts the Sails 2021-02-10
Episode 42: Calling an Audible 2021-02-04
Episode 41: Surrender Is Not an Option 2021-01-28
Episode 40: An Imperfect Storm 2021-01-21
Episode 39: Places We've Never Been Part 2 2021-01-14
Episode 38: Places We've Never Been 2021-01-06
Holiday Special: The Polar Express 2020-12-25
Episode 37: Now Is the Time 2020-12-23
Episode 36: The Miracle in Brainerd 2020-12-17
Episode 35: The Last Mile to the Last Inch 2020-12-10
Episode 34: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times 2020-12-03
Episode 33: A Thanksgiving Perspective 2020-11-25
Episode 32: Stop Swapping Air 2020-11-18
Episode 31: Pay to Prevail 2020-11-12
Episode 30: A New Dialogue 2020-11-06
Episode 29: Finding Light While in the Tunnel 2020-10-29
Episode 28: Failure Is Not an Option 2020-10-21
Special Episode: Osterholm Update Live (October 2020) 2020-10-15
Episode 27: COVID in the Capital 2020-10-08
Episode 26: Planes, Trains, or Automobiles? 2020-10-01
Episode 25: Ripple Effects 2020-09-24
Episode 24: Long-Haulers 2020-09-17
Episode 23: COVID-19 and Mental Health 2020-09-10
Episode 22: Pregnancy in a Pandemic 2020-09-03
Episode 21: Crazy Days 2020-08-27
Episode 20: Message Chaos 2020-08-20
Special Episode: Osterholm Update Live 2020-08-13
Episode 19: No Time to Rest 2020-08-06
Episode 18: Preparing for the Fall 2020-07-30
Episode 17: Reopening Schools Part 2 2020-07-22
Episode 16: Reopening Schools Part 1 2020-07-16
Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire 2020-07-10
Episode 14: Viral Gravity 2020-07-01
Episode 13: What I Know and Don't Know About COVID-19 2020-06-24
Episode 12: A Tale of Two Countries 2020-06-17
Episode 11: Driven by the Data 2020-06-10
Special Episode: Masks and Science 2020-06-02
Episode 10: A New Time for Public Health 2020-05-27
Episode 9: Smart Testing 2020-05-20
Episode 8: Raring to Reopen 2020-05-12
Episode 7: Pandemic Wave Scenarios 2020-05-06
Episode 6: The Question of Immunity 2020-04-29
Episode 5: Living with the Virus 2020-04-22
Episode 5: Living with the Virus 2020-04-22
Episode 4: The Reality of Testing 2020-04-14
Episode 3: Preparing For What's To Come 2020-04-08
Episode 2: The Global Coronavirus Response 2020-03-31
Episode 1: How We Got Here 2020-03-24
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