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MedPod Today is a podcast from MedPage Today where leading healthcare professionals and our seasoned reporters discuss the latest news and trends in the medical world. The podcast will feature diverse content, from our poignant medical story-telling show, Anamnesis, to reporter roundtables where our writers dive deeper into some of our most compelling healthcare stories. The podcast will also spotlight clinician conversations with our Editor-In-Chief, Jeremy Faust, MD.

  1. 5D AGO

    Revolving NIH Doors; Medicare Advantage Shakeup; Erase Nursing Board Discipline?

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the revolving door leadership at NIH's Institutes and Centers, UnitedHealthcare's controversial new Medicare Advantage policy, and a bill that would erase two decades worth of certain types of state nursing board discipline. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by Joedy McCreary, Cheryl Clark, and Kristina Fiore.

    12 min

  2. JAN 30

    Healthcare Reacts to Nurse's Killing; ChatGPT Health; Fermented Foods

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, what doctors think about ChatGPT Health, and RFK Jr.'s claims about fermented food and weight loss. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by Shannon Firth , Joedy McCreary, and Rachael Robertson .

    12 min

  3. JAN 16

    Risks of RFK Jr.'s New Vax Schedule; Dietary Guideline Errors; Measles Map

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss changes to the childhood immunization schedule, the controversial new dietary guidelines', and a MedPage project tracking the spread of measles. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by Kristina Fiore and Rachael Robertson .

    13 min

  4. 12/19/2025

    Lyme Created in a Lab? 'Wild Pregnancies'; Diabetes Program Flopped

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss a conspiracy theory about the origins of Lyme disease, ob/gyns' reactions to 'wild pregnancies' and 'freebirths', and the struggles facing a CMS Diabetes Prevention Program. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by Joedy McCreary, Rachael Robertson , and Cheryl Clark.

    13 min

  5. 12/05/2025

    New CDC Leadership; The Business of MAHA; Eugenics Enters the Chat

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss a scoop on new CDC leadership, the different facets of the MAHA empire, and how some see echoes of eugenics in MAHA. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by are Jeremy Faust, MD, Joyce Frieden, and Joedy McCreary.

    13 min

  6. 11/14/2025

    Nixed Hormone Therapy Warning; Making GLP-1s Affordable; What Is 'Butt Breathing'?

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how the decision to remove the black box warning on menopause hormone therapy products, how and why some GLP-1s will now be covered by Medicare, and new research on butt breathing. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by are Kristina Fiore, Joyce Frieden, and Kristen Monaco.

    11 min

  7. 10/17/2025

    MedPod Today: MedPod Today: CDC Cuts; Illicit Weight-Loss Drugs; Unnecessary Spine Surgeries

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how the reductions-in-force at CDC and the surrounding chaos, FDA’s crackdown on the unapproved weight-loss drug retatrutide, and which hospitals are performing the most, unnecessary spine surgeries. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by are Kristina Fiore, Joedy McCreary, and Cheryl Clark.

    12 min

  8. 10/03/2025

    MedPod Today: Shutdown Explainer; Paid Expert Witness Ethics; RFK Jr.'s CDC Advisor

    MedPod Today: the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. This week, MedPage Today reporters discuss how the government shutdown may affect healthcare, the debate on whether physician paid expert witnesses can ever be truly impartial, and what we know about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s CDC contact, Dr. William Thompson. Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by are Joyce Frieden, Joedy McCreary, and Cheryl Clark.

    11 min
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MedPod Today is a podcast from MedPage Today where leading healthcare professionals and our seasoned reporters discuss the latest news and trends in the medical world. The podcast will feature diverse content, from our poignant medical story-telling show, Anamnesis, to reporter roundtables where our writers dive deeper into some of our most compelling healthcare stories. The podcast will also spotlight clinician conversations with our Editor-In-Chief, Jeremy Faust, MD.

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