logo
episode-header-image
Aug 19
13m 8s

NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the ...

NEJM webmaster
About this episode
Rebecca Haffajee is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.L. Haffajee, R.A. Mikos, and Z.D. Cooper. Marijuana Rescheduling — A Game Changer for Research? N Engl J Med 2026;395:729-731. 
Up next
Aug 12
NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.
Eric Schneider is an adjunct professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Chernew and E. ... Show More
8m 55s
Aug 5
NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.
Jean Nachega is a professor of infectious diseases and the director of the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Ed ... Show More
11m 14s
Jul 29
NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.
Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the codirector of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. ... Show More
14m 12s
Recommended Episodes
May 2024
Avian Flu Update
Mati Hlatshwayo Davis discusses the latest information on avian influenza with Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Andrew Bowman, DVM, PhD, a veterinarian, epidemiologist and influenza expert at Ohio State Univ ... Show More
30m 22s
Apr 2024
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
The U.S. is grappling with a recently discovered outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cows, driven by the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. It's the first instance that the bird flu virus has been detected in US cattle. How concerned should we be about drinking milk or even eating ch ... Show More
30m 39s
Jun 2024
Are We Prepared for Bird Flu?
An update on the current bird flu outbreak: it’s still infecting wild birds, mammals and now several farmworkers in the United States. The virus does not appear to be transmitted between humans, but can we prevent further spread? And what are public health officials doing to cont ... Show More
34m 16s
Dec 2021
COVID-19 Update: Omicron Variant
<p>Infectious disease experts Adam Lauring, MD, PhD, and Carlos del Rio, MD, join JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, for a discussion of the newly emerged Omicron variant, the potential for a 2021-2022 "twindemic" with flu, and the latest COVID-19 clinical updates. Rec ... Show More
38m 4s
Feb 2023
Sickened chickens
Poultry farmers are in flock-down. The bird flu known as H5N1 is being called “the largest foreign animal disease outbreak in US history.” Vox’s Benji Jones and Johns Hopkins University researcher Tom Philpott say the virus underscores the poultry industry’s shortcomings. This ep ... Show More
26m 6s
Jun 2024
Are We Prepared for Bird Flu?
A new strain of H5N1 influenza is spreading in dairy cows in the United States. Will it cause an epidemic in humans? And what does our public health system need to do in order to be ready if it does? A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM ... Show More
19m 2s
May 2024
One Flu Over The Cowcow’s Nest
Avian flu, which recently leapt from chickens to cows, has now been detected in milk. Vox’s Keren Landman and Kenny Torrella explain how worried humans should be about the outbreak. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Amina Al-Sadi, ... Show More
25m 38s
Mar 2025
How Bird Flu Could Impact YOU: Virologist Explains the Risks, How to Protect Yourself, & Why Egg Prices are So High
When it comes to the bird flu, you are probably panicking about the wrong things! Understand the bird flu’s impact on wild birds, chickens, cows, cats, your grocery bill and whether or not your health is at risk. Dr. Seema Lakdawala, a molecular virologist from Emory University, ... Show More
1h 7m
Mar 2020
Episode 8: COVID-19 and Cancer Patients
<p>Professor Tom Powles and Dr. Brian Rini discuss the virus with an expert, Ronan Breen.&nbsp;</p> 
21m 54s