Thomas Frieden's guest appearances

Thomas Frieden

What's The [DATA] Point

Main Street

Pete Buttigieg

James Joyce

Steve Olson

Luke Burbank

Rebecca Bender

Peter Hotez

Jack Russell

Theodore Roosevelt

Eric Topol

Terri Burns

Paula Poundstone

Tim Mahoney

Scott Stringer

Bill McKibben

Michael Mina

OwlTail

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - We hear from Dr. Tom Frieden, the president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative seeking to save 100 million lives globally by addressing cardiovascular disease and preventing pandemics. In this excerpt from the Conversations on Healthcare Podcast, he talks about the effort to build a stronger global health infrastructure, developing messages to tackle vaccine resistance, and the FDA’s recent decision to ban menthol cigarettes. ~~~ It’s morel mushroom hunting season in North Dakota and much of the Midwest. As Melissa Rosales reports for Harvest Public Media, people are scouring river bottoms to find the hollow, sponge-like, edible mushrooms. ~~~ The Bush Foundation has announced its 2021 Bush Fellows. Among them is Courtney Schaff, an organizer with North Dakota United. She plans to use her fellowship to help individuals take a more active role in shaping policy and increasing diversity in the state legislature. She visits with Ashley Thornberg.

Dr. Thomas Frieden ~ Bush Fellow Courtney Schaff

2.9% was New York State's COVID-19 positivity rate as of November 10, 2020. New York was the early epicenter of the pandemic, and though new cases started to decline in April and stayed relatively low through the summer, cases are beginning to rise again. Joining the podcast is one of the nation's foremost public health experts Dr. Thomas Frieden offers a clear explanation about what we know about the virus, how to best prepare for its rise, and what the prospects are for a vaccine.

Episode 98: 2.9%, with Dr. Thomas Frieden