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Merging what I'm seeing in the ER with rigorous deep-dives on the very latest medical and public health data. I want you to know what really matters.

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New CDC director Dr. Erica Schwartz promises to “speak truth to power.” That’s the wrong goal.

During her first all-hands meeting as CDC Director yesterday, Dr. Erica Schwartz assured her new colleagues that she would “speak truth to power.” It was a nice thought. But it was the wrong one.

“Second trope and go.”

More on patient handoffs and ER lingo.

A day Katie Couric will always forget. (What is Transient Global Amnesia?)

Here’s my Q&A with Katie Couric, covering her recent experience with Transient Global Amnesia, a condition that can be frightening, but is ultimately benign.

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Katie joins me to discuss her brief experience with a benign form of amnesia, a condition I happen to know something about...

One graph to shut RFK Jr. up.

The best argument against his nonsense is data. Here it is...

I didn’t love Craig Spencer’s ‘embrace MAHA’ column in The Atlantic. Instead of canceling my friend, I called him.

Even the sharpest disagreements can be civil. Here's my line-by-line response to Dr. Craig Spencer's argument for embracing MAHA.

Senator Cassidy should vote no on Dr. Erica Schwartz's nomination as CDC Director.

The nominee demonstrated a lack of preparation, insufficient independence, or both. Even if Trump's next nominee could be worse, the Senate shouldn't abdicate its advice-and-consent role.

Inside Medicine turns 5. Here's where it all began.

Five years ago, I launched Inside Medicine with a deep dive into one of medicine's most common assumptions: that everyone needs an annual checkup. If you've joined us since then, here's that article.

Talking points on Pete Hegseth (low testosterone), Lindsay Graham (the aorta), and Mitch McConnell (Stayin' Alive).

Learning opportunities from unexpected news items. Plus, how I really prepare before going on television.

These guys did a good thing on vaccines recently. It's important that we acknowledge it.

Dr. Marty Makary and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya stood up for vaccines inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS. Whatever else they've gotten wrong, we must recognize when they get something right.

She blew it. CDC Director nominee tanks in Senate hearing.

She was supposed to be good. But Senator Bill Cassidy lost his mind in real time as Dr. Erica Schwartz crashed and burned before the Senate HELP Committee yesterday.