Howie and Harlan discuss the roots of the crisis in emergency departments, the lack of oversight for hydration spas, new approaches in blood pressure treatment, an ingenious method to prevent malaria, and the CDC's backward steps on vaccines.

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Emergency Departments

"I'm an ER doctor. JD Vance's claims about immigrants and wait times are just wrong."

"It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead."

Video of Ron Paul: "Should society let uninsured die?"

American College of Emergency Physicians: Understanding EMTALA

"Explaining the G.O.P.'s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown"

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)

Health & Veritas Ep. 188: Kate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End

Health & Veritas Ep. 47: Dr. Jeremy Faust: Is COVID Over? It's Complicated.

Jeremy Faust: "Inside Medicine Read-Through: Commentary on the New York Times article about a tragic ER case"

Harlan Krumholz: "Early Warning Scores With and Without Artificial Intelligence"

Howard Forman: "Why Hospitals Need to Stop Boarding Patients in Emergency Rooms"

Howard Forman: "How to Keep Emergency Rooms Focused on True Emergencies"

The Revolving Door

"Peter Marks, FDA vaccine regulator ousted by RFK Jr., joins Eli Lilly"

Peter Marks Resignation Letter

"Peter Marks, FDA's top vaccine regulator, forced out"

"Fired C.D.C. Director Describes Clashes With Kennedy and Turmoil at Agency"

"Ex-CDER chief Patrizia Cavazzoni becomes Pfizer's chief medical officer"

Hydration Spas

Howard Forman: "State Policies and Facility Practices of IV Hydration Spas in the US"

Health & Veritas Ep. 123: Margo Harrison: Women's Health as a Path to Empowerment

"Hydration spas are largely unregulated, study finds"

New Developments in Blood Pressure Treatment

"Baxdrostat met the primary endpoint in Bax24 Phase III trial in patients with resistant hypertension"

"AstraZeneca's $1.3B bet yields 2nd phase 3 blood pressure win, bolstering differentiation case"

Harlan Krumholz: "The Disquieting Plateau"

"Under new guidelines, more Americans meet the criteria for high blood pressure"

"2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines"

"Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria"

AI in Medicine: Doximity, OpenEvidence, and UpToDate

"OpenEvidence raises $210M, unveils AI agents built for advanced medical research"

Health & Veritas, Ep. 183: Seth Berkowitz: The Power Problem

"Doximity buys Pathway Medical for $63 million to help doctors get AI-powered answers"

"A long-trusted physician's reference finally catches the AI wave"

Congenital syphilis

Health & Veritas Ep. 178: Sarah DeSilvey: Creating Space for Healing

"Are STIs truly declining, or is our data just not very good? What the 2024 CDC STI report really shows"

"Why Syphilis Cases in Newborns Are Rising Even as STIs Decline"

MMR Vaccine

"Acting CDC director calls to 'break up' the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three shots"

"Worried about splitting up the MMR vaccine into three separate shots? You should be, this doctor says"

"More measles cases confirmed in South Carolina, Michigan as US total climbs to 1,563"

Nobel Prizes and Science at Yale

"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems"

"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025"

"Yale's Michel H. Devoret wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics"

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