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 CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA is handling Medicare and Medicaid fraud, Match Day 2026 trends, and a rare disease that may be popping up tied to increasing vaccine hesitancy.

Episode produced and hosted by Rachael Robertson. Sound engineering by Greg Laub. Theme music by Palomar. Reporting this week by Joedy McCreary, Kristina Fiore, and Cheryl Clark.

What makes The Pitt feel different from other medical dramas?

In this 53-minute MedPage Today special dispatch, Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with Joe Sachs, MD, emergency physician and executive producer of the hit series, about how the show balances clinical accuracy with storytelling, and why it’s resonating with both clinicians and the public.

From meticulous on-set medical consulting to storylines drawn from real patient experiences, Sachs explains how The Pitt is not just entertainment — but, increasingly, a force in medical education and public health awareness.

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 battle in Oregon over local versus corporate emergency room ownership, what ob/gyns have to say about so-called trimester zero, and which public health figures the public actually trusts.

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 Shannon Firth.

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.

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 .

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.