Our next guest is an epidemiologist. Michael Osterholm directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. Welcome. MICHAEL OSTERHOLM: Thank you very much.

Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the airport the morning of Dec. 30, 2019, when his cellphone rang. A colleague was ...

Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, at a briefing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. Credit - Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune—Getty Images As a leading ...

He created even more confusion about and distrust in the use of vaccines. When purposeful confusion leading to doubt is the goal, the consequences show up quickly, not in abstract debates, but in ...

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota are developing a new publication to report on outbreaks and emerging ...