Episode 183: Time to Organize

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In "Time to Organize," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss HHS Secretary Kennedy's proposed changes to vaccine policy, the latest measles news, and the Trump administration's newly announced next-generation universal influenza vaccine platform. Learn more about the <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-integrity-project">Vaccine Integrity Project</a> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/viewpoint-proposed-system-vaccine-approval-safety-monitoring-begs-crucial-questions">Viewpoint: Proposed system for vaccine approval, safety monitoring begs crucial questions</a> (Vaccine Integrity Project Staff and Advisers) <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo2167">An inactivated multivalent influenza A virus vaccine is broadly protective in mice and ferrets</a> (Park et al., Science) <a href="https://ivr.cidrap.umn.edu/universal-influenza-vaccine-technology-landscape">Universal Influenza Vaccine Technology Landscape</a> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/osterholm-update-covid-19">MORE EPISODES</a>       <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/support-cidrap">SUPPORT THIS PODCAST</a>

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Osterholm Update, a podcast on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases with Dr. Michael Osterholm.
0:15.4	Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota. In this podcast, Dr. O. Strom
0:27.0	draws on nearly 50 years of experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks to provide
0:31.8	straight talk on the latest infectious disease and public health threats. I'm Chris Dahl,
0:37.2	reporter for CidWap News, and I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sidrap News,
0:38.5	and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:44.2	Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Ostrom Update podcast. On the first day
0:49.5	of his confirmation hearings, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,
0:54.0	Jr. amid a litany of questions about his long history of anti-vaccine information hearings. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,
0:54.7	amid a litany of questions about his long history of anti-vaccine statements, said to Senator Ron
1:00.5	Wyden of Oregon, quote, I will do nothing as HHS secretary that makes it difficult or discourages people
1:07.0	from taking vaccines. It was a statement that some of his critics found comforting.
1:12.0	Yet in his short time as HHS Secretary, we've already seen Secretary Kennedy make
1:16.8	statements about the measles mumps rubella vaccine that have confounded public health experts
1:21.4	and raised concerns that he's undermining confidence in the vaccine in the midst
1:26.0	of a measles outbreak.
1:28.0	He also, in a recent interview, suggested that parents, quote, do their own research on
1:33.1	childhood vaccines.
1:34.7	And two weeks ago, HHS announced a policy that will change the way vaccines are tested and
1:39.3	monitored going forward, a move some believe could limit access to vaccines.
1:44.4	The changes that Kennedy is recommending for U.S. vaccine policy and how they might
1:48.8	impact our vaccine infrastructure if he follows through on them, or among the topics we'll
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