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Osterholm Update

Episode 199: Flu Takes Charge

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

<p>In "Flu Takes Charge" Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall give us an update on the emerging flu season, Dr. Osterholm covers a new poll that shows fewer Americans are willing to recommend the MMR vaccine, and we'll hear about the Vaccine Integrity Project's latest video.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ZFnEfs9w0"><strong>Protecting Vaccine Integrity in 2025: Evidence, Access, and Public Trust</strong></a><br><br>Resources for vaccine and public health advocacy:</p> <p><a href="https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/get-involved/"><strong>Voices for Vaccines</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://familiesfightingflu.org/take-action/"><strong>Families Fighting Flu</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/get-involved/"><strong>Vaccinate Your Family</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://shotatlife.org/take-action/"><strong>Shot@Life</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/MRC/Pages/index.aspx"><strong>Medical Reserve Corps</strong></a></p> <p>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-integrity-project"><strong>Vaccine Integrity Project</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/osterholm-update-covid-19"><strong>MORE EPISODES</strong></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/support-cidrap"><strong>SUPPORT THIS PODCAST</strong></a></p>

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update, a podcast about infectious diseases and public health,

0:14.9

featuring Dr. Michael Osterholm.

0:17.3

Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center

0:22.1

for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota.

0:27.9

In this podcast, Dr. Osterome draws in over 50 years of experience in infectious disease

0:32.7

epidemiology to provide straight talk on the latest infectious disease outbreaks, counter misinformation

0:39.0

and disinformation about vaccines, and distill the complex and ever-evolving public health

0:44.4

threats facing our world.

0:47.3

I'm Chris Dahl, reported for Sidrap News, and I'm your host for these conversations.

0:59.5

Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Oström Update podcast.

1:00.6

Happy New Year.

1:04.9

And here's to hoping for some more encouraging public health news in 2026.

1:09.9

Hope, of course, isn't a strategy, as Dr. Ostrome likes to say.

1:13.6

As we all know, 2025 was a profoundly challenging year for public health, with the Trump administration and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert

1:17.8

of Kennedy Jr. taking a sledgehammer to both the federal public health workforce and U.S. vaccine policy.

1:24.1

While the full implications of these moves are still unknown, they pretend significant

1:27.9

challenges for this year and beyond. We'll also discuss which parts of the country are getting hit

1:32.7

hardest by influenza, bring you an update on U.S. measles outbreaks, and we'll bring you the

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latest installment of this week in public health history. But before we get started, we'll begin

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with Dr. Ostrome's opening comments and dedication.

1:46.0

Thanks, Chris, and welcome back to the podcast family to this new year. Happy New Year to all of you.

1:53.0

I hope that your holidays were as delightful and as satisfying as you could want them to be.

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