2026-07-22 · Behind the news
Opinion: My Husband’s Suicide Shows There’s Something Very Wrong with the U.S. Insurance Industry
by Joy Evers
0:00 / 16:42 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-22 · Behind the news
Opinion: My Adult Daughter Has Down Syndrome. Her Life is Entirely Different From What Experts Expected
by Michelle Sie Whitten
When a doctor predicts a child’s life, how much of the story are they missing?
0:00 / 8:31 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-07-17 · Future-gazing
Opinion: is There a Doctor on Board? Yes, and Airlines Depend on It
by Sriman Swarup
Why does the airline industry rely on the doctor in row 14 to handle its emergencies?
0:00 / 7:23 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-07-14 · Future-gazing
Opinion: It Looks Like Your Doctor and Talks Like Your Doctor. But It’s Not Your Doctor
by Henry Bair
What happens when a doctor has to prove their own face and voice are real?
0:00 / 8:49 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-07-11 · Behind the news
Opinion: the AI Licensure Debate is Missing the Point of Licensure
by Afnan R. Tariqand Ami Bhatt
If a computer passes a medical exam, who is left to answer when a patient gets hurt?
0:00 / 7:10 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-09 · Behind the news
Opinion: CDC Leadership Continues to Try Manufacture a Scientific Debate on Vaccines Where None Exists
by Ben Lopman
0:00 / 15:44 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-07 · Future-gazing
Opinion: Medicine Thinks Gen Z is Too Soft. It’s Wrong
by Frantz M. Berthaud
What does Gen Z see in the work of medicine that older generations have learned to live with?
0:00 / 8:40 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-07-04 · Behind the news
Opinion: What Ebola and Marburg Are Teaching Us About the Next Pandemic
by Krutika Kuppalli and Placide Mbala
If the next outbreak looks nothing like the last, will the diagnostic tools even recognize it?
0:00 / 10:00 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-30 · Behind the news
Opinion: ‘The Hot Zone’ Led Me to Work with Ebola Patients. Now I Have Mixed Feelings About the Book
by Krutika Kuppalli
When does a sensational story about a virus start to get in the way of treating patients?
0:00 / 9:40 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-27 · For the curious
Opinion: Joseph Fraumeni Jr., Pioneering Cancer Genetics Researcher, Devoted His Life to Families Like Mine
by Lawrence Ingrassia
0:00 / 14:00 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-25 · Behind the news
Opinion: How I Used Public Radio to Recruit 20,000 Participants for a Peer-reviewed Study on Walking Breaks
by Manoush Zomorodi
What happens when twenty thousand people decide to turn their daily lives into a scientific experiment?
0:00 / 9:20 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-18 · Future-gazing
Opinion: I’m an Alzheimer’s Specialist. I Still Missed It in My Own Father
by Elizabeth Bevins
Why does the medical system wait for the aftermath of a disease instead of its origin?
0:00 / 7:32 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-06-10 · For the curious
Opinion: Why STAT is Sticking with ‘health Care’ as Two Words
by Sarah Mupo
How can a tiny stylistic choice reveal such profound differences in perspective?
0:00 / 8:01 · Narrator Gacrux