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Medicine and the Machine

Dec 30, 2020

Virologist Angela Rasmussen talks about her battle against misinformation in the media, the virus, vaccines, disinfecting surfaces, home testing, and the next pandemic.


Dec 23, 2020

Melanie Mitchell talks about the challenge of giving a machine the native knowledge of a toddler, and why we shouldn't feel threatened by artificial intelligence.


Dec 9, 2020

Mark Smith treated patients during the height of the AIDS epidemic. Here he discusses how we can get through the current pandemic and make progress on social issues that affect health and healthcare.


Oct 30, 2020

In this episode of Medicine and the Machine, Vivek Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General, discusses the importance of social connections in medicine and life, and how to maintain them during the pandemic.


Oct 28, 2020

Social scientist and technology expert Zeynep Tufekci has been prescient about COVID-19 transmission. Eric Topol talks with her about how she does it and why such approaches make the difference.