A weekly report on the COVID-19 pandemic from infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Dr. Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota and has spent a career investigating outbreaks. Since 2005, he has emphasized supply chain and other vulnerabilities and a critical need for pandemic preparedness. In this podcast, Dr. Osterholm dissects the latest COVID-19 news, data, and guidance.
CIDRAP’s Chris Dall, MA, is the cohost of the Osterholm Update and a reporter for CIDRAP News. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu
## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/osterholm-update-744108 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108.md ## Episodes - [Episode 209: Awareness vs. Alarm: Making Sense of the Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-209-awareness-vs-alarm-making-sense-of-the-headlines) — 2026-05-21T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 208: Bad News, Good News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-208-bad-news-good-news) — 2026-05-07T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 207: Asking the Right Questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-207-asking-the-right-questions) — 2026-04-23T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 206: What we know about long COVID](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-206-what-we-know-about-long-covid) — 2026-04-09T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 205: Disease Waits for No One](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-205-disease-waits-for-no-one) — 2026-03-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 204: Holding the Tools](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-204-holding-the-tools) — 2026-03-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 203: Somebody to Lean On](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-203-somebody-to-lean-on) — 2026-02-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 202: The Bells Still Ring](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-202-the-bells-still-ring) — 2026-02-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 201: The Twilight Zone of Immunization](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-201-the-twilight-zone-of-immunization) — 2026-01-29T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 200: A Moment Among Moments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-200-a-moment-among-moments) — 2026-01-15T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 199: Flu Takes Charge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-199-flu-takes-charge) — 2026-01-02T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 198: Gaps in the Safety Net](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-198-gaps-in-the-safety-net) — 2025-12-18T12:00:00+00:00 - [Special Episode: ACIP's Hepatitis B Vaccine Decisions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/special-episode-acip-s-hepatitis-b-vaccine-decisions) — 2025-12-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 197: Fork in the Road](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-197-fork-in-the-road) — 2025-12-04T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 196: Flu Shifts: Why Vaccines Still Matter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-196-flu-shifts-why-vaccines-still-matter) — 2025-11-20T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 195: We Can Make a Difference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-195-we-can-make-a-difference) — 2025-10-30T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 194: Bending Not Breaking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-194-bending-not-breaking) — 2025-10-16T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 193: Fevers, Furloughs, and Falsehoods](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-193-fevers-furloughs-and-falsehoods) — 2025-10-02T12:00:00+00:00 - [Special Update: Dysfunction at ACIP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/special-update-dysfunction-at-acip) — 2025-09-22T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 192: Ice Cream and Shark Attacks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-192-ice-cream-and-shark-attacks) — 2025-09-18T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 191: 'The Big One' with Mark Olshaker, Ann Hennigan Grace, & Dr. Sydney Redepenning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-191-the-big-one-with-mark-olshaker-ann-hennigan-grace-dr-sydney-redepenning) — 2025-09-03T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 190: Courage Over Fear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-190-courage-over-fear) — 2025-08-21T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 189: Are We at Risk of Losing Our Vaccines?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-189-are-we-at-risk-of-losing-our-vaccines) — 2025-08-07T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 188: Finding the Light](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-188-finding-the-light) — 2025-07-24T12:00:00+00:00 - [Episode 187: Stay the Course](https://stenobird.com/podcast/osterholm-update-744108/episode-187-stay-the-course) — 2025-07-11T12:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.