Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, a leading authority on vaccines and long COVID. Harlan reflects on America's crisis of trust in federal agencies; Howie provides some good news about bird flu.

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Losing Trust

Harlan Krumholz: "When Your Patient Dies"

"Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City, Arresting 9"

"White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach""Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen"

"NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC's MMWR publication"

"South Carolina measles outbreak rises as schools with low vaccination see new cases"

Akiko Iwasaki

Health & Veritas Ep. 9: Dr. Akiko Iwasaki: Is Long COVID One Disease or Many?

"The Long COVID Puzzle: Autoimmunity, Inflammation, and Other Possible Causes"

"A New Kind of Clinical Trial: Bringing Long COVID Research Into Patients' Homes"

"New Evidence Supports Autoimmunity as One of Long COVID's Underlying Drivers"

"Scientist Dr. Akiko Iwasaki Joins SPEAR Study Group to Investigate Monoclonal Antibodies for Long COVID and COVID-19 Post-Vaccination Syndrome"

"Long Covid: A parallel pandemic"

"Effectiveness of Colchicine for the Treatment of Long COVID"

Akiko Iwasaki and Harlan Krumholz: "Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir versus placebo–ritonavir in individuals with long COVID in the USA (PAX LC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2, decentralised trial"

"Does Paxlovid Reduce Long COVID Symptoms? Yale-Led Trial Finds Out"

Akiko Iwasaki: "Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes"

"Post-Acute Infection Syndromes Will Be the Focus of New YSM Center"

CDC: ME/CFS Basics

"Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia"

Akiko Iwasaki and Harlan Krumholz: "Immunological and Antigenic Signatures Associated with Chronic Illnesses after COVID-19 Vaccination"

"A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest"

"We have 'post-vaccination syndrome.' We are tired of being used to score anti-vax points"

Health & Veritas Ep. 162: Paul Lombardo: Reckoning with the Dark History of Eugenics

Health & Veritas Ep. 163: Michael Dunne: Confronting the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis

Mayo Clinic: Alpha-gal syndrome

Akiko Iwasaki: Woman shares what it's like to live with alpha-gal meat allergy triggered by tick bite"

"'Explosive increase' of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis"

"Why Is Martha's Vineyard Going Vegan? It's All About Tick Bites."

"Beneficial Bloodsucking"

Akiko Iwasaki on X

Bird Flu

"Bird Flu Is Back"

CDC: H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation

"RNA replicon vaccination confers long-lasting protection against H5N1 avian influenza in 23 zoo bird species"

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