In an era of digital everything, you helped launch a new print newspaper in Belmont, Massachusetts.Fifty weeks a year, we send a print newspaper to every household in town for free. We recently published the 100th issue of the Belmont Voice. We’re a nonprofit; our mission is to inform and connect the community with local news journalism.Rather than doing a subscription model where only those who pay get access, we…
Transcript Harlan Krumholz: Welcome to Health & Veritas. I’m Harlan Krumholz.Howard Forman: And I’m Howie Forman. We’re physicians and professors at Yale University, and we’re trying to get close to the truth about health and healthcare. Our guest today is Dr. Joel Hirschhorn. But first, we like to check in on current or hot topics in health and healthcare. What are you starting us with today, Harlan?Harlan Krumholz: Thanks, Howie.…
In this episode, Heidi Brooks and Gianpiero Petriglieri invite you to step out of the mechanical pursuit of efficiency and into the “beautiful problem” of being human in a professional world. Through their conversation, Heidi and GP take you on a journey to reframe your everyday experiences as moments of learning, curiosity, and choice. They guide you through the essential tension between convergence, the practice of meeting a standard, and…
Howie and Harlan discuss an escalating measles outbreak in the U.S. and a project piloted by Yale School of Medicine professor Erica Spatz to deliver preventative care in barbershops and beauty salons. Also examined: flu season, nipah virus, and the perils of focusing on healthcare business models. Show notes: Measles CDC: Measles Outbreak Associated with an Infectious Traveler—Colorado, May–June 2025 CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks Snohomish County Health Department: Snohomish…
This commentary originally appeared in Time. The views expressed are the author’s own.President Theodore Roosevelt referred to the presidency as a “bully pulpit,” which could be used to persuade legislators to embrace his sweeping policy agenda, from environmental legislation to antitrust protections. To Roosevelt, the word “bully” meant “superb” or “excellent.” Today, the term has taken another meaning. President Donald Trump bullies through coercion, threats, and retribution to serve his…
Around the world, millions of families have suffered forcible separation, through war, trafficking, natural disasters, or socioeconomic crises. In China, family separation is a particularly large-scale and far-reaching problem. Following the enactment of country’s One Child Policy in 1979, many children were abandoned or trafficked and then adopted either domestically or internationally.Reuniting children taken from their parents is a logistical challenge. China has established a DNA biobank dedicated to facilitating…
Transcript Harlan Krumholz: Welcome to Health & Veritas. We have a special bonus podcast today. Our guest is Dr. Robert Wachter who’s here to talk about his new book, A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future. It’s being published today, and we’re dropping this podcast. We recorded it a little while ago, but we were holding it for this special day. I’m…
Howie and Harlan are joined by Mary-Ann Etiebet of the public health organization Vital Strategies to discuss how policy, prevention, and stronger public-health systems can reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other preventable conditions. Harlan reports on the federal push toward fully autonomous clinical care for heart failure; Howie looks at proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage payments and what they mean for beneficiaries, plans, and taxpayers. Show…
A few decades ago, the role of an HR manager was fairly mundane. They were responsible for tasks such as managing payroll, ensuring compliance with labor laws, and organizing the office holiday party.Today, the role of chief human resources officer (CHRO) at large firms has become much more critical. These leaders have moved into the C-suite, often have the ear of the CEO, and are involved in major decisions about…
What do you think is missing from the debate about AI and job loss?The macroeconomists who are thinking about this question are focused on comparing two rates. Let’s say that eventually goods essentially get to be free, because AI makes more energy and makes more robots and goods become very cheap to make in terms of the actual cost of the resources used. Meanwhile, since the machines are making everything,…
The Trump administration has issued an executive order limiting the purchase of single-family houses by large institutional investors. What’s the role of such investors in the housing market?When people discuss institutional investors in the housing market, they typically refer to companies with a large portfolio of single-family homes (SFHs) purchased to rent out to tenants. Right now, the “big three” in this space are Invitation Homes (formerly owned by Blackstone),…
Transcript Harlan Krumholz: Welcome to Health & Veritas. I’m Harlan Krumholz.Howard Forman: And I’m Howie Forman. We’re physicians and professors at Yale University. We’re trying to get closer to the truth about health and healthcare. Our guest today is Jonathan Cohn of The Bulwark. But first, we like to check in on current or hot topics in health and healthcare. What do you have today, Harlan?Harlan Krumholz: Yeah, thanks, Howie.…
Collection No. 11 To confront pressing societal challenges, we need businesses focused on new ideas and new solutions—and old ideas executed in new ways. We talked with Yale SOM faculty and alumni about pushing limits, taking disciplined risks, and developing resilient ventures while sustaining a dual commitment to profit and purpose. Illustration by Eva Bee. Published January 21, 2026 ‘Tough Tech’ Requires a Different Kind of Venture Capital Katie Rae…
What is impact investing, and how does it differ from regular investing?Impact investing is about having an investment strategy that seeks to generate positive, measurable social or environmental outcomes. It seeks to create those returns across a spectrum: financial gain is part of it, on the investing side, and then the other part of it is purposeful, positive impact. That can encompass a whole set of things, ranging from climate…
In this bonus episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by Ania Jastreboff, a Yale School of Medicine endocrinologist and an expert on the science of obesity. They discuss her new book, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, which reframes obesity as a treatable disease rooted in biology—not a failure of willpower. Show notes: Ania Jastreboff and Oprah Winfrey: Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It’s Like To Be Free Yale Obesity…
Every year, hundreds of thousands of firms in the United States go under, leaving millions of employees scrambling to find new jobs. What happens to their career trajectories? Is their previous company’s failure seen as a red flag or not?Surprisingly, there hasn’t been much research on a question that affects so many workers. Previous studies have found that executives’ careers often falter afterward, but the fates of average employees have…
This commentary was originally published in Fortune. The views expressed are the author’s own.Eight strikes and Paramount’s out. Wait—isn’t it supposed to be three strikes? Paramount CEO David Ellison apparently did not get the memo. Ellison received official word last week that his company’s takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery had been rejected for the eighth time—and it won’t be trying a ninth time, as Ellison has just filed suit…
Has there been a shift in understanding of the relationship between work and wellbeing? Is more expected of leaders now?Yes, there has been a notable shift in how scholars and practitioners view the connection between work and wellbeing. Historically, work was seen primarily as a source of economic security and identity, with wellbeing considered a secondary outcome or the personal responsibility of the worker. Contemporary research, however, emphasizes that work…
During a triumphant Saturday press conference, President Donald Trump proudly boasted of a U.S. military operation removing the brutal Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. The news diverted attention from America’s affordability crisis, the loss of health care coverage for millions, and the Epstein files. Instead, all eyes turned to Venezuela.However impressively efficient the American strike may have been, the president’s motives have been muddled. Was it to curb drug trafficking? Halt…
Transcript Harlan Krumholz: Welcome to Health & Veritas, I’m Harlan Krumholz.Howard Forman: And I’m Howie Forman. We’re physicians and professors at Yale University, and we’re trying to get close to the truth about health and healthcare. Today, we’re excited to welcome Dr. Zeke Emanuel, and we have a lot to ask him, so I’m going to turn it over to you, Harlan.Harlan Krumholz: Just as you say, Howie, this is…
This commentary originally appeared in Fortune. The views expressed are the author’s own.Business leaders awoke on Saturday to a new reality in the aftermath of the successful U.S. military capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who were dragged from their bedroom in the early morning hours. The couple was asleep at their home inside the heavily guarded Fort Tiuna military complex until they were seized by…
Keep big ideas in your back pocketJulia DiBenigno, Professor of Organizational BehaviorThe last year has been volatile. Turbulent periods often prompt us to hunker down and wait for stability to return. Yet these moments can also open windows for meaningful change. As the writer Vivian Greene observed, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”In research and work with organizations…
Henry Kissinger wrote that “a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.” It is well past time to call Vladimir Putin’s bluff. President Donald Trump’s response to the highly-anticipated release of the Russia-Ukraine peace proposal, led by the U.K., France, Germany, and Ukraine, indicates how wide the gap between the two warring parties really is. Land concessions in Ukrainian-held territories, control of the…
In the 200th episode of Health & Veritas, Harlan offers end-of-the-year reflections on medicine drawn from his editor’s notes in JACC (the Journal of the American College of Cardiology), and Howie provides updates on gun violence, flu, measles, and the health benefits of yoga. Show notes: Editor’s notes by Harlan Krumholz “The Day I Became a Doctor” “When Your Patient Dies” “Rethinking Physician Certification: A Call for a Modern, Meaningful…
January 06, 2025We asked Yale SOM faculty for their best tips on living happily, healthily, and productively in the new year.January 21, 2025Ordinary investors generally can only see an average of analysts’ target prices for a given stock. In a new study, Yale SOM’s Thomas Steffen and Frank Zhang find that when the degree of variation within that “consensus” figure is large, it’s a bad sign for future returns.January 30,…
Which headline are you more likely to click on?Headline A: “Stocks Plunge Amid Global Fears.”Headline B: “Markets Decline Today.”Online publications frequently test headline options like this in what’s called an A/B test. In this case, a publication shows headline A to half of its readers, headline B to the other half, then measures which receives more clicks.Marketers have long used A/B tests to determine what drives engagement. Generative AI is…
Howie and Harlan are joined by Basmah Safdar, a Yale School of Medicine emergency physician and an expert on sex-specific differences in cardiovascular and microvascular health, which have important implications for the understanding and treatment of heart attacks, long COVID, and other conditions. Harlan reports on Australia’s ban on social media for kids, and a Medicare pilot program that will pay providers based on improved outcomes in chronic conditions. Howie…
How often do boycotts and other consumer protests change corporate behavior?Studies find boycott attempts are successful 25-40% of the time. However, boycott attempts only get analyzed after they’re getting some traction, and corporations don’t always follow through on their promises. So all we can say for certain is that boycotts lead to substantive changes often enough for activists, customers, and corporations to take them quite seriously.How should organizers frame their…
This commentary originally appeared in the Hartford Courant. The views expressed are the authors’ own.Recently, a controversial New York developer was shot down by Bethel, Connecticut, in its plan to build attainably priced apartments, following failed efforts in Granby and Manchester, as well as success in Avon, Cheshire and New London—with appeals underway in Rocky Hill, Simsbury, and West Hartford.For several decades, Connecticut municipalities have admirably strived to solve the…
Transcript Harlan Krumholz: Welcome to Health & Veritas. I’m Harlan Krumholz.Howard Forman: And I’m Howie Forman. We’re physicians and professors at Yale University, and we’re trying to get closer to the truth about health and healthcare.Our guest today is Dr. Sudhakar Nuti, but first, we like to check in on current or hot topics in health and healthcare. Harlan, what are you going to tell us about today?Harlan Krumholz: Today…
Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the forces—from wellness influencers to HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—that amplify it. Harlan reports on research reinforcing the link between social media and mental illness; Howie highlights two potential areas of common ground with the administration's health policy. Show notes: Social Media and Mental Health "Social…
The research is clear: the circadian rhythms of adolescents make it hard for them to wake up early. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control recommend that middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so students can get enough sleep, making it more likely they attend class, excel in their studies, and graduate. But most school districts ignore the science, building schedules around…
Why do some independence movements succeed while many others fade or are crushed? The birth of Bangladesh in 1971 is a rare case in which a separatist movement not only gained mass support but also prevailed in open conflict against a powerful state. Explaining that success is not just a historical exercise. It also clarifies how states lose legitimacy and how climate shocks can transform diffuse frustration into coordinated political…
Partisan gerrymandering is having a heyday. Politicians in at least 16 states are enacting or considering new congressional maps designed to advantage one party over the other; most recently, California voters approved a map designed to increase Democratic seats, in order to counter a Republican-leaning map in Texas. Democrats and Republicans are locked in a zero-sum game—and democracy itself seems to be the only guaranteed loser.Is there a path to…
Is there a strategic argument for the U.S. resuming nuclear testing?What’s going on is very scary. Nuclear weapons of the major powers have not been tested since the early 1990s. Now there are signs the Russians may test a bomb. I think this would be for political shock effect, an escalation over the Ukraine war. Washington wants to deter them from doing this, so we threaten to test if they…
Q: Your career in renewable energy development began in the early 1990s. With that long view, what are the innovations that stand out to you?The technology has changed so much since I entered the field. The electrons coming from wind power have gotten much, much cheaper because wind turbines have gotten much, much more efficient. In most locations in the U.S., wind is now less expensive than legacy sources (e.g.,…
Do you think AI has the potential to dramatically change the model for consumer search?Compared with traditional search engines (e.g., non-AI Google search), AI-assisted search tools such as ChatGPT offer several advantages, especially when consumers are searching for complex and personalized products, such as vacation packages or wellness programs. First, instead of relying on simple keywords, consumers can now describe their needs in greater detail and with higher precision, leading…
Is the prevalence of sports betting changing the way people experience watching sports?Sports betting can certainly change how people experience sports. Interestingly, we have some research that says the money is not necessarily even the key to these effects. For example, there has been an explosion in fantasy football participation among fans. These activities fundamentally change the way that fans view sports. Their excitement is not driven by teams winning…
This commentary originally appeared in Fortune. The views expressed are the authors’ own.While President Trump’s unorthodox deal making style has intentionally resembled a “bull in a china shop,” it was more like a placid cow in a field last week in China. The world collectively took a deep breath following the U.S.-China summit, as neither Trump nor Chinese president Xi Jinping escalated the ongoing trade war between the two nations.…
Q: How did you come to focus on immigration?I did not start out intending to work on immigration policy. Before Yale, I had been an entrepreneur. After Yale, I was very lucky to land a fellowship in the Obama White House in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, helping develop a policy portfolio to enable startups to achieve greater growth. I thought I’d work on access to capital or…