We've been getting a lot of requests to talk about the health care systems of different countries. It's really hard to compress the complexities of each into an episode, but we're going to try. First up is the United States. Others will...

German mathematician Daniel Regenberg contacted me to share his data on how many people are likely to get infected. I was very skeptical and did not believe it. But when I checked his numbers against...

Can Contact Tracing Be Private?

Systemic racism, and the institutions built by it, have existed for far longer than AI has. As the newest tool available to build systems, how has AI preserved (and chipped away at) systemic racism?

In which John considers the differences between individual risk and societal risk, especially as it related to infectious disease pandemics.

In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of...

The 21st Century will be the Healthcare Century. Human endeavor creates prosperity, and health is an engine that powers human endeavor. Prosperous societies, in turn, consume more healthcare in a procyclical fashion. The effect of...

Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this...

At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip spoke with MIT Sloan School of Management's Dr. Simon Johnson and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health's Dr. Joshua Sharfstein on the public health gaps COVID-19 has...

High U.S. prices for prescription drugs have triggered a backlash from patients, health insurers and politicians. How can the health industry fund R&D while also delivering drugs that patients-and the health-care system-can afford?

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

Stock trading becomes a snap, quantum computers answer complex questions and wearable devices track vital signs from your ear. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a South African startup using AI to enhance global...

Mark Bertolini has long been a believer in how preventative measures such as meditation and yoga can dramatically change your health. Hear his predictions for where health care and medicine are heading as boomers age.

The pandemic has accelerated the pace at which big tech companies have been making inroads into healthcare as they define their role in the fight against Covid-19. Hear what's next as they go head-to-head with healthcare companies.

The Pandemic has drastically affected how companies do business. Marriott's Peggy Fang Roe and Cleveland Clinic's Adrienne Boissy discuss the disruption both of their companies have faced and the steps they are making to adapt to meet...

This time on the Healthcare Triage Podcast, we're talking about what exactly a nurse practitioner does. And what better way to learn about the gig than to talk to a nurse practitioner? Aimee Carroll joins us this week to tell us about...

Connor Landgraf, CEO of Eko and Caesar Djavaherian of Carbon Health discuss the promise of remote medical testing and care at WSJ Tech Health.

Anousheh Ansari, CEO, of XPRIZE Foundation shares insights into the next breakthrough innovations and the technologists chasing those discoveries.

With the likely repeal of Roe v. Wade next month, hear from the CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about what the organization is doing to promote access to abortion for women across the country.

Kate Ryder, the founder and CEO of Maven Clinic, discusses how employers are using the platform to provide their workforce equitible access to care and deliver reproductive heathcare in a time of uncertainty.

In a system that largely pays doctors and hospitals according to how much care they give, how can we make the transition to paying for quality and value?

We've been getting a lot of requests to talk about the health care systems of different countries. It's really hard to compress the complexities of each into an episode, but we're going to try. First up is the United States. Others will...