Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University and former COVID-19 pandemic advisor to President Biden. Trump’s second term has touched everything in the US political sphere - and health is no exception. With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s storm of cuts, how can Americans who care about public health and data navigate a course through the swells? Professor Jha discusses how to resist an anti-vaccine resurgence, and comments on revisionist narratives that drive ill-conceived public health policies. 02:20 The MAHA movement and RFK Jnr. 07:40 Does evidence still matter? 13:35 Trump administration is helping China 15:10 Policymaking in Trump’s shadow 23:35 Where do universities go from here? 28:48 Censorship, research funding and academic freedom 33:35 Health inequalities within America 36:20 A resurgent anti-vax message 41:24 What Ashish’s got wrong about the pandemic response 45:31 When is enough for research data? 47:14 Future hope and how to pushback in smart ways Read Professor Jha’s December 2024 editorial on the Trump admin’s plans for American healthcare coverage here: https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q.... The BMJ Medicine & Science podcast is released fortnightly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎙️ Listen To The Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKxpbv...

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